Cancellation of Compendex
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Cancellation of Compendex (Engineering Village): effective November 1, 2022
From November 1, 2022, AUS will no longer provide access to the database Compendex (Engineering Village).
The American University of Sharjah Library works to offset increasing costs of information resources. Our strategy is to minimize the impact of inflation by continuously monitoring the use of the collection to identify and eliminate journals and databases that have low usage and high price increases.
The decision to cancel Compendex (Engineering Village) is based on analysis of increasing cost, a long-term decline in usage and a very high percentage of duplicated content found elsewhere. Recommended alternatives include Scopus and Google Scholar.
The library will continue to provide instruction in the use of Scopus and support for those transitioning from Compendex.
Contact researchhelp@aus.edu with any questions or concerns.