Databases – subscription cancelled or modified

As of 19 December 2014

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Branch Database Reason for cancellation
David Lam MSCI ESG Stats Grant funding source unavailable.
David Lam Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage Low usage; alternative resources: MergentOnline and S&P Capital IQ.  Consulted with Sauder finance and accounting faculty.
Koerner Access World News Significant duplication with other sources.
Koerner American History in Video Content insufficiently academic.
Koerner Berg Fashion Library (reduced simultaneous users) Reduction in seats driven by low usage rate.
Koerner Family and Society Studies Low use, high cost per use.
Koerner Library Literature & Information Science with Full Text Significant duplication. Faculty consultation.
Koerner Oxford Scholarship Online Significant duplication. Important unique content could be purchased outright.
Koerner World History in Video Content insufficiently academic.
Multidisciplinary AP images Public-domain sources could be substituted.
Multidisciplinary Canadian Periodical Index Significant duplication with other sources. Important unique content (for example, First Nations periodicals) could be subscribed to separately.
Multidisciplinary Christian Science Monitor (1908-2000) Low use, high cost per use.
Multidisciplinary Films on Demand Low use,  high cost per use ; only a small subset of videos being utilized, will purchase selectively instead.
Multidisciplinary Hindawi membership Unable to support paying author publishing costs in light of reduction.
Multidisciplinary InCites Loss of partnership funding from UBC campus department to help support half the subscription costs; low use as compared to cost.
Multidisciplinary Lexis Nexis Awaiting campus consultation.
Multidisciplinary Nucleic Acids Research membership Unable to support paying author publishing costs in light of reduction.
Multidisciplinary OCLC Research Library Partnership Unable to demonstrate value to continue support.
Multidisciplinary VAST: Academic Video Online Low use, very high cost per use.
Multidisciplinary Wall Street Journal (1889-1996) Low use, high cost per use.
Multidisciplinary Washington Post (1877-1997) Low use, high cost per use.
Okanagan Book Reviews Index Low use.
Woodward BIOSIS High cost per use, faculty consultation.
Woodward Forestry Compendium Low usage, faculty consultation.
Woodward Henry Stewart Talks Low usage and widespread availability of high quality videos elsewhere. 3 videos accounted for 20% of usage.
Woodward International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) Low usage, faculty consultation.
Woodward Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts Low usage, faculty consultation.
Woodward NetBase (Eng, Enviro, Food, Materials, Math, Stats) leased collections Due to large price increases year after year, decided to purchase most highly used titles with endowment funds.
Woodward SAE Digital Library 1906-1963 backfile Low usage.
Woodward TRAIL (Technical Reports Archive and Image Library) We do not receive content; this is support for an OA resource.