A Review of the Costs and Cost‐Effectiveness of Online Bibliographic Searching

Abstract

The following paper discusses the costs involved when a library adds online bibliographic searching to the services it offers to its patrons. Reviewed in the study are total online costs, comparisons of manual and online search results, various pricing policy alternatives, and some probable future changes for online bibliographic searching.

Citation

Koch, J.E. (1982), "A Review of the Costs and Cost‐Effectiveness of Online Bibliographic Searching", Reference Services Review, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 59-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048741