Eresource Cancellations as of January

These systemwide CDL-managed Tier 1 and Tier 2 resources have been cancelled at the systemwide level, with a subscription end date of December 31, 2025:

Bibliography of British and Irish history database from Brepols. Campuses included: UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSB, and UCSF.  Access will end January 1, 2026 to this database.

De Gruyter ResearchNow journals (formerly Bepress) subscription collection from De Gruyter. Campuses included on the current subscription were: UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSB, UCSC, and UCSD. Access to new and non-perpetual coverage will end January 1, 2026. 

Three EBSCOhost databases – cancellations with access ending January 1, 2026 include:

• LGBT Life – All UC campuses were included
• Music Index Online – Campuses included UCI, UCR, UCSD, UCSB, and UCSC
• RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals – Campuses included UCD, UCLA, UCSB, and UCSC

Compendex & Inspec at Engineering Village (Elsevier). Access to the current content subscription at the platform will end January 1, 2026.

• Compendex subscribers included UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSB, UCSD, and UCSF
• Inspec subscribers included UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSC, and UCSD

*Access to previously purchased backfile content in these collections will remain for select UCs.

Knovel ebooks (Tier 2) access will end January 1, 2026, at the Knovel platform.  Campuses included UCB, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCR, UCSB, and UCSD.

Global Financial Data (Fineaon) access will end January 1, 2026. Campuses included UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSB, UCSC, and UCSD. 

NOW journals (Tier 2) access to current and non-perpetual coverage will end January 1, 2026. Campuses included on the current subscription were: UCB, UCI, UCLA, and UCSD. UCM and UCSC had previously subscribed to titles in this package.

Three Thieme Resources

• Science of Synthesis database access will end January 1, 2026. Campuses included UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCM, UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, and UCSF.
• Thieme Connect Journals All UCs had selected titles at this platform, and access to current and non-perpetual coverage will end January 1, 2026.
• Thieme MedOne Education (ebook database) access will end January 1, 2026. Campuses included UCD, UCI, UCSF, and UCLA.

TransTech (Scientific.net) (Tier 2) access will end January 1, 2026 to current and non-perpetual journal coverage. Campuses on the journal subscriptions included UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, and UCSD. Several campuses were purchasing new books in the Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering series yearly as well, which are no longer being purchased.

CDL will continue to share information to the campuses through CDLinfo, SCLG, email announcements, and other channels about any future cancellations. Additional details about these cancellations have been shared with SCLG member representatives.  Please feel free to reach out to your SCLG representative or CDL with any questions about Tier 1 and Tier 2 cancellations.