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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

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EBSCO Publishing Databases : Priority of Quality and Partnership

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  1. EBSCO Publishing Databases: Priority of Quality and Partnership 8. seminar za knjižnice u sustavu znalosti i visoke naobrazbe Jan Luprich, EBSCO Publishing

  2. 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.)

  3. EBSCO Publishing Users Tokyo University London School of Economics

  4. EBSCO Databasesvia CARnet • 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

  5. Academic Search Complete TotalProjectedforSeptember2009 UniqueProjectedforSeptember2009 Totalas ofJuly2008 Uniqueas ofJuly2008 Full Text Sources Full-Text Journals 5,136 1,495 5,650+ 2,000+ Full-Text Books 262 221 450+ 400+

  6. Examples of full-text journals that are unique toAcademic Search Complete (i.e., not in ASP) • Acta Toxicologica • Adsorption Science & Technology • Advances in Algebra • Advances in AppliedMathematical Analysis • Advances in Fuzzy Mathematics • Advances in Structural Engineering • Advances in Theoretical& Applied Mathematics • American Journal ofAnimal & Veterinary Sciences • American Journal ofBiochemistry & Biotechnology • American Journalof Food Technology • American Journal ofPsychiatric Rehabilitation • Annals of Applied Biology • Archives of Civil &Mechanical Engineering • Archives of Psychiatry& Psychotherapy • Astrophysics & SpaceSciences Transactions • Behaviour Change • Biophysical Reviews & Letters • British Journal of Psychotherapy • Bulletin of Materials Science • Chemical Engineer • Clinical Psychologist

  7. Examples of full-text journals that are unique toAcademic Search Complete (i.e., not in ASP) • Communications inMathematical Analysis • Current Psychiatry Reviews • Earth Sciences Research Journal • Engineering Letters • Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry • European Journal ofDevelopmental Psychology • European Journal of Jewish Studies • European Journal ofScientific Research • Global Journal of Mathematics& Mathematical Sciences • Global Journal ofPure & Applied Mathematics • Harvard Asia Pacific Review • Harvard Asia Quarterly • Harvard Human Rights Journal • Harvard Journal ofLaw & Technology • Harvard Latino Law Review • Harvard Negotiation Law Review • Insect Science • Integrative Zoology • Interdisciplinary Journalof Research on Religion • International Journalof Adolescence & Youth • International Journalof Aeroacoustics

  8. Examples of full-text journals that are unique toAcademic Search Complete (i.e., not in ASP) • International Journal ofApplied Chemistry • International Journal ofApplied Engineering Research • International Journal ofApplied Mathematics & Statistics • International Journal ofApplied Psychoanalytic Studies • International Journal of Aviation • International Journalof Biological Chemistry • International Journal of Chemical Kinetics • International Journalof Communication Systems • International Journalof Dynamics of Fluids • International Journalof Food Engineering • International Journalof Materials Science • International Journalof Mechanics & Solids • International Journal of Multiphysics • International Journal of Number Theory • International Journal ofOceans & Oceanography • International Journalof Petroleum Science & Technology • International Journal ofPsychology & Psychological Therapy • International Journal of Pure &Applied Mathematical Sciences

  9. Academic Search Complete - Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared (C) CeasedNaturally or Changed Names (Full-Text,Peer-Reviewed Journals) (A) Total# ofFull-Text,Peer-Reviewed Journals (B) UnnaturallyHaltedFull-Text,Peer-Reviewed Journals (D) Total ActiveFull-Text,Peer-ReviewedJournals[A - (B+C) = D] 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 * Figures as of June 3, 2008

  10. 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

  11. Packages Compared (EBSCO and ProQuest):Active Full-Text Journals Provided for Major Subject Indices ProQuest EBSCO Major Subject Index GeoRef 209 496 Historical Abstracts 261 457 Inspec 518 1,012 MEDLINE 687 1,391 MLA International Bibliography 684 1,283 PsycINFO 478 1,099 Science Citation Index 480 1,052 Scopus 2,002 4,391 Social Science Citation Index 548 1,073 Web of Science 1,511 3,231 NOTE: Journals from the five major open access publishers have been removed fromthe above totals (PLoS, BioMed Central, Hindawi, Medknow, Internet Scientific)

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

  13. 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

  14. 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 University 2. Stanford University 3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) 4. Northwestern University (Kellogg) 6. University of Chicago 7. Columbia University 7. University of California - Berkeley (Haas) 9. Dartmouth College (Tuck) 10. University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson) “Business Source is certainlyour number oneresearch toolfor academicbusiness research.” – Mike Halperin,Library DirectorThe 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

  15. 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] 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) * Figures as of June 3, 2008

  16. Business Source Complete - Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared (A) Total# ofFull-Text,Peer-Reviewed Journals (B) UnnaturallyHaltedFull-Text,Peer-Reviewed Journals (C) CeasedNaturally or Changed Names (Full-Text,Peer-Reviewed Journals) (D) Total ActiveFull-Text,Peer-ReviewedJournals[A - (B+C) + D] 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) * Figures as of June 3, 2008

  17. Management Journals Ranked Study by Coe & Weinstock from Academy of Management Journal * Data from June 3, 2008 Rank Journal EBSCO Gale ProQuest 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Administrative Full Text with Halted HaltedScience Quarterly NO Embargo Full Text Full Text Academy of Full Text with NO HaltedManagement Journal NO Embargo Full Text Full Text Harvard Full Text with Halted NOBusiness Review NO Embargo Full Text Full Text Management Embargoed Embargoed EmbargoedScience Full Text Full Text Full Text Operations Embargoed Embargoed EmbargoedResearch Full Text Full Text Full Text Academy of Full Text with NO HaltedManagement Review NO Embargo Full Text Full Text Industrial & Labor Full Text with Halted HaltedRelations Review NO Embargo Full Text Full Text California Full Text with NO HaltedManagement Review NO Embargo Full Text Full Text Marketing Journals Ranked Study by Gordon and Heischmidt from Journal of Marketing Education * Data from June 3, 2008 Rank Journal EBSCO Gale ProQuest 1 2 Journal of Full Text with NO HaltedMarketing NO Embargo Full Text Full Text Journal of Full Text with NO HaltedMarketing Research (JMR) NO Embargo Full Text Full Text

  18. 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 … 62 Croatian Journals Licensed in the EBSCOhost databases

  19. Research Starters New From EBSCO Publishing A great “starting point” for student research

  20. 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) Research Starters – An Overview

  21. AuthorSupplied Abstracts are provided in every article Each article begins withan Overview section

  22. HTML andPDF versions of eacharticle willbe available (PDF shown)

  23. Articlesinclude charts, graphs and tables forvisualreference

  24. Uskoro na Hrvatskom

  25. Hvala ! Marina Milovanovic EBSCO Publishing Director of Sales Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe Email: MMilovanovic@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 Jan Luprich EBSCO Publishing Regional Sales Manager Central Europe Email: JLuprich@ebscohost.com

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