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Archive of Past Issues
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Issue no. 130, April 5, 2004
The Library is pleased to announce renewals to the following databases.
ScienceDirect
This database is jointly subscribed to by the UIC, UIUC, and UIS. It
provides electronic access to all of the print journals published by
Elsevier Science that are held jointly by the 3 campuses. Last year
negotiations among the three campuses were made to decide on who would
keep the print copy of the journal. Although you may not find a print
title in the library that you previously were used to finding, that title
is available electronically through ScienceDirect. We will have to
renegotiate for 2005 and will then determine any changes in who is keeping
the print and whether there should be any new titles added that no one
currently has. Since Elsevier has purchased some other publishers, the
journals from those publishers will be considered in the next renewal if
they were not included in the 2004 negotiation. Academic Press titles are
part of the 2004 renewal. The total cost of this database for all 3
campuses is $473,778.50. UIC's cost was $200,882.08. The print
subscriptions cost four times what we are paying for the online or
$1,895,112.00. Individual titles may be found in the Library's list of
electronic journals at
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/resources/journals/ or you may go
the full database of ScienceDirect at http://www.sciencedirect.com
College Source Online
This database provides access to 27,603 college catalogs, providing cover
to cover, original format of 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional, and
international schools. This database may be found at
http://www.collegesource.org/ and costs $3,950.
JSTOR
UIC currently subscribes to several JSTOR collections, providing over 300
full text journals from volume one of each title. Disciplines covered by
JSTOR that UIC has access to include African American Studies, African
Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Asian Studies, Botany, Business,
Classical Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, General
Science, Geography, History, History of Science, Language & Literature,
Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Middle East Studies, Philosophy,
Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology, and
Statistics. The individual titles may be found within the alphabetical
list of electronic journals at
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/resources/journals/ or you may go
to the JSTOR URL at http://www.jstor.org/ . This database cost $29,300.00
UlrichsWeb
This is a database that provides information on all periodicals and
continuations that are published throughout the world. It provides
ordering information, cost, where indexed, and other pertinent facts about
each title. You may search by discipline and compile lists of journals by
discipline. This database may be found at
http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/ . It costs $2,150.00.
Institute of Physics Journals Online
This is a subscription to the online access to all of the Institute of
Physics journals that UIC receives in print format. You may access the
individual titles through the list of electronic resources at
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/resources/journals/ or go to the
Institute of Physics URL at http://www.iop.org/EJ . This subscriptions
costs $2,439.00.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Online
This is a database that indexes worldwide articles in architecture,
design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic
preservation. Coverage is from the 1930s and it is updated weekly. You
may access this database by going to the Library's list of electronic
resources at
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/resources/electronicresources.shtml
It costs $2,650.00
Library-News is an electronic newsletter reporting on major acquisitions
in the UIC Library, news of changes in the library that may impact on
service, news of newly acquired electronic resources, and news from
Chicago area libraries.
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