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Content Updates

The need to work with the KU-Lawrence campus and jointly license content wherever possible is a useful reminder of the importance of the commitment to open access that we share on both campuses. Dykes Library is committed to serving the evolving needs of scholars, students and instructors and we appreciate your continued support.

We understand that the libraries' resources are vital for the work you do and we will continue to approach this situation in a thoughtful and transparent way.  Faculty, staff, and students can request unavailable articles through our interlibrary loan service with turnaround time usually within 24 hours.

Database Changes

Due to high cost and low usage, we have decided to cancel our subscription to JAMAevidence and replace it with a new subscription to AccessPhysiotherapy. 

New E-books

 

For feedback or questions about content changes, please email rsm@kumc.edu.

Additions

This year acquired several Elsevier journal archives, which we will own in perpetuity. Thanks to our partnership with KU-Lawrence, we added journals that were in high demand from other publishers. We also purchased several e-books on the EBSCOhost platform.

 

New Elsevier Journal Archives

 

New Oxford Journals

 

New Sage Journals

 

New T&F Journals

 

New Wiley Journals

 

New E-books

 

Wiley Journals Not Renewed

 

For questions about access options for a specific journal, please search e-journals by title.

For feedback or questions about content changes, please email rsm@kumc.edu.

Additions

This year we added several new journal titles. We now have access to all newly published content from the JAMA Network. Thanks to our partnership with KU-Lawrence, we also added titles that were in high demand from other publishers.

New JAMA Titles
New T&F Titles
New Oxford Titles
New Springer Titles
Other New Titles

    Springer Titles Not Renewed 

    For questions about access options for a specific journal, please search e-journals by title.

    Additions

    We were able to negotiate new multi-year agreements in coordination with KU-Lawrence that allowed us to add several additional journal titles from Nature and Sage. Furthermore, one-year Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) funding was used to add a new database, which we will evaluate for retention at the end of the year.

    New Databases
    New Nature Titles
    New Sage Titles

    For questions about access options for a specific journal, please search e-journals by title.

    Additions

    We are pleased to announce the addition of five new databases and several new journal titles in 2019. These products have been requested numerous times over the years by our library community.

    New Databases
    New Journal Titles

    Updates

    The library jointly licenses titles wherever appropriate with our main campus in Lawrence. As such, decisions from main campus can sometimes affect our collection. Please see here for KU Libraries Content Budget Update. With publisher yearly increases ranging from 4% to 9%, a joint decision was made to move to an individual title selection model and exit the big deal packages with Wiley and Oxford. Cancellation decisions are based on cost and usage analysis.

    The below files list the highly used titles we retained from Wiley and Oxford.

    For questions about access options for a specific journal, please search e-journals by title.

    Our electronic resource collection costs increase at a rate between 4% and 9% annually while our budget has remained flat. We have reached the point where we cannot continually renew library resources at the rate increases publishers are demanding. As of January 1, 2018, the following journals are no longer available through A. R. Dykes Library. More information will follow starting Spring 2018 when we start the FY19 budget process.

      • Karger Journal Package – Journal Titles not renewed

        American Journal of Nephrology Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
        Cardiology Cerebrovascular Diseases
        Digestive Diseases European Neurology
        Gerontology Hormone Research in Paediatrics
        Neonatology Nephron
        Neurodegenerative Diseases Neuroendocrinology
        Neuroepidemiology Oncology
        Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Respiration
        Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
      • Springer – Journal Titles not renewed
        Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie Digestive Diseases and Sciences
        International Urogynecology Journal Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
        Pediatric Nephrology World Journal of Surgery
      • Health Business Elite
        • There is significant overlap in this database and another database we continue to have access to, Business Source Premier. We will retain Harvard Business Review through Business Source Premier found here.
    • Faculty of 1000 Prime
      • As of Jan. 1, 2017, Faculty of 1000 Prime will no longer be available through the A.R Dykes Library collection. Increased costs and low usage have driven the decision to cancel this life science literature alert tool. Faculty of 1000 Prime does not contain full text articles outside of the A.R. Dykes Library collection and so no full text content will be lost due to this cancellation.
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