Toni,
I am not familiar with the Beijing Review, however, in my experience the notation you describe *usually* means there is free access for *subscribers*.  And it may also be for a single user or single workstation which doesn't *usually* scale to making the content available online across a college campus.

It certainly worth getting clarification on!

Kristi
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Kristina M. DeShazo, MLS
Acquisitions & E-Resources Librarian
OHSU Library
503 494-1637

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Toni Katz
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 10:26 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Ebsco renewals and "free access"

I would like to ask about titles in Ebsco's Online Availability Report,
listing titles to which one subscribes, with additional information on
online availability.  Some titles for which we pay a subscription state:
"can be accessed free without authentication or registration".  An example
for Colby would be the Beijing Review.

Why then are we paying a subscription (if in fact we do not care about
archival or perpetual access)?

I'd like to hear the opinion of others, since I feel like I am missing
something--it just can't be that simple.

Thank you.
Toni Katz
Colby College