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Peer reviewedJordy, Matthew L.; McGrath, Eileen L.; Rutledge, John B. – College & Research Libraries, 1999
Reports on the use of book reviews as selection tools to establish the reputations of publishers. Examines the quality of books of several presses, and compares each publisher against a control sample, finding discernible variations in how reviewers express themselves about books. Discusses the relationship between price and qualit,y and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Book Reviews, Comparative Analysis, Costs
Peer reviewedTinker, William; Evers, Benjamin; Chance, Paul N. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Describes the authors' research behind the Historic Cancellation of Fact method, a solution to the information explosion crisis. Each existing paper is evaluated in the light of new papers published the day before, and any "old" paper which has suffered obsolescence is immediately pulled and republished in its entirety in SCRUB (Science Culling…
Descriptors: Information Science, Journal Articles, Obsolescence, Publications
