[Eril-l] Wall Street Journal Site License Questions

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Hi Dana,

We have had our WSJ Site License since 2018 and we had our WSJ connect to
our SSO.  Here is our libguide on how we ask our users to get access to our
subscription:
https://www.adelphi.edu/library-services/the-wall-street-journal.

Basically, the new user would have to request an WSJ Education pass via a
special link that would grant them access to the content for a year.  The
link is tied to our SSO.  I can send you WSJ's overview document from when
we started our subscription if you would like.

Sincerely,
Saleena Chiu
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM Electronic Resources in Libraries
discussion list via Eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org> wrote:

> Looking for more information for those who have a WSJ site license for
> their campuses.
>
> We have had ProQuest's Wall Street Journal online for many years, and
> despite faculty saying they want, need, and have students use it, use has
> dropped to the point where I told our business school that they had to
> split the cost to continue the subscription.  I know that the current
> ProQuest interface is probably not the best for use and inquired about site
> licensing from the WSJ directly.  Their quote is on par with what we're
> paying now and I believe the site license would increase use greatly.
>
> However, I'm finding somewhat conflicting information about site license
> coverage and implementation based on what I see from other universities'
> subscriptions. Here are my questions:
>
> -If you have the Campus-Wide Access site license what is the date
> coverage? The WSJ rep said archival coverage is back to 1998, but I see
> other institutions list a 4 year cut off.
>
> -WSJ says they are SSO compatible, and as we have Open Athens integrated
> with Azure, can do that easily. However, do users still have to make a
> separate account with WSJ or can the SSO be carried through to accomplish
> that as well?
>
> Are there any other site license issues/complexities we should be aware
> of? We are not in a financial position to do both ProQuest and a site
> license; it has to be one or the other.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dana
>
>
> Dana Mastroianni, MLIS
>
> Manager, Library & Public Services | *Jennie King Mellon Library*
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>
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>
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