Overview of EBSCO

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Overview of EBSCO

• Who are EBSCO?
• What are our aims?
• Overview of Products
• Live Demo Questions

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Who are EBSCO?

• Founded 1930
• 32 offices in 27 countries, the worlds largest
  intermediary between publishers and libraries
• Providers of print subscriptions, e journals and
  databases
• Leading through Customer Service and Technology
• EBSCO is the worlds largest intermediary between
  libraries and publishers
• Still a family owned company, and financially
  secure

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EBSCO Services

• EBSCO Subscription Services
• EBSCO Publishing
• Fully integrated in the UK to reflect the
  convergence in libraries

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EBSCO services

• EBSCONET
• Full web based Serials Management package
  ordering, claiming management reporting
• EBSCO Host Electronic Journals Service
• EJS is a premier Web-based, electronic-journals
  service that provides Tables of Contents,
  Abstracts, and Full Text online for thousands of
  e-journals at just one web site including
  Administrative tools enabling librarians to
  manage their electronic collections effectively.
• EBSCO Host bibliographic and fulltext databases
• a collection of specially designed, comprehensive
  full text databases in specific subject areas
• Biomedical Collection - Nursing Allied Health
  Collection MEDLINE - Health Source Plus -
  Psychological Behavioural Science Collection
  CINAHL PsycINFO - AMED plus many more

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What are our aims?

• Simplified, value for money solutions
• To
• Identify, Acquire, Access and Manage Information
  Resources
• ...individually tailored and integrated into
  your own particular environment

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How to achieve our aims

• By listening to our library customers and
  responding to their needs with a culture of
  customer first and a range of services that
  address current (and future) needs.

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• Product Review

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Biomedical Reference Full-text Collection
Comprehensive

• Full text titles 400
• PDF format 387
• 193 journals indexed in CINAHL
• 596 journals indexed in Medline
• 160 journals indexed in PsycINFO

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Nursing and Allied Health Full text Collection
Comprehensive

• Full text titles 300
• PDF format 276
• 307 journals indexed in CINAHL
• 231 journals indexed in Medline

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Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Full-text
Collection

• Over 500 Journals covering psychiatry,
  psychology, mental processes etc.
• 493 journals indexed in PsycINFO
• 262 journals indexed in e-psyche

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Sociological Full-text Collection

• Over 600 Journals including Social Behavior,
  Human Tendencies, etc.
• 260 Journals indexed in PsycINFO

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Health Business Full Text Elite

• Covering hospital admin, marketing, human
  resources, computer technology
• Over 400 administrative Journals

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UK Reference Centre

• National and local newspapers inc. The Times, The
  Guardian,The Scotsman, The Glasgow Herald.
• Magazines eg Health, Healthfacts, Mens Health,
  Women's Sport Fitness.
• Over 70,000 Images.

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• Live Demo
• Questions

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Contact Details

• Technical Issues Seoud Bemath
• sbemath_at_ebsco.com
• 020 8447 4200
• General Enquires Tania Smith
• taniasmith_at_ebsco.com
• 020 8447 4200
• Electronic Journals Peter Rushworth
• prushworth_at_ebsco.com
• 020 8447 4200