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CRKN Title Comparisons

During the 2020 consultation process for the Common Suite, partner libraries requested an analysis of the overlap between Academic Search and Business Source, vs. the various journal packages from CRKN. The information collected was posted on the Common Suite Web, and is re-posted here. If an institution is interested in an updated comparison, please contact the the URB Team.

The spreadsheets of unique titles are provided by EBSCO, by comparing their product title lists to the publicly-available lists of CRKN packages at https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/kbart-lists. Note that EBSCO's count includes academic journals, magazines, and trade publications. Spreadsheets are available for download at the bottom of the page.

Unique titles vs. Individual institution CRKN subscriptions

University of British Columbia

Current susbscription: Academic Search Premier and Business Source Ultimate

  • Active Full-Text Journals Unique vs. CRKN Holdings: 4,421
  • Unique peer-reviewed titles: 2,912
  • Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed titles: 2,513
  • Unique, unembargoed, peer-reviewed non-OA titles: 1,308
  • Full list of unique titles

Alternative subscription: Academic Search Complete and Business Source Ultimate

  • Active Full-Text Journals Unique vs. CRKN Holdings: 7,102
  • Unique peer-reviewed titles: 5,371
  • Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed titles: 4,868
  • Unique, unembargoed, peer-reviewed non-OA titles: 2,015
  • Full list of unique titles

University of Victora

Current susbscription: Academic Search Premier and Business Source Complete

  • Active Full-Text Journals Unique vs. CRKN Holdings: 3,263
  • Unique peer-reviewed titles: 2,184
  • Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed titles: 1,819
  • Unique, unembargoed, peer-reviewed non-OA titles: 869
  • Full list of unique titles

Alternative subscription: Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete

  • Active Full-Text Journals Unique vs. CRKN Holdings: 5,961
  • Unique peer-reviewed titles: 4,659
  • Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed titles: 4,190
  • Unique, unembargoed, peer-reviewed non-OA titles: 1,579
  • Full list of unique titles

Simon Fraser University

Current susbscription: Academic Search Premier and Business Source Complete

  • Active Full-Text Journals Unique vs. CRKN Holdings: 3,315
  • Unique peer-reviewed titles: 2,236
  • Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed titles: 1,856
  • Unique, unembargoed, peer-reviewed non-OA titles: 912
  • Full list of unique titles

Alternative subscription: Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete

  • Active Full-Text Journals Unique vs. CRKN Holdings: 6,035
  • Unique peer-reviewed titles: 4,733
  • Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed titles: 4,249
  • Unique, unembargoed, peer-reviewed non-OA titles: 1,715
  • Full list of unique titles

Camosun College

Current subscription: Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete

  • Active Full-Text Journals Unique vs. Wiley and ScienceDirect Holdings: 7,799
  • Unique peer-reviewed titles: 6,483
  • Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed titles: 4,493
  • Unique, unembargoed, peer-reviewed non-OA titles: 1,893
  • Full list of unique titles

Unique titles vs. all CRKN packages

Academic Search

Academic Search vs All CRKN Collections # Active Full-Text Journals - UNIQUE # Active Full-Text Journals - TOTAL Unique full-text journals - Percentage # Active Full-Text Peer-Reviewed Journals - UNIQUE # Active Full-Text Peer-Reviewed Journals - TOTAL Unique peer-reviewed full-text journals - percentage # Active Full-Text Peer-Reviewed Journals with NO Embargo - UNIQUE # Active Full-Text Peer-Reviewed Journals with NO Embargo - TOTAL Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed full-text journals - percentage
Premier 1,867 4,706 40% 1,501 3,915 38% 1,186 2,447 48%
Complete 4,601 8,908 52% 4,004 7,721 52% 3,586 5,895 61%
Ultimate 7,126 12,025 59% 6,334 10,616 60% 5,827 8,542 62%

Business Source

Business Source vs All CRKN Collections # Active Full-Text Journals - UNIQUE # Active Full-Text Journals - TOTAL Unique full-text journals - Percentage # Active Full-Text Peer-Reviewed Journals - UNIQUE # Active Full-Text Peer-Reviewed Journals - TOTAL Unique peer-reviewed full-text journals - percentage # Active Full-Text Peer-Reviewed Journals with NO Embargo - UNIQUE # Active Full-Text Peer-Reviewed Journals with NO Embargo - TOTAL Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed full-text journals - percentage
Premier 752 2,165 35% 318 1,078 29% 261 723 36%
Complete 1,549 3,775 41% 744 1,879 40% 679 1,386 49%
Ultimate 2,667 5,300 50% 1,437 2,768 52% 1,351 2,202 61%

Files:

File UVic - Academic Search at Complete level - Unique titles

File UBC - Academic Search at Complete level - Unique titles

File UVic - Current subscription - Unique titles

File UBC - Current subscription - Unique titles

File SFU - Current subscription - Unique titles

File SFU - Academic Search at Complete level - Unique titles

File ASC unique titles vs all CRKN collections

File ASP unique titles vs all CRKN collections

File ASU unique titles vs all CRKN collections

File BSC unique titles vs all CRKN collections

File BSP unique titles vs all CRKN collections

File BSU unique titles vs all CRKN collections

File Camosun - ASC and BSC vs Wiley and ScienceDirect