Abstract
A cost comparison study was made of Excerpta Medica's abstracting journals, based upon actual costs to a library. Unit costs were determined for six sections of EM as compared with six corresponding abstract journals. On average, EM sections were found to be 138% more costly than corresponding abstract journals. The effects of splitting of EM journal titles were also analyzed. This practice increases the price of a total subscription to EM and makes comprehensive information retrieval more difficult. A survey of medical school librarians as users of EM points to dissatisfaction with its increasing price, particularly when it results from title splitting.
Full text
PDF
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Dolcourt J. L., Braude R. M. Determination of overlap in coverage of Excerpta Medica and Index Medicus through SERLINE. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1976 Jul;64(3):324–325. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]