Legal Structure:

     University-supported (formal)

Primary functions:

     System-wide negotiation and licensing for electronic content
     Execute and maintain system-wide contracts for Resource Sharing: Interlibrary
               loan/document delivery
     Union lists/shared online catalogs

Number and type of member libraries

     23 Academic libraries

Significant electronic content licenses or resources

     Number : Over 50

     Loading:  Remote Access all

     Funding: Mixture of funding sources

Principal databases

     ABC-CLIO
     Academic Press IDEAL
     AccuNet/Associated Press Multimedia Archive
     ACS Web Editions
     American Institute of Physics
     Books-in-Print
     Britannica Online
     Congressional Universe
     CollegeSource Online
     CQ Press, Congressional Quarterly
     Dow Jones Interactive
     Dun and Bradstreet
     EBSCOhost, EBSCO Online
     Engineering Information (EiVillage)
     Elsevier ScienceDirect
     ESubscribe
     The Gale Group (InfoTrac Web, GaleNet)
     Grove Dictionaries – Macmillan Online
     Human Relations Area Files (HRAF)
     Ingenta (UnCover CSU Gateway)
     JSTOR
     LEXIS-NEXIS
     MathSciNet (AMS)
     MCB University Press (Emerald Plus)
     netLibrary
     OCLC FirstSearch
     Oxford University Press
     Project MUSE
     ProQuest
     RAND California
     SilverPlatter
     STAT-USA
     USA Trade Online
     Wiley InterScience

CSU-SEIR conducts a program of cooperative purchasing which leverages the buying power of the largest system of higher education in the nation. The California State University includes 350,000 students and more than 19,000 faculty on 23 campuses located throughout the State of California.

CSU-SEIR also partners with The California Community Colleges, The University of California and, SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium) in licensing information resources.
 

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