Yes, be careful with WSJ on ProQuest. Last year we had a professor looking for a chart, which wasn’t included in the PQ version. We get a paper subscription but this particular issue was the one issue missing from the shelf.

Diane Westerfield, Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian

Tutt Library, Colorado College

(719) 389-6661

(719) 389-6082 (fax)

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Steve Majure
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 10:50 AM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] WSJ Institutional Subscription

Beth & Ali -

We contacted Dow Jones and Proquest last week about an electronic subscription. I spoke with a sales rep from Dow Jones on Monday this week and she confirmed that our cost (FTE 11,000) would be $82,000 - yes, five digits with a comma!!

We started a trial with Proquest this week but I have found it disappointing. Their website describes it "Content Type: Abstract and index, Full Text, Full Image, Text+Graphics"

Our design students need to see the photos/images but they do not exist as advertised in Proquest . The few images I have seen appear to be their typical b&w line drawings. I just searched WSJ for "Louis Vuitton" and the first 500 results did not include any images of product. There were several line portraits and graphs only.

-Steve Majure

From: "Alison Larsen" <alarsen@SIENA.EDU>
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 12:12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] WSJ Institutional Subscription

Hi Beth,

I recently inquired with the WSJ about this and their pricing structure for electronic access for institutions based on IP range essentially doesn't exist. They do it by number of users, even for institutions.

This is from an email indicating how the price would be calculated: "The cost is an introductory rate of $29.95 per user for 1 year and $39.95 upon renewal. For this group access, the number of users is calculated at 25% the student body and faculty at your university/college. That works out to about $7.50 per student....more than 85% off our consumer rates!!!!!"

When I calculated the rate for us (about 2900 FTE) it would cost us over $21,000--I inquired about these numbers with the sales person because they seemed so high I thought I was had to be doing something incorrect but then got confirmation that would, indeed, be the cost. Yikes, no WSJ for us. However, we do currently have access via ProQuest.

Best,

Ali Larsen

Siena College

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Beth Miller <bmiller@washjeff.edu> wrote:

Hello Colleagues,

My Library is interested in a digital subscription to the Wall Street Journal. Do any of you have experience with this or know if it is even available? I am looking for something like ProQuest has with the NYT which uses IP authentication rather than a personal account and log in.

Thanks!

Beth

Beth A. Miller

U. Grant Miller Library

Washington & Jefferson College

bmiller@washjeff.edu

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