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. 1992 Apr;80(2):150–156.

Combining new technologies for effective collection development: a bibliometric study using CD-ROM and a database management program.

J F Burnham 1, B S Shearer 1, J C Wall 1
PMCID: PMC225638  PMID: 1600424

Abstract

Librarians have used bibliometrics for many years to assess collections and to provide data for making selection and deselection decisions. With the advent of new technology--specifically, CD-ROM databases and reprint file database management programs--new cost-effective procedures can be developed. This paper describes a recent multidisciplinary study conducted by two library faculty members and one allied health faculty member to test a bibliometric method that used the MEDLINE and CINAHL databases on CD-ROM and the Papyrus database management program to produce a new collection development methodology.

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