Journal Backfile Lease and Purchase Options

SAGE Backfile Packages

Content ownership is becoming increasingly important in hard budgetary times. Investing in the SAGE Deep Backfile Package means owning access to over 440 SAGE journals backfiles that are interdisciplinary, including high-impact content published on behalf of hundreds of renowned, scholarly and professional societies. Enable students, faculty, and researchers to follow the trail of citations back to volume 1, issue 1 across a span of research topics.

5 good reasons to own the deep archive from SAGE:

1. Breadth
   SAGE has collected over 440 journal backfiles, including historical content covering subjects in business, humanities, socials science, and science, technology and medicine.
2. Depth
   SAGE's deep backfile coverage goes to volume 1, issue 1; through the last issue of 1998 (content from January 1999 to the present is included in the current subscription). You will own content spanning over a century of research. Our oldest article is from 1879 in Perspectives in Public Health.
3. Quality
   We pride ourselves on high-quality content, meeting our markets need for interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, journal backfiles to provide your library. Close to fifty percent of the journals in the entire SAGE Deep Backfile Package are ranked in the 2010 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports®.
4. Award-winning SAGE Journals platform
   Content is easy to find on SAGE Journals (SJ), hosted on the prestigious HighWire Press platform. SJ was chosen as Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic Title (January 2011). We are dedicated to continued enhancements and improvements to the features and functionality of the platform and provide usage statistics for archival content.
5. Pricing
   We offer flexible backfile purchase and lease options for over 440 journals to accommodate library budgets of all sizes. This package option offers the most value for money, including great savings off list price for individual journal backfile purchases.

View the full list of titles in the SAGE Deep Backfile Package

*At present, SAGE has located, and provided on SAGE Journals, 98% of the overall expected volume of back file issues.

Need something more specific?

• Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Backfile Package
  – includes 341 titles
• Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) Backfile Package
  – includes 144 titles
  
  

  Health Sciences Backfile Package– includes 109 titles

  Clinical Medicine Backfile Package– includes 60 titles

Need more incentives?

• Save shelf space and the cost of supporting a print collection
  of journals in your physical library
• Save time by allowing faculty, students, and researchers to perform important research from their office, dorm-room or
  
• Take advantage of the toll-free inter-journal reference linking feature between SAGE journals and other HighWire hosted journals
  lab with flexible searching, browsing, and alerting capabilities

How to get SAGE Backfile Packages

To request pricing or product information or to arrange a 30-day trial of SAGE Backfile Packages, contact:

If you are in the USA, Canada, Central and South America including the Caribbean
Email: librarysales@sagepub.com.

If you are in the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific:
Email: librarysales@sagepub.co.uk.

Recommend SAGE Deep Backfile Package to Your Librarian

Pricing and Licensing Options for Individual Libraries

1. Annual subscription (lease) of the backfile of individual titles: The deep backfile for SAGE journals is available via annual subscription on a title-by-title basis. Institutions that hold a current subscription can lease the backfile for an additional 10% of the annual combined (print + e-access) subscription rate for that journal. To lease the backfile of individual SAGE journals, please contact: backfilesales@sagepub.com
   
   
2. Purchase of the deep backfile of individual SAGE journals (guarantees perpetual access): The deep backfile for SAGE journals is also available for purchase on a title-by-title basis. The purchase price of the deep backfile is dependent on the journal’s current list price and the number of volumes available in the deep backfile. Therefore, the price will vary per journal. Hosting fees apply and customers will be billed annually for hosting fees.

Hosting Fee Associated with the Purchase of Individual SAGE Journal Backfile

A hosting fee of $25 or £15 per journal will be charged to a maximum of $700 or £450 per institution. Customers who purchase the backfile will have perpetual access to that backfile as long as they continue to subscribe to the technology fee. Contact backfilesales@sagepub.com for more information.

Pricing and Licensing Options for Library Consortia

1. Hosting of the entire SAGE Deep Backfile Package:
   Lease of the complete SAGE Deep Backfile Package (440+ journals) is available to customers at a discounted rate (compared to leasing the deep backfile on a title- by-title basis). Please contact backfilesales@sagepub.com for pricing information for your institution.

2. Ownership (perpetual access) of the entire SAGE Deep Backfile Package:
   Purchase of the complete SAGE deep backfile package (440+ journals) is available to customers at a discounted rate (as compared to purchasing the deep backfile on a title-by-title basis). Hosting fees apply and customers will be billed annually for hosting fees.

3. Please contact backfilesales@sagepub.com for pricing information for your institution.

Hosting Fee Associated with the Purchase of the Entire SAGE Deep Backfile Package by Library Consortia

A hosting fee of $700 per library per annum will be charged to consortia libraries who purchase the entire SAGE Deep Backfile Package. Customers who purchase the backfile will have perpetual access to that backfile as long as they continue to pay the technology fee. Contact backfilesales@sagepub.com for more information.

View the full list of titles in the SAGE Deep Backfile Package

Terms and Conditions:

View the terms and conditions for purchase of the Backfile.

Hosting SAGE Backfile, Please Contact SAGE Customer Service

For Customers in North America, Central and South America including the Caribbean:
Journals Customer Services
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 U.S.A.
Telephone: (800) 818-7243 or (805) 499-9774
Fax: (800) 583-2665 or (805) 499-0871
Email: backfilesales@sagepub.com

For Customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia:
Journals Customer Services
1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road
London EC1Y 1SP, U.K.
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7324 8500
Fax: +44 (0)20 7324 8600
Email: backfilesales@sagepub.com

For Customers in India, The Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka:
Journals Customer Services
B 1/11 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area
Mathura Road, Post Bag 7
New Delhi 110 044
India
Telephone: ++(91-11) 4053 9222
Fax: ++(91-11) 4053 9234
Email: journalsubs@sagepub.in