Cost Comparison of Abstracts and Indexes on Paper, CD-ROM, and Online.

Cohen, Elaine; Young, Margo

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ERIC Number: EJ347597

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Publication Date: 1986

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Cost Comparison of Abstracts and Indexes on Paper, CD-ROM, and Online.

Cohen, Elaine; Young, Margo

Optical Information Systems, v6 n6 p485-90 Nov-Dec 1986

Describes a model enumerating cost factors for comparing costs for paper, online, and CD-ROM indexes and abstracts. The model is applied to start-up and annual costs, and to the cost of storing and providing access to ERIC, Applied Science and Fisheries Abstracts, and Excerpta Medica, based on anticipated academic library usage. (MBR)

Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Higher Education, Indexes, Models, Online Systems, Operating Expenses, Optical Data Disks, Space, Tables (Data), Use Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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