Project Euclid Frequently Asked Questions


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What is Project Euclid?
What are Project Euclid’s electronic subscription options?

General Pricing
What titles are currently available from Project Euclid?
Does Project Euclid provide usage statistics to subscribers?
How do I order Euclid Prime or Select titles?
How do I order Euclid Direct or Open Access titles?
We’ve lost access. Whom do we contact?
We need to update our IP information (which includes range changes, EZproxy access, etc.). Whom do we contact?
Can my institution order Project Euclid titles through a subscription agent?

Euclid Select Pricing

What titles are currently available through Euclid Select?

Will the add-on to print option be available in 2009?
My library subscribes to Euclid Prime. Do we receive a discount on Euclid Select titles?

Euclid Prime Pricing

What titles are available in Euclid Prime?
What is my institution’s price based on?
What is my institution’s Carnegie Classification?
What is my institution’s tier?
My library subscribes to Euclid Prime. Do we receive a discount on Euclid Select titles?

Site License (Euclid Prime only)

Will a subscription to Project Euclid titles require a signed site license agreement?

Where do I send my signed site license?
What time period am I paying for?
What is the policy on interlibrary loan?
What is the policy on course packs?
What is the electronic reserves policy?
How can I submit proposed changes to the site license?
Who is an authorized user?
Will I receive a countersigned copy of the Project Euclid Prime site license agreement?

Access

Once our order is processed, will my institution have immediate access?

Do Project Euclid subscriptions include electronic access to all available back content?
What time period is my library paying for?
If my library was to cancel its subscription, would the library still retain access to the content paid for, i.e., does Project Euclid provide perpetual access?
Can my institution receive trial access to Euclid Prime?
Can I download usage statistics?
Is there a grace access period for institutions whose payments will not arrive by January 1?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is Project Euclid?

Project Euclid is an online publishing service that brings together over 50 journals in mathematics and statistics. Its mission is to advance scholarly communication in these fields and it is designed to address the unique needs of low-cost independent and society journals. Through a collaborative partnership arrangement, these publishers join forces and participate in an online presence, without sacrificing their intellectual or economic independence or commitment to low subscription prices. The end result is a vibrant online information community for independent and society journals.

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What are Project Euclid’s electronic subscription options?

Prime: Euclid Prime is a collection of over twenty high-impact, peer-reviewed journals in theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics hosted by Project Euclid. While twenty-one titles are currently included, that number is expected to increase during the subscription year at no additional cost to subscribers.

Select: Select is a group of journals available from Project Euclid on a title by title basis. (There is a 10% discount on Select titles to libraries who also subscribe to the Prime collection.)

Direct: Project Euclid also provides electronic access to a number of journals not included in the models above. These journals control their own electronic subscriptions under various terms. For access terms and conditions, please contact the publisher directly.

Open Access: A number of publications are currently accessible to any Project Euclid user. Please visit projecteuclid.org/Access for a list of titles.

For more information about Project Euclid’s subscription options, please visit projecteuclid.org/Access.

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General Pricing
What titles are currently available from Project Euclid?

Please visit projecteuclid.org/Access for title information.

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Does Project Euclid provide usage statistics to subscribers?

Yes. The reports are COUNTER 2–compliant. Please visit projecteuclid.org/StatsInfo for more information.

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How do I order Euclid Prime or Select titles?

To place a new or renewal order for Project Euclid titles, contact Duke University Press by e-mail at euclidorders@dukeupress.edu, by fax at 919-688-2615, or by phone at 919-688-5134.

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How do I order Euclid Direct or Open Access titles?
To place an order for titles offered through Euclid Direct, please contact the publisher directly. Open Access titles are freely available. Please visit projecteuclid.org/Access for title information.

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We’ve lost access. Whom do we contact?

Send the details of your access problem to euclidsupport@dukeupress.edu. We will respond promptly to resolve the issue.

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We need to update our IP information (which includes range changes, EZproxy access, etc.). Whom do we contact?

Send the details of your new IP information to euclidsupport@dukeupress.edu. (Euclid Prime subscribers will need to update their site license agreement.) We will respond with confirmation when access has been enabled.

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Can my institution order Project Euclid titles through a subscription agent?

Yes. Subscription agents have been alerted to the pricing model and will be glad to assist librarians in processing an order.

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Euclid Select Pricing

What titles are currently available through Euclid Select?

Bulletin of Symbolic Logic and Journal of Symbolic Logic
Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan
Journal of Integral Equations and Applications
Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics
Tohoku Mathematical Journal

Please visit projecteuclid.org/Access for pricing information on Euclid Select titles.

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Will the add-on to print option be available in 2009?

Yes. Customers who subscribe to the print version of Euclid Select titles may add electronic access to their subscription at a discounted rate. For pricing information on the add-on to print option, please visit projecteuclid.org/Access.

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My library subscribes to Euclid Prime. Do we receive a discount on Euclid Select titles?

Yes. Euclid Prime subscribers receive a 10% discount off of Euclid Select titles. Please visit projecteuclid.org/Access for pricing information.

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Euclid Prime Pricing

What titles are available in Euclid Prime?


This list is current as of June 2009.
Abstract and Applied Analysis
Advances in Theoretical & Mathematical Physics
Asian Journal of Mathematics
Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society-Simon Stevin
Communications in Information & Systems
Communications in Mathematical Sciences
Current Developments in Mathematics, 1995–
Experimental Mathematics
Homology, Homotopy, and Applications
Internet Mathematics
Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Journal of Applied Mathematics
Journal of Symplectic Geometry
Kodai Mathematical Journal
Methods and Applications of Analysis
Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic
Publicacions Matemàtiques
Real Analysis Exchange
The Review of Modern Logic
Revista Matemática Iberomericana
Tokyo Journal of Mathematics

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What is my institution’s price based on?

Pricing for the collection is tier-based, depending on an institution’s 2005 Carnegie Classification.

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What is my institution’s Carnegie Classification?
Please visit the Carnegie Foundation Web site to view your institution’s classification.

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What is my institution’s tier?

An institution’s tier is based on the 2005 edition of the Carnegie Classifications.

2009 Euclid Prime Rates
Tier 5 RU/VH: Research Universities
(very high research activity)

Carnegie Classification 15

$2,625

Tier 4 RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity)
DRU: Doctoral/Research Universities
Master’s L: Master’s Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

Carnegie Classifications 16, 17, 18
$2,500
Tier 3 Master’s M: Master’s Colleges and Universities
(medium programs)
Master’s S: Master’s Colleges and Universities
(smaller programs)
Bac/A&S: Baccalaureate Colleges—Arts & Sciences

Carnegie Classifications 19, 20, 21
$2,200
Tier 2

Bac/Diverse: Baccalaureate Colleges—Diverse Fields
Bac/Assoc: Baccalaureate/Associate’s Colleges

Carnegie Classifications 22, 23

$1,800
Tier 1

Associate’s colleges

Carnegie Classifications 1–14

$1250
International libraries, libraries falling within the range of 24 to 33 in the 2005 Carnegie Classification system, or libraries not included in the Carnegie Classification system should see Specialized institution pricing information.

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My library subscribes to Euclid Prime. Do we receive a discount on Euclid Select titles?

Yes. Euclid Prime subscribers receive a 10% discount off of Euclid Select titles. Please visit projecteuclid.org/Access for pricing information.

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Site License (Euclid Prime only)

Will a subscription to Project Euclid titles require a signed site license agreement?

Duke University Press will require a site license agreement to grant access to Euclid Prime. (A site license is not required for Select titles.) Please visit dukeupress.edu/library/sitelicenses.html to view the site license. Any questions regarding the site license can be directed to the library relations manager at 919-687-3655 or libraryrelations@dukeupress.edu.

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Where do I send my signed site license?
Sign and return the appropriate site license via fax to the attention of the library relations manager at 919-688-4574, or mail it to 905 W. Main St., Suite 18B, Durham, NC 27701.

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What time period am I paying for?
Licensees will have perpetual access to content from the paid subscription year(s). They will have access to back content not previously purchased by licensees with a current subscription only.

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What is the policy on interlibrary loan?
A hard copy printed from the electronic files of Euclid Prime may be supplied to another institution by mail, fax, or secure transmission using Ariel or its equivalent (whereby the electronic file is deleted immediately after printing). The supply of such copies must conform to CONTU guidelines or similar restrictions to fair use provisions under copyright law.

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What is the policy on course packs?
Copies for course or research use that are supplied to the end user at no cost may be made without explicit permission or fee. Copies that are provided to the end user for a copying fee may not be made without explicit permission from Duke University Press.

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What is the electronic reserves policy?
Articles for course or research use that are supplied to the end user at no cost may be made without explicit permission or fee. Articles that are provided to the end user for a fee of any sort may not be made without payment of permission fees to Duke University Press. E-reserves should be posted on a secure site accessible to class members only, and the articles should be purged from the e-reserve system at the end of each semester.

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How can I submit proposed changes to the site license?
Proposed changes to the site license may be submitted in addendum format to the library relations manager at libraryrelations@dukeupress.edu.

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Who is an authorized user?
All members of the licensee’s campus or institutional community or those serving in the capacity of employees consultants who are authorized to use the computers within this domain are
deemed authorized users of the site license. Walk-ins are also deemed authorized users of the site license, but they do not have remote access privileges.

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Will I receive a countersigned copy of the Project Euclid Prime site license agreement?
Yes. If you do not receive a countersigned copy of the license for your records, contact the library relations manager.

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Access

Once our order is processed, will my institution have immediate access?

Before it grants access, Duke University Press will need the following:

- payment
- signed site license agreement with IP addresses
- library e-resource contact information, including e-mail, phone number, and mailing address

This information must be provided to Duke University Press:

Duke University Press
Journals Customer Service
905 W. Main St., Suite 18B
Durham, NC 27701
919-688-5134 (ph), 919-688-2615 (fax)
euclidorders@dukeupress.edu

Customers will receive an e-mail acknowledgement once access has been granted.

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Do Project Euclid subscriptions include electronic access to all available back content?

Yes.

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What time period is my library paying for?

Licensees will have perpetual access to content from the paid subscription year(s). They will have access to back content not previously purchased by licensees with a current subscription only.

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If my library was to cancel its subscription, would the library still retain access to the content paid for, i.e., does Project Euclid provide perpetual access?

Yes.

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Can my institution receive trial access to Euclid Prime?

Yes. Visit the trial access page to set up a trial subscription to the Euclid Prime collection.

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Can I download usage statistics?

Yes. Visit the usage statistics page for usage statistics information options and instructions.

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Is there a grace access period for institutions whose payments will not arrive by January 1?

Yes. Duke University Press provides renewing institutions with a 90-day grace access period beginning January 1 of each calendar year to allow institutions uninterrupted access.

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