PERIODICAL OWNERSHIP VERSUS FULLTEXT ONLINE ACCESS - A COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS

Authors
HAWBAKER AC WAGNER CK
Citation
Ac. Hawbaker et Ck. Wagner, PERIODICAL OWNERSHIP VERSUS FULLTEXT ONLINE ACCESS - A COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS, The Journal of academic librarianship, 22(2), 1996, pp. 105-109
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
The Journal of academic librarianship → ACNP
ISSN journal
00991333
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
105 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-1333(1996)22:2<105:POVFOA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This article compares the costs and benefits of periodical ownership a gainst online access of a fulltext periodicals database in one academi c library. A fulltext database allows the library to offer more than t wice as many journals as it does currently for a 15% increase in expen ditures.