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Statement of Work

Background and Purpose

FDA researchers require unlimited access to electronic journals to conduct research and reviews, stay informed on current scientific information and meet the research mission of the FDA. The online platform must allow quick searches across all resources simultaneously in one search statement. The FDA's Biosciences Library requires 24/7 online electronic access to all of the listed informational resources reduces the need for multiple individual copies of expensive resources and decreases document delivery costs. These resources are highly valued and used by FDA researchers in support of the Agency mission as evidenced by usage statistics.
 
FDA has purchased perpetual access to ScienceDirect backfiles, access to the Freedom Collection and selected Cell Press & Clinic titles. Backfile collections procured include: Agriculture & Biological Sciences, Anesthesiology, Chemical Engineering and Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Emergency Medicine, Environmental Science, Immunology and Microbiology, Materials Science, Medicine and Dentistry collection (7 of 17 sections), Organic Chemistry, Pain Medicine, Pharmacology, The Lancet, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, Radiology and Imaging and Veterinary Science.

With the backfiles, FDA has perpetual access to the full-text of content from a selection of journal articles from these subject areas with years of coverage prior to January 1995.

The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase the following backfiles:

Cell Press (brand name or equal)
 
Custom Single File Backfile (brand name or equal)

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