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ERIC Number: EJ421574
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
University Libraries and Pricing Practices by Publishers of Scholarly Journals.
Petersen, H. Craig
Research in Higher Education, v31 n4 p307-14 Aug 1990
A study used multiple regression analysis to evaluate publisher pricing practices for a random sample of 439 scholarly journals. Holding cost factors constant, it was found that prices to United States college libraries are significantly higher for physical science journals and for those from commercial publishers, especially from Europe. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Publishing Industry, Scholarly Journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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