Due to these restrictions, the options were to either make very dramatic cuts in the number of individual journals subscriptions, already small in number after many years of cuts and publisher consolidation, or consider the discipline-specific databases and subject/society-based journal packages. Excluded were the big deals and cross-disciplinary publisher packages and databases. The physical sciences and engineering collections manager, the author, and the life science collections manager were required to make these cuts in serials lines, which included individual journals subscriptions, society- and discipline-based publisher packages, and discipline-based bibliographic databases (often referred to as abstracting and indexing databases (A&I)). This study of science database holdings originated in 2010 when collections managers at the authorвЂ™s library were faced with a significant collections cut. The ongoing serials cancellation crisis has been a fact of life for collections managers since the 1980s 1 and, with the recent 2008 financial crisis and ongoing challenges for public higher education budgets, promises to be around for the foreseeable future.

Also measured were holdings of Proquest and EBSCO science A&I databases, which saw small declines in holdings, as well as holdings of comprehensive A&I databases Scopus and Web of Science, which saw a significant increase for Scopus holdings. The results indicate little change in the holdings of several discipline-specific databases including MathsciNet, SciFinder Scholar, and GeoRef, while there were declines in holdings of several other databases including INSPEC, Biological Abstracts, and Compendex. Additions and cancellations were recorded and verified. Annually, over the course of eight years, 108 ARL libraries and 74 Oberlin Group library website AвЂ“Z database lists were reviewed to look for the presence of 21 Science and Technology A&I databases. The College will, however, make every effort to notify schools, students, and prospective students of significant changes.Science A&I Database Holdings at ARL and Oberlin Group Libraries, 2011вЂ“2016: A Longitudinal StudyДЄfter instituting major cuts to discipline-specific science abstracting and indexing (A&I) databases at an ARL library due to significant budget cuts, the author sought to determine if such cuts were being made by other academic libraries and what trends could be found in holdings of such databases. Saint MichaelвЂ™s reserves the right to change various prices and policies without prior notice.

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