Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library
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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Resource Cancellations

Below is information on resource cancellations. This information will be updated as resource determinations are made. For more information on cancellations, see below.

Grammarly

  • Effective date: 11/14/2024
  • Format: Online
  • Discipline: All
  • Reason for cancellation: Significant increase in annual cost.
  • Alternatives: Grammarly individual free and premium subscriptions. Alternative tools, such as Paperpal, Quillbot, and LanguageTool, also have free and premium options for individuals. Office365 Editor also provides grammar-checking functions.

AccessEmergency Medicine

  • Effective date: 1/2/2024
  • Format: Online ebooks
  • Discipline: Emergency Medicine
  • Reason for cancellation: Low and declining usage; Nearly half of the titles in this ebook package are available through other library online subscriptions, and several other books are available in the library’s print collection.
  • Alternatives: No freely available comparable resources.

RefWorks

  • Effective date: 12/31/2023
  • Format:  Web-based software
  • Discipline:  NA
  • Reason for cancellation:  Duplication of resource type; limited utility compared to similar resources available at no cost to users.
  • Alternatives:  EndNote from RITO at UNMC and Zotero

VisualDx

  • Effective date: 8/31/2023
  • Format: Web-based software
  • Discipline: Medicine, dermatology, simulation
  • Reason for cancellation: Unable to secure cost-share with units. The library has only paid a portion of the full cost of this resource since initiating the subscription.
  • Alternatives: No freely available comparable resources. Individual subscriptions to VisualDx are available from the vendor.

About Library Resource Cancellations

McGoogan Library collections support the education and research programs of UNMC. Maintaining high-quality resources in an environment of constrained budgets requires an active management strategy that occasionally results in cancellations or access restrictions.

Cancellations are preceded by a formal process involving several possible factors:

  • Usage statistics
  • Cost per use
  • Subject scope and relevance to the library’s primary users
  • Uniqueness of content
  • Availability of other access
  • Availability of cost share with other UNMC units
  • Terms of license and subscription
  • Campus feedback in response to the proposed cancellation

As part of the University of Nebraska Consortium of Libraries (UNCL), McGoogan Library partners with other University of Nebraska libraries to augment the collection through shared licensing of online resources. Because some resources are funded through UNCL, we must sometimes manage delays in availability or cancellations that arise from negotiated changes to shared resources.

Learn more about the McGoogan Library’s guidelines for withdrawal or cancellation of materials and resources in our Collection Development policy.

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