The article provided some tips for electronic resource development for libraries with limited budget. Some tips are:

(1) Activate: access to free e-version that comes with print materials or e-books purchase online.
(2) Evaluate: to reduce duplicate of electronic resources subscribed.
(3) Negotiate: get a better price by negotiate with vendors.
(4) Free access: get free publications or contents from digital institutional repository (open-access).
(5) Consortia: to form library consortia to share resources.
(6) Academic search engines: Google scholar, FindArticles at BNET, MagPortal.com, Scirus and Intute.
(7) Open source: programs like LibX and iVia; systems like Sourceforge.net and Open Source Initiative.

[Source: How to make a dollar out of fifteen cents tips for electronic collection development by Apryl C. Price. Collection Building, Volume 28, Number 1, 2009, pp31-34]