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Finding alternatives when a major database is gone
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Hu E
J Med Libr Assoc
2016[Apr]; 104
(2
): 150-3
PMID27076804
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QUESTION: What to do when a major database ceases publication? SETTING: An urban,
academic health sciences library with four campuses serves a university health
sciences system, a college of medicine, and five other health sciences colleges.
METHODS: Usage statistics of each e-book title in the resource were carefully
analyzed. Purchase decisions were made based on the assessment of usage. RESULTS:
Sustainable resources were acquired from other vendors, with perpetual access for
library users. CONCLUSION: This systematic process of finding alternative
resources is an example of librarians' persistence in acquiring perpetual
electronic resources when a major resource is cancelled.
|*Databases, Bibliographic
[MESH]
|*Diffusion of Innovation
[MESH]
|Humans
[MESH]
|Information Storage and Retrieval/*methods
[MESH]