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Re: Freely Accessible Database Holdings Bolton, Karen S. 18 Oct 2011 15:06 UTC

Hi Tom,
We do not have Serials Solutions, but you should have a checkbox or some other facility in admin there for including all those embargoes in the display.  If not, ask the SS support to show you how you can apply those.

Karen Bolton
Serials Librarian
bolton@msoe.edu

Milwaukee School of Engineering
Walter Schroeder Library
1025 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI
53202-3109

-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Evans, Thomas W
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 9:47 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Freely Accessible Database Holdings

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