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In 1988 we cancelled both Chem Abs and Excerpta Medica.  Since then we
have offered free online searches for the years which we do not have in
print format.  This approach has definitely been cost-effective.
Our approach to preparing "hit lists" for journal cancellations is
described in:

   Dawn Bick and Reeta Sinha,
   "Maintaining a high-quality, cost-effective journal collection,"
   College and Research Libraries News 52(8), pp 485-90, September 1991.

Dawn Bick
Director, Collection Development
Houston Academy of Medicine-
Texas Medical Center Library
dbick@library.tmc.edu