Hi, Tom.  I have also experienced this problem with freely accessible
resources.  I don't always add them just because they are freely accessible
and sometimes I add only 1 title out of hundreds available in a database.
I analyze them as critically as any title costing several thousand titles
because it takes my time to maintain them.  When I find one that has
incorrect dates but I still want to add it, I fix the dates but also check
it occasionally.  If it becomes a problem, I discard it and be done with
it.

--
Barbara M. Pope, MALS
Periodicals/Reference Librarian
Axe Library
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg KS  66762
620-235-4884
bpope@pittstate.edu

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:47:21 +0000, "Evans, Thomas W" <evans@CANISIUS.EDU>
wrote:
> Hello out there. I'm not sure if this topic has been addressed before;
if
> so, I'm sorry to bring it up again. I've been noticing that a lot of
these
> titles are not available up to the dates they say they are. For
instance,
> "The Journal of Experimental Medicine" has the following Serials
Solutions
> holdings: "Freely Accessible Science Journals 01/01/1896 to present"
when
> there actually seems to be a 6 month embargo (i.e. most current
available
> is April). Has anyone else noticed this? If so, how do you handle it
(i.e.
> a default holdings statement for all these databases?)? There are a lot
of
> titles in these databases, which I'm sure you're aware, and it would be
> impracticable if not impossible to edit them one-by-one. Also, is this a
> Serials Solutions problem? I'm going to contact them about this and will
> share their response and all responses with the list. Thanks in advance
for
> your help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tom Evans
> Serials Librarian
> Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library
> Canisius College
> 2001 Main Street
> Buffalo, NY 14208
> evans@canisius.edu
> Phone: 716-888-8418
> Fax: 716-888-8420