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| Algorithms | 1 |
| Cost Estimates | 1 |
| Database Producers | 1 |
| Databases | 1 |
| Information Services | 1 |
| Models | 1 |
| Online Searching | 1 |
| Online Vendors | 1 |
| Telecommunications | 1 |
| User Needs (Information) | 1 |
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| Online | 1 |
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| Hawkins, Donald T. | 1 |
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| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
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Hawkins, Donald T. – Online, 1989
Reviews some of the models used for pricing online information services and discusses some of the implications of these pricing algorithms. Topics discussed include online versus print pricing; charges for the retrieval process; charges for the retrieved information; telecommunications charges; and the pricing policies of Chemical Abstracts…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cost Estimates, Database Producers, Databases
