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Archived content is always there

Archived content is available—and your users can still have access to specific database archives through FirstSearch.

Scholarly archives at the ready

Leverage your library’s investment in electronic research by linking to special archived content. Users don’t even have to leave the FirstSearch interface. Archives include:

  • Electronic Collections Online This service makes available more than 6,200 current electronic journals. Participating publishers have agreed to an archive stored at OCLC, and your library receives ongoing access to those journals to which you’ve subscribed
  • PAIS Archive Public Affairs Information Service is a new database that chronicles global public policy and social issues from the early 20th century through the mid-1970s. When complete, the PAIS Archive will contain coverage of the PAIS Bulletin® 1915-1976 for the first time in electronic format. Visit the PAIS Archive information page for details.
  • Alternative Press Index Archive This OCLC-exclusive archive is a comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information published from 1969-1990, covering cultural, economic, political and social changes.
  • JSTOR Once you enable this link, users can access your JSTOR content through FirstSearch. JSTOR maintains an archive of scholarly journals licensed by many academic libraries around the world. JSTOR’s five collections (Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Business, Ecology & Botany and General Science) are considered an excellent complement to ECO.

Archival database content outside the list above (backfiles of WilsonSelectPlus, for example) are not available if your library discontinues your FirstSearch subscription.

Access your own digital archive, too

FirstSearch can also connect to a digital archive your library creates and stores using the OCLC Digital Archive. Your users will be able to search for and find digital content, even after the original source material—such as web site articles—has long since disappeared.