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diff --git a/fuzzycat/serials.py b/fuzzycat/serials.py
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-# coding: utf-8
-"""
-Serial name matching. Includes names from issn database.
-"""
-
-import os
-import shelve
-
-__all__ = ["serialsdb"]
-
-
-class SerialsDatabase:
-    """
-    Lookup allows to lookup serial names, using a database of real serial names.
-
-        >>> from serials import serialsdb
-        >>> serialsdb.get("Philosophica")
-        {'1857-9272', '2232-299X', '2232-3007', '2232-3015'}
-
-    """
-    def __init__(self, path=None):
-        """
-        Note that shelve appends "db" to the name automatically. TODO: make this
-        auto-download into a cache directory.
-        """
-        if path is None:
-            path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".cache/fuzzycat/names")
-        self.db = shelve.open(path, flag='r')
-
-    def __getitem__(self, v):
-        return self.db[v]
-
-    def get(self, v, default=None, cleanup_pipeline=None):
-        if not cleanup_pipeline:
-            return self.db.get(v, default=default)
-        return self.db.get(cleanup_pipeline(v), default=default)
-
-    def close(self):
-        self.db.close()
-
-
-# A singleton.
-serialsdb = SerialsDatabase()