ABSTRACT
Librarians are familiar with the challenges of determining which journals are present in database aggregators such as ProQuest, JSTOR, Lexis-Nexis, Project Muse, and many others. The full-text journals in the large aggregators vary based on the aggregators' agreements with journal publishers, and with as many journals as they have, content can literally change on a daily basis. When libraries subscribe to one of these services, they and their patrons suddenly have access to a wealth of resources. Managing and tracking these resources, however, presents significant new challenges. Not knowing where to find information about a database's content is terribly frustrating; librarians know there is a chance that a journal article might be available through some of the many available electronic resources, but they do not have the time to search through each database to figure out where they can find the particular article they seek. Most libraries have access to between 7,000 and 10,000 full-text journals, and some have access to many, many more. Given the cost of these resources, it is important that librarians make the most of what is available and know what is in these resources.
