EBSCO Publishing Databases:Priority of Quality and Partnership

8. seminar za knjižnice u sustavu znalosti i visoke naobrazbeJan Luprich, EBSCO Publishing

EBSCO Publishing• EBSCO is an acronym for Elton B. Stephens Company, founded

in 1943

• EBSCO Publishing is headquartered in Ipswich (MA, USA)

• Premier databaseaggregator, offering a suite of more than 250 full-text andsecondary researchdatabases

• Serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, Public, Government libraries etc.)

Tokyo UniversityLondon School of Economics

EBSCO Publishing Users

• Academic Search Complete

• Business Source Complete

• MasterFILE Premier

• Newspaper Source

• MEDLINE

• ERIC

• LISTA

• GreenFile

• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

• Health Source: Consumer Edition

• CINAHL with Full Text

• SocIndex with Full Text

• GeoRef

• EconLit

EBSCO Databases via CARnet

Full-Text Journals 5,136 1,495 5,650+ 2,000+

Full-Text Books 262 221 450+ 400+

Full Text Sources

Totalas ofJuly2008

Academic Search Complete

Uniqueas ofJuly2008

TotalProjected

forSeptember

2009

UniqueProjected

forSeptember

2009

• Acta Toxicologica• Adsorption Science & Technology• Advances in Algebra• Advances in Applied

Mathematical Analysis• Advances in Fuzzy Mathematics• Advances in Structural Engineering• Advances in Theoretical

& Applied Mathematics• American Journal of

Animal & Veterinary Sciences• American Journal of

Biochemistry & Biotechnology• American Journal

of Food Technology

Examples of full-text journals that are unique toAcademic Search Complete (i.e., not in ASP)

• American Journal ofPsychiatric Rehabilitation

• Annals of Applied Biology• Archives of Civil &

Mechanical Engineering• Archives of Psychiatry

& Psychotherapy• Astrophysics & Space

Sciences Transactions • Behaviour Change• Biophysical Reviews & Letters• British Journal of Psychotherapy• Bulletin of Materials Science• Chemical Engineer• Clinical Psychologist

• Communications inMathematical Analysis

• Current Psychiatry Reviews• Earth Sciences Research Journal• Engineering Letters• Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry• European Journal of

Developmental Psychology• European Journal of Jewish Studies• European Journal of

Scientific Research• Global Journal of Mathematics

& Mathematical Sciences• Global Journal of

Pure & Applied Mathematics

Examples of full-text journals that are unique toAcademic Search Complete (i.e., not in ASP)

• Harvard Asia Pacific Review• Harvard Asia Quarterly• Harvard Human Rights Journal• Harvard Journal of

Law & Technology• Harvard Latino Law Review• Harvard Negotiation Law Review• Insect Science• Integrative Zoology• Interdisciplinary Journal

of Research on Religion• International Journal

of Adolescence & Youth• International Journal

of Aeroacoustics

• International Journal ofApplied Chemistry

• International Journal ofApplied Engineering Research

• International Journal ofApplied Mathematics & Statistics

• International Journal ofApplied Psychoanalytic Studies

• International Journal of Aviation• International Journal

of Biological Chemistry• International Journal of Chemical Kinetics• International Journal

of Communication Systems• International Journal

of Dynamics of Fluids

Examples of full-text journals that are unique toAcademic Search Complete (i.e., not in ASP)

• International Journalof Food Engineering

• International Journalof Materials Science

• International Journalof Mechanics & Solids

• International Journal of Multiphysics• International Journal of Number Theory• International Journal of

Oceans & Oceanography• International Journal

of Petroleum Science & Technology• International Journal of

Psychology & Psychological Therapy• International Journal of Pure &

Applied Mathematical Sciences

(A)Total# of

Full-Text,Peer-Reviewed

Journals

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) 1,563 60 184 1,319

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) 3,754 112 510 3,132

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) 5,109 119 553 4,437

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) 1,531 407 150 974

ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest) 1,615 250 140 1,225

Academic Search Complete - Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared

(B)Unnaturally

HaltedFull-Text,

Peer-Reviewed Journals

(C)Ceased

Naturally or Changed Names

(Full-Text,Peer-Reviewed

Journals)

(D)Total Active

Full-Text,Peer-Reviewed

Journals[A - (B+C) = D]

* Figures as of June 3, 2008

• Published journal ranking studies

• ISI Impact factor

• Inclusion in definitive subject indexes

• Lack of availability of an institutional e-journal

• Lack of availability via JSTOR

Quality and Usefulness is More Important than Quantity,so EBSCO uses the following to build its collections:

Packages Compared (EBSCO and ProQuest):Active Full-Text Journals Provided for Major Subject

Indices

GeoRef 209 496

Historical Abstracts 261 457

Inspec 518 1,012MEDLINE 687 1,391

MLA International Bibliography 684 1,283

PsycINFO 478 1,099

Science Citation Index 480 1,052Scopus 2,002 4,391

Social Science Citation Index 548 1,073

Web of Science 1,511 3,231

ProQuestMajor Subject Index EBSCO

NOTE: Journals from the five major open access publishers have been removed fromthe above totals (PLoS, BioMed Central, Hindawi, Medknow, Internet Scientific)

“Direct” Linking Allows End UsersImmediate Access to PDFs in Full-Text Databases(from PsycINFO and other non-full-text databases)

Total Full Text (unduplicated) in the EBSCOhost package = 46.5% journals in PsycINFO

Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete,MEDLINE with Full Text, PsycARTICLES and SocINDEX with Full Text

Business Source is the standard in theworld’s top business schools and universities

US News & World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007

1. Harvard University2. Stanford University3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 4. Northwestern University (Kellogg)6. University of Chicago7. Columbia University7. University of California - Berkeley (Haas)9. Dartmouth College (Tuck)

10. University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson)

All of the above use Business Source. Not all of the above use ABI/INFORM.http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/brief/mbarankd_brief.php

“Business Source is certainlyour number oneresearch toolfor academicbusiness research.”

– Mike Halperin,Library DirectorThe Wharton School

(A)Total# of

Full-TextTitles

Business Source Complete - Active, Full-Text Serials Compared

(B)Unnaturally

HaltedFull-Text

Titles

(C)Ceased

Naturally or Changed Names(Full-Text Titles)

(D)Total Active

Full-TextTitles

[A - (B+C) = D]

* Figures as of June 3, 2008

1,099 41 339 719

9,027 93 1,364 7,570

24,484 95 1,540 22,849

3,349 168 935 2,246

1,913 190 504 1,219

2,953 198 911 1,844

Business Source Elite (EBSCO)

Business Source Premier (EBSCO)

Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

Business & CompanyResource Center (Gale)

ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)

ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest)

Business Source Complete - Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared

496 34 88 374

1,143 82 232 829

1,648 82 277 1,289

360 84 62 214

1,097 163 175 759

1,121 165 179 777

Business Source Elite (EBSCO)

Business Source Premier (EBSCO)

Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

Business & CompanyResource Center (Gale)

ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)

ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest)

(A)Total# of

Full-Text,Peer-

Reviewed Journals

(B)Unnaturally

HaltedFull-Text,

Peer-Reviewed Journals

(C)Ceased

Naturally or Changed Names

(Full-Text,Peer-Reviewed

Journals)

(D)Total Active

Full-Text,Peer-

ReviewedJournals

[A - (B+C) + D]

* Figures as of June 3, 2008

Administrative Full Text with Halted HaltedScience Quarterly NO Embargo Full Text Full TextAcademy of Full Text with NO HaltedManagement Journal NO Embargo Full Text Full TextHarvard Full Text with Halted NOBusiness Review NO Embargo Full Text Full TextManagement Embargoed Embargoed EmbargoedScience Full Text Full Text Full TextOperations Embargoed Embargoed EmbargoedResearch Full Text Full Text Full TextAcademy of Full Text with NO HaltedManagement Review NO Embargo Full Text Full TextIndustrial & Labor Full Text with Halted HaltedRelations Review NO Embargo Full Text Full TextCalifornia Full Text with NO HaltedManagement Review NO Embargo Full Text Full Text

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

EBSCO

Management Journals RankedStudy by Coe & Weinstock from Academy of Management Journal

Marketing Journals RankedStudy by Gordon and Heischmidt from Journal of Marketing Education

* Data from June 3, 2008

Gale ProQuest

* Data from June 3, 2008

Journal of Full Text with NO HaltedMarketing NO Embargo Full Text Full TextJournal of Full Text with NO HaltedMarketing Research (JMR) NO Embargo Full Text Full Text

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EBSCO Gale ProQuest

62 Croatian Journals Licensed in the EBSCOhost databases

• Acta Adriatica

• Acta Botanica Croatica

• Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica

• Annales Instituti Archaeologici

• Biochemia Medica

• Croatian Journal of Ethnology & Folklore Research/Narodna Umjetnost

• Croatica Chemica Acta

• Croatian Sports Medicine Journal

and many others …

Research StartersNew From EBSCO Publishing

A great “starting point” for student research

Research Starters – An Overview

• 500 topics correlate directly to courses taught at colleges and universities

• Provides students with authoritative, discipline-specific articles offering comprehensive overviews of important academic subject areas and topics

• Each database consists of summary articles written by experts exclusively for EBSCOhost, approximately 3,000 words each

• Each collection is designed to complement Academic Search and major subject-specific EBSCOhost databases:

– Research Starters – Business (release Summer 2008)– Research Starters – Education (release Summer 2008)– Research Starters – Sociology (release 2009)– Research Starters – Communication & Mass Media (release 2010)

AuthorSupplied Abstracts are provided in every article

Each article begins withan Overview section

HTML andPDF versions of eacharticle willbe available

(PDF shown)

Articlesinclude charts, graphs and tables forvisualreference

Hrvatskom

Uskoro na

Hvala ! Marina Milovanovic

EBSCO Publishing

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Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe

Email: MMilovanovic@ebscohost.comJan Luprich

EBSCO Publishing

Regional Sales Manager

Central Europe

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EBSCO Publishing

Account Executive

Central, Eastern and

Southeast Europe

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EBSCO Publishing

Account Executive

Central Europe

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