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Optimum P% Library of Scientific Periodicals

Nature volume 232, pages 458–461 (1971)Cite this article

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A quantitative method is described for finding the optimum percentage of periodicals for a library in a given field. The appearance of new journals is apparently counterbalanced by the disappearance of the old.

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BROOKES, B. Optimum P% Library of Scientific Periodicals. Nature 232, 458–461 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232458a0

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