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Electronic Resource Subscriptions: Cancellations & Additions

This guide provides information on The University of Toledo Libraries' annual subscription cancellations and additions.

OVERVIEW, FY23-24

The total amount budgeted for electronic resource subscriptions by The University of Toledo Libraries in FY23/24 (July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024) was $2,928,138, including general University funds and the Libraries' endowed and special collection funds. This was 5.0% less than the previous fiscal year. The allocated amount from general University funds was $2,635,373. The allocated amount from the Libraries' endowed and special collection funds was was $292,465.

The total amount spent for electronic resource expenditures in FY/23/24 was $2,927,101. This was 4.7% less than actual subscription expenditures for FY22/23.  All subscription expenditures were for electronic resources. (University Libraries no longer subscribes to any print journals or indexes.)

See below for lists of resources cancelled and added during FY23/24.

Please direct any questions or comments you may have regarding the Libraries' electronic resource subscriptions or decisions to cancel/add products to eresources@utoledo.edu.

(Last updated: 10/8/2024)

CANCELLATIONS

 

RESOURCE TYPE ACCESS ENDS NOTE
AccessMedicine E-books Jun 30, 2023 About 20% of AccessMedicine titles (including Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine) are still accessible via AccessPharmacy and AccessPhysiotherapy, which were both renewed.
AccessEngineering E-books Jun 30, 2023  
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation E-journal Jul 31, 2023 Access remains to previously subscribed content via Ovid platform.
Anesthesiology E-journal Jul 31, 2023 Access remains to previously subscribed content via Ovid platform.
Applied Physics Letters: Backfiles, 1962-1998 E-journal Dec 31, 2023 Access to frontfile (newer) content remains, subscription renewed.
American Vacuum Society Journals (Journal of Vacuum Science &Technology, Biointerphases, Surface Sciences Spectra) E-journals Dec 31, 2023  
CALICO Journal   Dec 31, 2023  
Computer Assisted Language Learning E-journal Dec 31, 2023  
De Gruyter University Press E-Books: backlist (older) titles E-books Dec 31, 2023 OhioLINK resource; cost was covered for 1 year with second round of Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds; access remains to purchased frontlist (newly published) titles from Columbia, Harvard, California, Stanford, Toronto, and University of Pennsylvania university presses.
Elsevier (ScienceDirect) E-Books E-books Dec 1, 2023 OhioLINK resource; cost was covered for 1 year with second round of Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds; access remains to high-use titles selected for purchase.
Genetics E-journal Dec 31, 2023  
Journal of Chemical Physics E-journal Dec 31, 2023  
Journal of Operator Theory E-journal Dec 31, 2023  
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma E-journal Jul 31, 2023 Access remains to previously subscribed content via Ovid platform.
Journal of School Leadership E-journal Dec 31, 2023  
Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery E-journal Jul 31, 2023 Access remains to previously subscribed content via Ovid platform.
JoVE Video Journal Streaming video journal Sep 14, 2023 Access remains to JoVE Science Education Library, which was renewed.
JSTOR Expanded Access E-journals, primary sources, images, research reports Jun 30, 2023 Provider ended complimentary access to 20 collections: Arts & Sciences VI, Arts & Sciences VIII-XV, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Lives of Literature, Public Health, Security Studies, Sustainability, Global Plants,19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and World Heritage Sites: Africa. Free access was extended to subscribers of JSTOR products during the pandemic. Access to Libraries' subscribed collections ends Dec 31, 2023 (see next line).
JSTOR Archive Collections: Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, V, VII, & Life Sciences E-journals Dec 31, 2023  
Michigan Mathematical Journal E-journal Dec 31, 2023  
Molecular & Cellular Biology E-journal Dec 31, 2023 Previously part of American Society for Microbiology (ASM) journal package. Title transferred by ASM to Taylor & Francis, not picked up by UT Libraries. Remaining titles in ASM package renewed.
Neurology [with Neurology: Clinical Practice] E-journal Jul 31, 2023  
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry E-journal Dec 30, 2023  
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery E-journal Jul 31, 2023 Access remains to previously subscribed content via Ovid platform.

ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete

E-books Dec 1, 2023 Access remains to about 700 titles purchased by UToledo Libraries or OhioLINK.
Spine E-journal Jul 31, 2023 Access remains to previously subscribed content via Ovid platform.
Transparent Language Online Language-learning resource Jun 30, 2023 Libraries Connect Ohio resource; 5-year contract (2018-2023) ended.
Transplantation E-journal Jul 31, 2023 Access remains to previously subscribed content via Ovid platform.
University Press Scholarship Online: frontlist (new) titles E-books Dec 31, 2023 OhioLINK resource; access remains to purchased titles published from 2015-2023.
TOTAL AMOUNT CANCELLED, FY23-24 $233,210

(Last updated: 6/4/2024)

ADDITIONS

RESOURCE NAME TYPE ACCESS BEGINS NOTE
CultureGrams Full-text database Jul 1 2023 Funded for 5 years (2023-2028) by Libraries Connect Ohio.
Elsevier open access publishing Open access publishing privileges Jan 1 2024

Add-on to existing OhioLINK contract with Elsevier, no additional cost to institutions, no cost to authors. Allows for open access publishing in hypbird titles currently in OhioLINK's current Elsevier journal package, excluding Cell Press and Lancet titles. New add-on agreement is for 4 years (Jan 1 2024-Dec 31 2027).

Springer Nature expanded package & open access publishing E-journals & open access publishing privileges Jan 1 2024 Add-on to existing OhioLINK contract with Springer Nature, no additional cost to institutions, no cost to authors. Adds 700 journals to OhioLINK's current EJC package, including Palgrave, Adis, and Nature Academic titles (but not Nature portfolio journals such as Nature, titles starting with Nature, or Scientific American). Also allows for open access publishing in hybrid titles. New add-on agreement is for 3 years (Jan 1 2024-Dec 31 2026).
TOTAL AMOUNT ADDED, FY23/24 $0

(Last updated: 6/4/2024)