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| Title: | Availability of biomedical serials in India: A case of malaria research |
| Authors: | Das, Sushmita
Kumar, Surinder
Pandita, Naina |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2007 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | Attempts to analyse the availability of biomedical serials in India and there accessibility. A search on malaria using the
Pubmed database retrieved 386 journal articles in the last 180 days prior to April 2005. The availability of these journals in the
country has been ascertained using the Union Catalogue of Biomedical Serials in India (UNcat). The participating medical
libraries of UNcat have been divided into four zones (North, South, East and West) and the distribution of these serials has been
tabulated. The findings shows that various valuable journals, in each zone, is available in duplicates, such as, the British Medical
Journal, The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine etc. Reveals that though a large number of journals are available
online; their download costs are very high. This study will help the policy makers and administrators to formulate policies to
reduce duplication of valuable resources in the country. It is proposed that traditional services like the union catalogues may be
upgraded with value added services such as document delivery, interlibrary lending, etc. for effective and efficient retrieval at a
much lower cost. |
| Page(s): | 85-89 |
| ISSN: | 0972-5423 |
| Source: | ALIS Vol.54(2) [June 2007]
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