The high cost of science journals: A case study and discussion

Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-241

  Rose Wiles, Lisa M ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic publishing; Library budgets; Open access; Science journals; Serials prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053011625     PISSN: 1941126X     EISSN: 19411278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1941126X.2011.601225     Document Type: Article

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