Hi Diane -

I see no downside to cancelling these subscriptions. Because of the perpetual access in PsycArticles, we cancelled our individual subscriptions to APA titles back in 2007. Our psychology department was fine with it and we have had no complaints. We still have bound volumes through 2007.

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Jenifer Holman
Electronic Resources/Periodicals Librarian

Murphy Library
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

1631 Pine St.
La Crosse, WI 54601

phone: 608-785-8395 | fax: 608-785-8639
email: jholman@uwlax.edu

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Diane Westerfield <Diane.Westerfield@coloradocollege.edu> wrote:

Thanks to everyone who answered my $3 question. Onto the next one:

Our APA journals went up by roughly 9% in price from 2015 to 2016. Print-only format, and that’s the only format option available from the subscription agent.

The electronic content for these titles is available in PsycARTICLES on EBSCOhost. I would normally treat PsycARTICLES as an aggregator but our 2007 signed license indicates perpetual access. I know that’s unusual for a database, but it’s right there in black and white.

This leads me to want to knock the print APA journals off the annual renewal and rely solely on PsycARTICLES. Anybody else run into this? And if so, how did you proceed? We wouldn’t withdraw the bound volumes we already have, but we’d cancel the current subscriptions to the print.

Thanks,

Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian

Tutt Library, Colorado College

diane.westerfield@coloradocollege.edu

(719) 389-6661

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