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    Bottoming Out the Bottomless Pit with the Journal Usage/Cost Relational Index
    (Hayworth Press, 1994) Francq, Carole
    What journal subscriptions should be cancelled and what is a systematic way to do it? The Usage/Cost Relational Index identifies low-use journals and ranks the titles in relation to their subscription costs. The Index has a simple formula easy for librarians to apply and explain to inquisitive faculty. The Index Numbers are calculated in ASCII format on a spreadsheet with imported files of subscription prices and use statistics. The Index is individual for each library and flexible in the usage-data needed for the study. Use statistics may include interlibrary loan activity, exclude in-house use or have other data quirks. It is important for the manager to be aware of what the usage figures represent. Use studies can be time-consuming and, therefore, expensive, but their costs can be recovered in the cancellation of journal subscriptions that are costly in relation to their use.
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    EndNote and Reference Manager Citation formats compared to "instructions to authors" in top medical journals
    (2006) Brahmi, Frances; Gall, Carole
    The study compared citation format in EndNote version 7 and Reference Manager version 11 with the citation format for references found in the instructions to authors from the most significant medical literature. The resulting information should be very useful to those who depend on citation management software to format and organize their references for publication in medicine, and librarians and others who teach the use of citation management software.
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    Retrieval comparison of EndNote to search MEDLINE (Ovid and PubMed) versus searching them directly
    (2004) Gall, Carole; Brahmi, Frances
    Using EndNote version 7.0, the authors tested the search capabilities of the EndNote search engine for retrieving citations from MEDLINE for importation into EndNote, a citation management software package. Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed were selected for the comparison. Several searches were performed on Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed using EndNote as the search engine, and the same searches were run on both Ovid and PubMed directly. Findings indicate that it is preferable to search MEDLINE directly rather than using EndNote. The publishers of EndNote do warn its users about the limitations of their product as a search engine when searching external databases. In this article, the limitations of EndNote as a search engine for searching MEDLINE were explored as related to MeSH, non-MeSH, citation verification, and author searching.
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    Strategic Planning with Multitype Libraries in the Community
    (1997-07) Gall, Carole Francq; Miller, Ellen G.
    Medical libraries are discovering that ongoing collaboration in fundraising with other types of community libraries is mutually beneficial. Such partnerships may lead to joint grants, increase library visibility and access to decision makers, allow participation in community information networks, and provide leverage in additional fundraising projects. These partnerships have the potential to raise the profile of libraries. The accompanying community recognition for the parent organization may create a positive image, draw patients to the health center, and position the library and institution for future success in fundraising. Within institutions, development officers may become allies, mentors, and beneficiaries of the medical librarian's efforts. For a planned approach to community outreach with extra funding as the major objective, busy medical library administrators need guidelines. Standard participative techniques were applied to strategic planning by Indianapolis libraries to help achieve successful community outreach and to write joint statements of mission, vision, goals, and objectives.
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    Subscription Statistics for Collection and Budget Decisions
    (Indiana Library Federation, 1995) Ralston, Rick K.; Francq, Carole
    The most successful library managers in the future will plan using solid and consistent statistical data about library collection budgets.
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    The Tribe of Ishmael: A Study in Social Degradation
    (Charity Organization Society (Indianapolis, Ind.), 1888) McCulloch, Oscar C.
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    1907 Laws of the Indiana General Assembly
    (Wm. B. Burford, 1907) Indiana. General Assembly
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    The Indiana Plan
    (Indianapolis : W.B. Burford, 1909) Sharp, Harry