The journals listed on this spreadsheet are held at SDSU and also archived by WEST Archive Builders, who have agreed to keep these journals for the next 20 years.
WEST Collection Comparison Report
West provides lists like this to its members as a way to assist those libraries in making their own decisions as to which titles they could withdraw.
| Category | Number of Titles in SDSU Journal Stacks |
| Bronze (preserved in digital form) | 3,428 |
| Gold (validated at volume level) | 350 |
| Silver (validated at issue level) | 921 |
| Platinum | 0 |
See this page for some explanations of terminology used here (e.g. “Bronze, Gold, Silver, Platinum”): http://www.cdlib.org/services/west/collections/