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ERIC Number: EJ228363
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Jul
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Costs and Benefits to Industry of Online Literature Searches.
Jensen, Rebecca J.; And Others
Special Libraries, v71 n7 p291-99 Jul 1980
Over 53 percent of 159 NASA-Small Business Administration clients and industrial clients, surveyed for dollar costs and benefits of online computerized literature searches, identified dollar benefits. A direct ratio between benefits derived and client dollars invested, averaging 2.9 to 1, was demonstrated. Data tables are presented. (Author/JD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Industry, Information Systems, Information Utilization, Investment, Online Systems, Search Strategies, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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