Subscription Review Project
2023-25 Journal and Database Subscription Review
In light of budget pressures, we are reviewing MLML/MBARI Research Library subscriptions for overlap with SJSU’s King Library and usage rates. Many journals are still available through MLML/MBARI and others are now only available through SJSU. This spreadsheet provides details and links to commonly used marine science journals and databases [under development].
Subscriptions through SJSU’s King Library are available directly through the SJSU King Library’s catalog with your OneSJSU ID. Search the SJSU catalog by article title or journal title to find what you need. All MLML affiliates also have SJSU logins. All MBARI adjuncts, interns, employees with MBARI email addresses will also have access to these resources through SJSU’s King Library. MBARIans should follow the instructions in the email from the SJSU King Library to set up a username and password.
- American Chemical Society journals (5 titles)
- Annual Reviews (Sciences Collection-48 titles)
- American Institute of Physics (14 titles)
- Engineering Village
- IEEE Xplore
- GeoRef database
- Harmful Algae
- Nature
- Oxford journals package
- ScienceDirect Journals (Elsevier)
- Science magazine
- Scopus database
Other continuing library resources ( journals, articles, books, reports, etc.) and ILL requests should still be accessed through the MLML/MBARI Research Library catalog. Databases should continue to be accessed from our webpages. Please reach out to librarian Katie Lage with any questions. I’m available for individual or group Q&A or workshops.
SJSU is facing budget cuts and the Library budget is being reviewed to create a more economically sustainable model.
At this time subscriptions that both the MLML/MBARI Research Library and the SJSU King Library hold are being targeted for cancellation in order to reduce overlap.
Email the librarian, Katie Lage.
Yes, MLML affiliates, including all students, and MBARI affiliates who have created their King Library account have full access to the SJSU King Library resources. Search the King Library catalog and webpages to find what you need. Speaking generally, the King Library can be really useful to use for the broader science resources, especially general science journals and large ebooks collections that the MLML/MBARI Research Library does not subscribe to. You can also access resources across different disciplines that may be helpful to you. The King Library does not subscribe to (most) of the specialized marine science and oceanography resources the MLML/MBARI Research Library does. Ask librarian Katie Lage if you need help!
Please request interlibrary loans or CSU+ articles, book chapters, and books through our MLML/MBARI Research Library's OneSearch catalog. (We have access to the same wide world of library interlibrary loan and it is easier administratively if we process those requests.)