Trial for Science Backfiles

We currently have a trial for the Science backfiles. The trial runs until the end of August, 2006.

http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=
http://www.sciencemag.org/archive/#classic

Feel free to send any comments to me or to Andrew Waller, our Serials Librarian: waller@ucalgary.ca.

Some things Andrew would like us to think about:

If you look at our catalogue record for Science, the 1880-1996 range is actually covered in full, over a few fulltext sources. Most of these databases are third-party aggregators, a few are ones where we own the content. If we go with the Science Classic deal, which will cost $12,750 US for a one-time purchase, will we be needlessly duplicating content or, on the other hand, will we be providing another access option and a more stable source for what is extremely popular content? Is there something about the product that gives it a step-up from the other databases with the same content?

Questions from me are: how much of the older content is used by the department? Is our current access meeting your needs?