Subscriptions in Context

By S. Kirsten DavisE-Resources and Serials LibrarianUniversity of Central OklahomaMarch 16, 2012

Photo: Agave by Kirsten Davis 2011, CC-BY

6%

6%

5%

5%

4%

4%

4%

4%

4%

3%

3%3%3%3%

46%

Highest Cost Databases

Biological Abstracts

LexisNexis

Inspec

Gale Literature Resource Center

S & P NetAdvantage

Literature Criticism Online

Compendex (Engineering Villiage 2)

Academic Search Complete

Business Source Complete

SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Historical Abstracts

CRCnetBASE

Mergent Financial Data

SocINDEX with Full Text

All other databases

54%

44%

1%

$1 Cost per Search

< $1 per search> $1 per searchno data available

88%

11%

1%

$10 Cost per Search

<$10 cost per search

>$10 cost per search

no data avilable

21%

8%

7%

4%

3%

3%3%

51%

Top Searched Databases

Academic Search Complete

Business Source Complete

SocINDEX with Full Text

CINAHL Full-Text

SPORTDiscus with Full Text

Biological Abstracts

MLA International Bibliography

All other databases

25%

26%

5%

44%

Databases by Cost per Full Text

<$1 cost per FT

$1-9.99 cost per FT

>$10 cost per FT

no data available

21%

15%

13%

8%

7%

6%

5%

5%

4%

4%

3%

2%2%

2% 2%

1%

Package Expenditures

Sage

Elsevier

ACS

PsycArticles

IEEE

Films On Demand

Project Muse

IOP

AIP

BioOne

ASME

SIAM

Emerald Engineering

Emerald Management

ACM

AAA

1%

0%

3%0%

10%

0%0%

5%

9%

1%

21%

42%

1%3%

0%

2%

Packages by Cost per FT

Sage

Elsevier

ACS

PsycArticles

IEEE

Films On Demand

Project Muse

IOP

AIP

BioOne

ASME

SIAM

Emerald Engineering

Emerald Management

ACM

AAA

41%

25%

34%

Expenditures in Liaison Reports

databases packages

journals and microfilm

Photo: Agave Blooms, Chisos Basin, by Kirsten Davis, 2011, CC-BY