(via Peter Scott’s Library Blog)
Cambridge University Library has acquired complete set of Elsevier ScienceDirect backfiles. The collection has more than 7 million articles, and is equivalent to 4 km of shelf space for print volumes. Each title is available electronically from the first volume and issue of publication, complementing the current subscription.

Access to the backfiles is available through a number of routes:

1. the Elsevier ScienceDirect web site
2. individual ejournal entries in ejournals@cambridge
3. individual ejournal entries in the University Library Newton Catalogue

Access on campus does not require a password. Off-campus access requires an Athens username and password.Information about coverage, including links to spreadsheets of titles for each subject area, is available on the ScienceDirect backfile information pages.