Full text electronic access is available for lower cost without dependency on print subscription and electronic access includes present and future archival access. Title is not considered vital for accreditation. An electronic subscription or license will be cancelled if Use is too low. Use is difficult to determine for some electronic titles at present. Gordon Library is dependent upon vendor server statistics for documentation on use.
Some vendors have detailed statistics by title.
Other vendors have statistics only on the total hits on a group of titles. Cost of subscription or license is comparatively expensive and use does not warrant the cost. Publications from Scholarly Societies which support disciplines of importance to WPI faculty and students will be preserved wherever possible.