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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1993
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ479749 |
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- Access vs. Ownership: What Is Most Cost Effective in the Sciences. Ferguson, Anthony W. Kehoe, Kathleen Academic Libraries Access to Information Biology Comparative Analysis Cost Effectiveness Costs Higher Education Interlibrary Loans Monographs Physics Scholarly Journals Scientific and Technical Information Tables (Data) Describes a study conducted at Columbia University (New York) to compare the costs of borrowing and document delivery with the costs of ownership of periodicals and monographs in the areas of biology, physics, and electrical engineering. Results suggest that access may be more important than ownership for some titles. (LRW)