EBSCO Publishing Databases Priority of Quality and Partnership
EBSCO Publishing Databases: Priority of Quality and Partnership 8. seminar za knjižnice u sustavu znalosti i visoke naobrazbe Jan 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 database aggregator, offering a suite of more than 250 full-text and secondary research databases • Serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, Public, Government libraries etc. )
EBSCO Publishing Users London School of Economics Tokyo University
EBSCO Databases via CARnet • Academic Search Complete • Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition • Business Source Complete • Master. FILE Premier • Health Source: Consumer Edition • Newspaper Source • CINAHL with Full Text • MEDLINE • Soc. Index with Full Text • ERIC • Geo. Ref • LISTA • Econ. Lit • Green. File
Academic Search Complete Full Text Sources Full-Text Journals Full-Text Books Total as of July 2008 Unique as of July 2008 Total Projected for September 2009 Unique Projected for September 2009 5, 136 1, 495 5, 650+ 2, 000+ 262 221 450+ 400+
Examples of full-text journals that are unique to Academic Search Complete (i. e. , not in ASP) • • • 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 • American Journal of Psychiatric 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
Examples of full-text journals that are unique to Academic Search Complete (i. e. , not in ASP) • Communications in Mathematical 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 • • • 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
Examples of full-text journals that are unique to Academic Search Complete (i. e. , not in ASP) • International Journal of Applied Chemistry • International Journal of Applied Engineering Research • International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics • International Journal of Applied 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 • International Journal of Food Engineering • International Journal of Materials Science • International Journal of 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
Academic Search Complete - Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared (A) Total # of Full-Text, Peer-Reviewed Journals (C) (B) (D) Ceased Unnaturally Total Active Naturally or Halted Full-Text, Changed Names Peer-Reviewed Full-Text, (Full-Text, Peer-Reviewed Journals [A - (B+C) = D] 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 Pro. Quest Research Library (Pro. Quest) 1, 615 250 140 1, 225 * Figures as of June 3, 2008
Quality and Usefulness is More Important than Quantity, so EBSCO uses the following to build its collections: • 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
Packages Compared (EBSCO and Pro. Quest): Active Full-Text Journals Provided for Major Subject Indices Pro. Quest EBSCO Geo. Ref 209 496 Historical Abstracts 261 457 Inspec 518 1, 012 MEDLINE 687 1, 391 MLA International Bibliography 684 1, 283 Psyc. INFO 478 1, 099 Science Citation Index 480 1, 052 2, 002 4, 391 548 1, 073 1, 511 3, 231 Major Subject Index Scopus Social Science Citation Index Web of Science NOTE: Journals from the five major open access publishers have been removed from the above totals (PLo. S, Bio. Med Central, Hindawi, Medknow, Internet Scientific)
“Direct” Linking Allows End Users Immediate Access to PDFs in Full-Text Databases (from Psyc. INFO and other non-full-text databases)
Total Full Text (unduplicated) in the EBSCOhost package = 46. 5% journals in Psyc. INFO Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, MEDLINE with Full Text, Psyc. ARTICLES and Soc. INDEX with Full Text
Business Source is the standard in the world’s top business schools and universities US News & World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 6. 7. 7. 9. 10. Harvard University Stanford University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) Northwestern University (Kellogg) University of Chicago Columbia University of California - Berkeley (Haas) Dartmouth College (Tuck) University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson) “Business Source is certainly our number one research tool for academic business research. ” – Mike Halperin, Library Director The Wharton School 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 Complete - Active, Full-Text Serials Compared (A) Total # of Full-Text Titles (B) Unnaturally Halted Full-Text Titles (C) Ceased Naturally or Changed Names (Full-Text Titles) (D) Total Active Full -Text Titles [A - (B+C) = D] Business Source Elite (EBSCO) 1, 099 41 339 719 Business Source Premier (EBSCO) 9, 027 93 1, 364 7, 570 Business Source Complete (EBSCO) 24, 484 95 1, 540 22, 849 Business & Company Resource Center (Gale) 3, 349 168 935 2, 246 ABI/INFORM Global (Pro. Quest) 1, 913 190 504 1, 219 ABI/INFORM Complete (Pro. Quest) 2, 953 198 911 1, 844 * Figures as of June 3, 2008
Business Source Complete - Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared (A) Total # of Full-Text, Peer. Reviewed Journals (B) Unnaturally Halted Full-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] 496 34 88 374 Business Source Premier (EBSCO) 1, 143 82 232 829 Business Source Complete (EBSCO) 1, 648 82 277 1, 289 360 84 62 214 ABI/INFORM Global (Pro. Quest) 1, 097 163 175 759 ABI/INFORM Complete (Pro. Quest) 1, 121 165 179 777 Business Source Elite (EBSCO) Business & Company Resource Center (Gale) * Figures as of June 3, 2008
Rank Management Journals Ranked Study by Coe & Weinstock from Academy of Management Journal * Data from June 3, 2008 EBSCO Gale Pro. Quest 1 Administrative Full Text with NO Embargo Halted Full Text 2 Academy of Full Text with NO Embargo NO Full Text Halted Full Text 3 Harvard Full Text with NO Embargo Halted Full Text NO Full Text 4 Management Embargoed Full Text 5 Operations Embargoed Full Text 6 Academy of Full Text with NO Embargo NO Full Text Halted Full Text 7 Industrial & Labor Full Text with NO Embargo Halted Full Text 8 California Full Text with NO Embargo NO Full Text Halted Full Text Science Quarterly Management Journal Business Review Science Research Management Review Relations Review Management Review Rank Marketing Journals Ranked Study by Gordon and Heischmidt from Journal of Marketing Education Journal * Data from June 3, 2008 EBSCO Gale Pro. Quest 1 Journal of Full Text with NO Embargo NO Full Text Halted Full Text 2 Journal of Full Text with NO Embargo NO Full Text Halted Full Text Marketing Research (JMR)
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 Starters New 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)
Author Supplied Abstracts are provided in every article Each article begins with an Overview section
HTML and PDF versions of each article will be available (PDF shown)
Articles include charts, graphs and tables for visual reference
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Hvala ! Marina Milovanovic EBSCO Publishing Director of Sales Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe Email: MMilovanovic@ebscohost. com Jan Luprich EBSCO Publishing Regional Sales Manager Central Europe Email: JLuprich@ebscohost. com Tanja Nankovic EBSCO Publishing Account Executive Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe Email: TNankovic@ebscohost. com Rita Küű EBSCO Publishing Account Executive Central Europe Email: RKuu@ebscohost. com
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