Elsevier ScienceDirect Backfiles at Cambridge University Library

Cambridge University Library has acquired in perpetuity the complete set of Elsevier ScienceDirect backfiles, which delivers scientific literature electronically to the desktop across the University community on an unprecedented scale. Comprising more than 7 million articles, the collection of digitised back issues of Elsevier ScienceDirect journals is equivalent to 4 km of shelf space for print volumes. Each title is available electronically from the first volume and issue of publication, complementing the current subscription. As well as making existing peer-reviewed titles held within the University more readily accessible, the electronic backfiles widen the range of titles immediately available in Cambridge, obviating the need to acquire articles through document delivery and inter-library loan