Since 1998, the Indiana State Library (ISL) has provided INSPIRE, a suite of online databases and resources, to all libraries, schools, and residents of Indiana. Due to recent budget cuts at the federal and state levels, ISL has had to renegotiate its INSPIRE contract with the library database vendor EBSCO, resulting in several EBSCO databases being replaced with lower-tier products or eliminated completely. Change in access will occur August 1.
Please see the sub sections of this guide for details about NEW to INSPIRE EBSCO databases; EBSCO databases that will be retained in the INSPIRE collection; EBSCO databases that are being replaced by higher or lower tier versions of the same products; and, databases that are scheduled to be removed from the INSPIRE collection altogether.
Purdue Libraries is currently analyzing usage statistics for resources within INSPIRE to determine the most cost-effective way to provide access to eliminated content that has, up until now, been available to Purdue University at no extra cost.
Users are encouraged to use the Purdue Libraries’ interlibrary loan service (ILL) to request articles no longer available via INSPIRE databases.
Please contact Rebecca Richardson, Associate Dean for Collections and Access, with questions or concerns: rarichar@purdue.edu.
