Cooperative purchase and use: a study of the ProQuest full text database of dissertations and theses (PQDT)
Abstract
Purpose
To purpose of this study is to describe and to demonstrate the value of a consortium purchase of the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses full-text database (PQDT) in China.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors provide a first-person account based on their professional positions at the China Academic Library & Information System Administrative Center.
Findings
That the PQDT database has steadily increased the use of theses in China with more institutions subscribing every year. The PQDT full-text database has become one of the most cost effective databases cooperatively purchased in China.
Originality/value
One of the few in-depth studies of the use of the PQDT database.
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Acknowledgements
© Xiaoxia Yao and Yongchao Zhao 2015
The authors thank Xiao Long and Zhang Lin for the support. They did lots of work on PQDT full-text purchasing and provided some statistical data.
Citation
Yao, X. and Zhao, Y. (2015), "Cooperative purchase and use: a study of the ProQuest full text database of dissertations and theses (PQDT)", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 43 No. 2, pp. 94-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILDS-01-2015-0002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2015, Authors