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Finding alternatives when a major database is gone
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.
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