Most of the digital content the library subscribes to comes to us through databases. This includes digital platforms that host ebooks, journal articles, reference material, audiovisual content, data sets, and more. Many of these database vendors provide accessibility statements or VPATs to describe how their product complies with Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
What is a VPAT?
This page covers a selection of VPATs and accessibility statements from library database vendors, and tips for understanding these reports.
A VPAT (also known as an Accessibility Conformance Report) will specify:
To understand the content listed in a VPAT, try the following:
Academic Video Online (AVON) updated 6.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
ACM Digital Library |
Accessibility Statement | |
Adam Matthew Quartex updated 12.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Alexander Street Press updated 6.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
American Chemical Society Journals (ACS) updated 8.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
American Heart Association eBooks | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
AMS updated 9.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
APA updated 8.2022 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
ArtStor/JSTOR updated 12.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Britannica updated 2.2020 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Bloomsburg Publishing updated 9.2024 | Accessibility Statement | |
Cambridge University Press updated 3.2022 | VPAT | Accessiblity Statement |
Chronicle of Higher Education updated 2.2022 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
CONTENTdm Admin updated 3.2020 CONTENTdm UI updated 5.2020 |
Accessibility Statement | |
CQ Researcher updated 9.2022 | VPAT | Accessiblity Statement |
Digital Commons updated 1.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Digital Theater Plus updated 2.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) updated 1.2022 |
VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) updated 7.2022 | Accessibility Statement | |
Duke University Press updated 7.2019 |
VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
EBSCOhost Classic UI updated 10.2023 EBSCOhost New UI updated 9.2024 |
Accessibility Statement | |
EBSCO eBooks Classic UI updated 3.2023 EBSCO eBooks New UI updated 10.2024 |
Accessibility Statement | |
Elsevier |
Accessibility Statement | |
Emerald Publishing updated 10.2020 | Accessibility Statement | |
ERIC | Accessibility Statement | |
Gale eBooks updated 6.2022 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
HeinOnline updated 11.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
IBISWorld | Accessibility Statement | |
ILLiad updated 6.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Indigenous Histories and Culture in North America | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
JSTOR updated 12.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
JoVE updated 4.2019 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Kanopy updated 7.2022 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
LexisNexis updated 6.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
McGraw Hill | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Accessibility Statement | |
Nature updated 8.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Naxos Music Library updated 10. 2015 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
New York Times updated 5.2021 | VPAT | Accessiblity Statement |
Nexis Uni updated 4.2021 |
VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Ovid updated 7.2018 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Oxford Art Online updated 5.2021 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Oxford English Dictionary updated 10.2023 |
VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Oxford University Press updated 1.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Oxford Music Online updated 5.2021 |
VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Oxford Reference updated 6.2021 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
PhilPapers updated 12.2023 |
VPAT | Accessiblity Statement |
Project Muse updated 1.2023 | VPAT | Accessiblity Statement |
ProQuest updated 2.2024 |
VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
ProQuest eBook Central updated 3.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
PubMed | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Readex updated 9.2014 | VPAT | Accessiblity Statement |
Red Book Online updated 1.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Sage updated 7.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Science updated 10.2016 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
ScienceDirect updated 11.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
SciFinder Scholar updated 11.2021 |
VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
SciFree updated 9.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
SpringerLink updated 8.2023 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Springshare updated 7.2021 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Swank updated 12.2018 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
Taylor & Francis updated 3.2024 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
University of Chicago Press Journals updated 1.2016 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
U.S. Census Bureau | Accessibility Statement | |
Web of Science (Clarivate) updated 7.2020 | Accessibility Statement | |
Wiley updated 4.2022 | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |
WorldCat | VPAT | Accessibility Statement |