title: Cost effectiveness of on-line searching of chemical information: an industrial viewpoint.
abstract: Cost comparisons and the cost effectiveness of on-line searching of information are reviewed. Topics discussed include on-line vs. manual searching, charge-out of search costs, efficacy of on-line searching, on-line vs. batch computer searching, vendor system comparisons, networking, searcher productivity, telecommunications, role of the intermediary, search transmission rates and on-line charges, editing of recorded searches, and increasing cost of on-line searching of chemical information.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D007256:Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D009862:Online Systems / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States