Finding alternatives when a major database is gone
Title
Finding alternatives when a major database is gone
Description
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.
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.
Creator
Hu, Estelle
Source
Journal of Medical Library Association, 104(2)
Date
2016-04
Rights
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Format
text; journal article
Language
eng
Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.104.2.011
Extent
150-153
Position: 404 (414 views)
Collection
Citation
Hu, Estelle, “Finding alternatives when a major database is gone,” CALASYS - CALA Academic Resources & Repository System, accessed April 15, 2026, https://ir.cala-web.org/items/show/653.