The Current State of E-Books in U.S. Law Libraries: A Survey

Wilhelmina Randtke; Stacy Fowler

The Current State of E-Books in U.S. Law Libraries: A Survey

Wilhelmina Randtke
, Stacy Fowler

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Abstract

Rising prices for print legal materials have caused an accelerated shift to acquisitions exclusively in electronic format. This study reports results of a survey of U.S. law libraries regarding indexing of electronic materials, including cataloging practices and other ways of making electronic materials available to and discoverable by patrons.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	361-381
Number of pages	21
Journal	Law Library Journal
Volume	108
Issue number	3
State	Published - Jun 1 2016

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