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Hi, Ever since SD started digitizing its backfiles their green "subscribed" icons have less and less meaning for us, as they are showing next to journals, that we don't have rights to access the full text of because our license only gives us access to 1995 (1993 for Academic Press titles) onwards, and because we haven't purchased any SD backfiles. e.g. Journal of Molecular Liquids - this journal runs from Vol. 25 (1983) - date. It was formerly known as Advances in Molecular Relaxation and Interaction Processes Vol. 10 (1978) - Vol. 24 (1982) which was formerly known as Advances in Molecular Relaxation Processes Vol. 1 (1967) - Vol. 9 (1977) When browsing the list of titles on SD the green "subscribed" icon is appearing not only next to the current title, where we do have some access rights, but also next to the former titles, which if they are pre 1995 we have no access to. I raised this issue with SD in September 2002 when it first became apparent the subscribed icon was appearing next to titles we had no access. I was informed that they were looking into the problem of unsubscribed titles showing up as subscribed and accepted that this was confusing for users. So far the problem has not been rectified. Whilst we would like access to the backfiles we can't justify the cost for our institution, as we don't believe that the usage will justify the costs of purchase in our particular institution, where research is not our primary role. It's a pity that SD don't allow us to lease the backfiles rather than have to purchase them outright, as we can't be the only institution that can't justify their purchase at the moment. Cheers Lesley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lesley Crawshaw, Faculty Information Consultant, Learning and Information Services, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ e-mail: [log in to unmask] phone: 01707 284662 fax: 01707 284666 web: http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/subjects/natsci/ejournal/ list owner: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~