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Ideal and Appeal|A Model for Consortium Licensing of Electronic Journal Collections

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In a model project unprecedented in size and scope, Academic Press has made available its 175 scientific journals to licensed institutions in full-text over the WWW since January 1996. This article describes the unique business model behind this project, and gives a first evaluation after one year.

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    J. Menzel, K. Metzner & E. Pope

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Menzel, J., Metzner, K. & Pope, E. Ideal and Appeal|A Model for Consortium Licensing of Electronic Journal Collections. Astrophysics and Space Science 247, 241–250 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000506832645

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