Make the most of what you have: Use Scifinder Scholar as a collection development tool

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Donna R. Resetar, Donna.Resetar@valpo.edu, Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources, Valparaiso University, 1410 Chapel Drive, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Money and materials are not the only resources in short supply at the smaller academic institution. Staff are also limited and most librarians serve in multiple roles. Time for special projects is scarce. Under these circumstances, it is very difficult to do a citation analysis or journal use study as detailed as those published in the library literature. However, SciFinder Scholar can be used to learn where some science faculty and students publish and what journals they cite, and thus provide concrete data to help support or negate a subscription list. This presentation will describe how to use SciFinder Scholar to do an efficient journal-use/citation analysis for your institution.