title: Finding alternatives when a major database is gone.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  What to do when a major database ceases publication?
  
  
  METHODS
  An urban, academic health sciences library with four campuses serves a university health sciences system, a college of medicine, and five other health sciences colleges.
  
  
  METHODS
  Usage statistics of each e-book title in the resource were carefully analyzed. Purchase decisions were made based on the assessment of usage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sustainable resources were acquired from other vendors, with perpetual access for library users.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This systematic process of finding alternative resources is an example of librarians' persistence in acquiring perpetual electronic resources when a major resource is cancelled.
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018966:Library Materials / Q000600:supply & distribution*
keywords: Book Selection; Databases; Library Collection Development; Statistics as Topic; Textbooks as Topics