id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16946 Pearce, Alexa L. Discovery and the Disciplines: An Inquiry into the Role of Subject Databases through Citation Analysis 2019-03-01 20 .pdf application/pdf 10553 396 46 A Google-like single search box is one of the defin- ing features of web scale discovery tools, promising access to content from disparate source databases via a preharvested central index.2 The literature is at best anecdotal on this topic, tending to convey an assumption that web scale tools are well suited for novice users and uses while subject-specific databases can best serve more advanced discovery needs.3 Moreover, while libraries have produced a wealth of research to understand and evaluate web scale discovery tools in recent years, they have dedicated comparatively little evaluative attention to subject-specific databases, many of which are also known as abstracting and indexing (A&I) services.4 cache/crl-16946.pdf txt/crl-16946.txt