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Ideal and Appeal

A Model for Consortium Licensing of Electronic Journal Collections

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Electronic Publishing for Physics and Astronomy

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 224))

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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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© 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Menzel, J., Metzner, K., Pope, E. (1997). Ideal and Appeal. In: Heck, A. (eds) Electronic Publishing for Physics and Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 224. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0055-4_19

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  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

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