Cost effectiveness comparison of online and manual bibliographic information retrieval
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Information Science
- Vol. 1 (2) , 77-84
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016555157900100204
Abstract
A model is proposed for the investigation of the cost- effectiveness of interactive online searching, as an aid towards justification of expenditure to senior management. It is concluded that online bibliographic literature retrieval is considerably more cost-effective than traditional library manual searching, as well as providing additional qualitative advantages.Keywords
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