Question:

New England Journal of Medicine

Details:

Multiple times I have needed to access a NEJM article older than 1990 but was unable to do so easily because the Health Sciences Library doesn't carry a subscription that includes older volumes. NEJM is a first-tier medical journal that often publishes landmark studies, and because of this, I think the library should pay for access to older volumes - ideally for whatever NEJM makes available online. Thank you.

Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for contacting the Library about NEJM.  Our print holdings of the NEJM does go back to the beginning of the publication, but our online subscription coverage only goes back to 1990.  To access the earlier issues requires additional cost.  Since request for older issues haven’t come up in recent years, we feel that our limited budget is better spent on new journals or databases that people ask for.  For occasional search of the older articles, you might want to use our excellent document delivery services:
http://hslibrary.ucdenver.edu/interlibrary 
This service is free to CU Anschutz faculty, staff and students.  Please let me know if you have any questions.
 
Yumin Jiang
Head, Collection Management