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. 1973 Oct;61(4):408–415.

A Study of the Access to the Scholarly Record from a Hospital Health Science Core Collection *

James F Williams II 1, Vern M Pings 2
PMCID: PMC198719  PMID: 4744345

Abstract

This study is an effort to determine possible service performance levels in hospital libraries based on access to the scholarly record of medicine through selected lists of clinical journals and indexing and abstracting journals. The study was designed to test a methodology as well as to provide data for planning and management decisions for health science libraries. Findings and conclusions cover the value of a core collection of journals, length of journal files, performance of certain bibliographic instruments in citation verification, and the implications of study data for library planning and management.

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