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.)

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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 Journals5,1361,4955,650+2,000+ Full-Text Books Full Text Sources Total as of July 2008 Academic Search Complete Unique as of July 2008 Total Projected for September 2009 Unique Projected for September 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 to Academic Search Complete (i.e., not in ASP) 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

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

(A) Total # of Full-Text, Peer-Reviewed Journals Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)1, ,319 Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) 3, ,132 Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) 5, ,437 Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)1, ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest) 1, ,225 Academic Search Complete - Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared (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] * 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 Historical Abstracts Inspec5181,012 MEDLINE6871,391 MLA International Bibliography6841,283 PsycINFO4781,099 Science Citation Index4801,052 Scopus2,0024,391 Social Science Citation Index5481,073 Web of Science1,5113,231 ProQuest Major Subject Index EBSCO NOTE: Journals from the five major open access publishers have been removed from the above totals (PLoS, BioMed Central, Hindawi, Medknow, Internet Scientific)

“Direct” Linking Allows End Users Immediate 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 the world’s top business schools and universities US News & World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools 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) All of the above use Business Source. Not all of the above use ABI/INFORM. “Business Source is certainly our number one research tool for academic business research.” – Mike Halperin, Library Director The Wharton School

(A) Total # of Full-Text Titles Business Source Complete - Active, Full-Text Serials Compared (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] * Figures as of June 3, , ,027931,3647,570 24,484951,54022,849 3, ,246 1, ,219 2, ,844 Business Source Elite (EBSCO) Business Source Premier (EBSCO) Business Source Complete (EBSCO) Business & Company Resource Center (Gale) ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest)

Business Source Complete - Active, Full-Text (FT), Peer-Reviewed Journals Compared , , , , , Business Source Elite (EBSCO) Business Source Premier (EBSCO) Business Source Complete (EBSCO) Business & Company Resource Center (Gale) ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest) (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] * Figures as of June 3, 2008

AdministrativeFull Text withHaltedHalted Science QuarterlyNO EmbargoFull TextFull Text Academy ofFull Text withNOHalted Management JournalNO EmbargoFull TextFull Text HarvardFull Text withHaltedNO Business ReviewNO EmbargoFull TextFull Text ManagementEmbargoedEmbargoedEmbargoed ScienceFull TextFull TextFull Text OperationsEmbargoedEmbargoedEmbargoed ResearchFull TextFull TextFull Text Academy ofFull Text withNOHalted Management ReviewNO EmbargoFull TextFull Text Industrial & LaborFull Text withHaltedHalted Relations ReviewNO EmbargoFull TextFull Text CaliforniaFull Text withNOHalted Management ReviewNO EmbargoFull TextFull Text Journal Rank EBSCO Management Journals Ranked Study by Coe & Weinstock from Academy of Management Journal Marketing Journals Ranked Study by Gordon and Heischmidt from Journal of Marketing Education * Data from June 3, 2008 GaleProQuest * Data from June 3, 2008 Journal ofFull Text withNOHalted MarketingNO EmbargoFull TextFull Text Journal ofFull Text withNOHalted Marketing Research (JMR)NO EmbargoFull TextFull Text Journal Rank 1212 EBSCOGaleProQuest

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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