Information on Higher Education journals collections that are available to Further Education colleges at an affordable price.
In response to growing demand on the further education sector to deliver higher education provision, Jisc has put a series of agreements in place with publishers of academic journals content to support the sector by providing affordable access to this content.
The following journal agreements have dedicated FE pricing and are available to all Jisc members who have an FE licence subscriptions manager account.
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The title lists for each agreement are available in CSV format. The files can be opened in spreadsheet software, such as MS Excel, OpenOffice or LibreOffice. Key information includes the titles, the coverage start and end dates and the URLs. This will give you an opportunity to explore the content available in each agreement.
The ACM Digital Library includes the complete collection of ACM's publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters and multimedia titles.
Subject areas covered:
ACM Digital Library catalogue page
Association for Computing Machinery: Jisc Collections: ACM Digital Library Journals Agreement 2022: The ACM Digital Library (DL) and the new link here: https://dl.acm.org/contents_dl.cfm
Please note that this agreement is only invoiced in US Dollars.
Annual Reviews is a dedicated provider of primary research literature in a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines in biomedical, physical and social sciences. The content supports scientists and researchers in navigating the vast amount of research and data that is available to them.
Institutions can subscribe to one or a combination of the following collections for 2022:
And/or:
A bespoke collection by title, can be offered via quotation (see offer document).
OA compliant route: Subscribe to open (global)
Subscription Pricing: The publisher is offering Jisc members a price freeze for 2022 (over 2020 pricing, unless members have changed Jisc band), pricing uses the current Jisc Bands. Institutions should review the offer document for full terms. For current Annual Reviews subscribers, the 2021 price quotes have been loaded into the "Annual Reviews journals agreement 2022 collections" group, within the "Annual Reviews Custom Collections 2022: Current Customers" option, which can be added to the basket. Please get in touch if you require adjustments.
If you subscribed prior to 2008, please contact the helpdesk.
Please note that this agreement is only invoiced in US Dollars.
BioOne Complete is a collection of high-impact bioscience research journals featuring content on an range of topics including global warming, stem cell research, and ecological and biodiversity conservation.
Subject areas covered:
BMJ Group is a leading global publisher of peer-reviewed medical journals covering a broad selection of medical specialties.
Bespoke packages are available for FE including the following titles:
BMJ Title List
British Medical Journal: Jisc Collections: BMJ Journals Online Collection: 2019-2020
Title lists (KB+)
Standard collection reading list
Optional titles (reading list)
Offer document: Institutions should review the offer document for full details of the agreement and titles available.
Please note: print subscriptions must be maintained.
Cambridge University Press is the printing and publishing house of the University of Cambridge. The press is the oldest publishing house in the world celebrated 436 years of continuous publishing in 2021. CUP is a not-for-profit publisher and their mission is to advance learning, knowledge and research worldwide. CUP publishes over 380 peer reviewed journals a year for distribution worldwide. CUP journals cover a broad range of subjects including all the main subjects in the humanities, social sciences and hard sciences. Their key areas are applied science, environment and conservation, agriculture, neuroscience and biomedicine, history, area studies, language and linguistics, political science and international relations. This is a read and publish transitional OA agreement pricing for Further Education institutions, this includes access to the complete journals collection.
Subject areas covered:
Cambridge University Press catalogue page
CUP Agreement and Title List
CUP Read and Publish Agreement 2021-24 Offer Document HE in FE
Licensed Material consists of:
All Licensed Material: Cambridge complete journals collection
Duke University Press publishes books and journals primarily in the humanities and social sciences. The e-Duke journal titles are best known for gender and sexuality studies, anthropology, history, cultural studies and theory, environmental studies, international regional studies, political theory and literature.
Duke University Press e-Duke Scholarly Collection Journals Offer Doc 2022_24
MAH Core is a bespoke collection of 10 Mark Allen Group healthcare journals.
Subject areas covered:
MA Healthcare: Jisc Collections: Core Journals for FE 2019-2022
The OUP Online Journals Collection for FE provides Read access to OUP's collection of journals in the arts, social sciences, scientific, technical, medical, professional, and humanities disciplines. Please refer to the Offer Document on the catalogue page for full details.
Oxford University Press catalogue page
Title List: Oxford University Press: Jisc Collections: OUP Online Journals for FE: 2022
Project MUSE provides access to a range digital humanities and social science content from over 120 publishers including university presses and scholarly societies.
Subject areas covered:
Project Muse Agreement and Title List
Project MUSE Journals 21-23 Offer Doc
The publisher offers the following collections:
Details of titles in all collections are available. Institutions can also use the Collection Comparison Tool to compare collections by title.
SAGE Publications publishes over 1,000 journals in the social sciences, humanities and life sciences.
Subject areas covered:
SAGE: Jisc Collections: SAGE Premier Journals for FE 2020-2022
Please note existing subscriptions must be maintained.
The Springer journal collection includes more than 2,500 English-language and close to 200 German-language journals. Springer is also home to the largest portfolio of open access journals, including the journals from BioMed Central and the SpringerOpen portfolio.
Subject areas covered:
Springer Journals catalogue page
Springer: Jisc Collections: Springer Journals for FE 2020-2022
Taylor & Francis Journals enable colleges to access the full collection, the Social Science and Humanities Library, Science and Technology Library, and the Medical Collections.
Subject areas covered:
Taylor & Francis catalogue page
Taylor & Francis Journals Agreement and Title List
Taylor & Francis Journals for FE 2021-23 Offer Doc
FE Colleges may participate in the Read element of the agreement only.
The Read-only agreement for FE uses the same Offer Document as the Transitional Agreement for HE. FE pricing is outlined in the same document.
Licensed Material will be bespoke to each institution, based on their 2020 Database and any additional Collections which they choose to include.
Journal title lists for each Collection are below.
Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH)
Complimentary Backfiles are included back to 1997 for all subscribers to their chosen Collections.
Please note that this agreement is only invoiced in US Dollars.
This Agreement from Wiley is available for the FE community and gives access to the Journal Full Collection. The Journal Full Collection is hosted on the Wiley Online Library. The Wiley Online Library delivers seamless integrated access to over four million articles from over 1,600 journals, 21,000+ online books, and 200+ online reference works, laboratory protocols and databases. Please note this Agreement will give users access to the full Journal collection only (the Journal collection is hosted on the Wiley Online Library).
Subject areas covered:
Wiley: Jisc Collections: Wiley Online Library for FE 2020-2022