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Finding alternatives when a major database is gone

Author(s) -

Estelle Hu

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of the medical library association jmla

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1558-9439

pISSN - 1536-5050

DOI - 10.5195/jmla.2016.64

Subject(s) - resource (disambiguation) , computer science , world wide web , process (computing) , health science , library science , database , data science , medicine , medical education , computer network , operating system

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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