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| Costs | 1 |
| Financial Support | 1 |
| Information Retrieval | 1 |
| Library Cooperation | 1 |
| Library Networks | 1 |
| Online Systems | 1 |
| Reference Services | 1 |
| User Satisfaction… | 1 |
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| Roose, Tina | 1 |
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Peer reviewedRoose, Tina – RQ, 1982
Reviews the benefits and disadvantages of online searching in the context of cooperative reference network services. The cost effectiveness of centralization of online information retrieval services, problems associated with doing searches at the network level, and subsidizing search services are discussed. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Centralization, Costs, Financial Support, Information Retrieval
