Evaluation Criteria for Electronic Specialized Indexes

The purpose of this paper, which has been accomplished through the documentary method, is to provide a checklist of the criteria for evaluating electronic specialized indexes. For this purpose, the printed and electronic texts that have been evaluated for the indexes have been studied and the criteria that have been scattered in various texts regarding the evaluation of the indexes have been identified and collected. In addition, some of the criteria were directly identified by referencing and reviewing the indexes. In this way, based on the criteria for which dimensions and capabilities of the indexes are considered, they are all categorized into eight classes, and finally, a checklist of the criteria for evaluating the specialized e-indexes was presented.