APA is committed to preserving the knowledge base in psychology and to serving user and customer needs.
To ensure preservation of the knowledge base, APA maintains a digital archive of all databases and will convert that archive as technology changes. APA also deposits all relevant journal content with Portico for perpetual archiving.
APA recognizes the business needs of libraries and other institutional customers to retain potential access to content for which they have purchased access.
APA’s annual data fees entitle a subscribing institution to access the full range of content included in the subscribed-to database during their subscription period.
If, at a later date, a APA PsycArticles customer does not renew the site license then, without paying additional data fees to APA, the customer has perpetual use rights to the historical content of the database during the year/s of their subscription. Historical content includes content in the database at the time of the subscription and does not include later added or certain back file content.
APA has arrangements with PORTICO archiving solutions. Customers may work with PORTICO to arrange access to the materials they have perpetual rights to after their subscription has lapsed.
Other arrangements for delivery of materials customers have perpetual rights to after their subscription has lapsed may be made on a case by case basis at the sole discretion of the APA.
Note: No archival and access rights are available to customers who cancel their APA PsycInfo, APA PsycTests, APA PsycBooks, APA PsycExtra and/or APA PsycTherapy site license. By signing this agreement, Licensee agrees that this archival policy supersedes any archival policies in prior agreements between Licensee and the APA.
Revised 10/20/2019
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