Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 10:08:31 -1000
From: Carol Schaafsma <carols@HAWAII.EDU>
Subject: Historical data

I've been asked to compare the inflation rates of Humanities and Social
Science journals during the past 10-15 years to the inflation rate of the
STM titles.  There's lots of general information out there and lots of
information on STM titles only, but I'm having trouble finding the
separate rates for Humanities and Social Science.  Obviously I can use the
US Periodical Price Index by subject and construct rates by discipline,
but I hate to reinvent the wheel.  Has anyone have a citation to such
information or has anyone else gone to the trouble of
constructing/comparing these rates?  Any help will be greatly appreciated

Carol Schaafsma
Head, Collection Services Division
University of Hawaii Libraries

carols@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-956-2473
FAX:   808-956-5968