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    360 KB: Karger AG Databases: Titles Will Be Removed and Databases Merged -- November, 2018

    What is happening to the Karger AG databases?

    ProQuest currently has title-level information for several databases from provider Karger AG in the Knowledgebase. The provider has merged and/or removed several packages available on its platform.

    The provider Karger AG has merged the serial and non-serials ebooks databases into Karger eBooks Collection 1997-2014.

    This change will take effect on November 30, 2018:

    • Before November 30, 2018:
    DB Code Database Name
    SR1 Karger eBooks Collection 1997-2005
    KDCFQ Karger eBooks Serial Collection 1997-2005
    SQ9  Karger eBooks Collection 2006
    SQ8 Karger eBooks Collection 2007
    SQ7 Karger eBooks Collection 2008
    SQ6 Karger eBooks Collection 2009
    SQ5 Karger eBooks Collection 2010
    SQ4 Karger eBooks Collection 2011
    SW2  Karger eBooks Collection 2012
    .XY  Karger eBooks Collection 2013
    KEATQ Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2006
    KGUXK Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2007
    KJQBY Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2008
    KMSCY Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2009
    KNOPE Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2010
    KNSXF Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2011
    KRVWS Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2012
    KSBEW  Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2013
    KTYER  Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2014

     

    • After November 30, 2018: Karger eBooks Collection 1997-2014

     

    Additionally, Karger eBooks Serial Collection databases 2015 to 2017 have merged with Karger eBooks Collection databases 2015 to 2017.

    This change will take effect on November 30, 2018:

    DB Code Before November 30, 2018 After November 30, 2018 DB Code
    KWKBD Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2015 Karger eBooks Collection 2015 AAVCC
    KXSFC Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2016 Karger eBooks Collection 2016 ACSYO
    KYKHO Karger eBooks Serial Collection 2017 Karger eBooks Collection 2017 ACLSU

     

    These databases from from the provider Karger AG is no longer being updated. In order to maintain accurate and authoritative provider metadata (based on our Knowledgebase collection policy), all titles will be removed from these databases and they will be hidden in the Knowledgebase on November 30, 2018. The databases will become zero-titles databases, and no future subscriptions will be possible.

    DB Code Database Name
    55O  Karger Hospital Collection
    ANYXS Karger Nephrology Package
    Y9V Karger Non-Serial Collection
    ABOPJ Karger Nutrition Package
    AFMOJ  Karger Oncology Package
    TKO Karger Online Discontinued Publications
    AOBIB Karger Ophthalmology Package
    AEXVQ Karger Pediatrics Package
    AIFXV Karger Psychology/Psychiatry Package


     

    Actions you may need to take:

    • If you are a 360 Resource Manager, 360 Counter, or Intota client, you may need to make some changes to your account settings before November 30, 2018:
      • Intota users click here.
      • Client Center users click here.
    • If your library uses a third-party service (such as EBSCO A-Z, etc.), custom scripts to manage data, or other non-ProQuest tools that require the database name to function, you should note the change in ProQuest's database name in order to retain the proper relationship/mapping between those tools.

    • Article last edited: 12-Nov-2018