Strauss's latest edition retains its place as an essential text for library students; an indispensable guide for practitioners in public, academic, and special libraries who deal with business inquiries; and a resource for entrepreneurs and business professionals.
This study has implications for collection management at most academic libraries. It provides an indication of the relative use of journals in an average academic library, and hence will help librarians to decide which titles to subscribe to and how they should be maintained.