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Information about the URB products, along with useful analyses, will be posted here.

Academic Search and Business Source Complete Coverage

The table below is a summary of journal coverage for Academic Search Complete and Business Search Complete. 

Database

Active Full-Text Journals and Magazines

Active Full-Text Peer-reviewed Journals

Active Full-Text Peer-reviewed Journals with no embargo

 Active Full-Text Journals indexed in Web of Science/ Scopus

Academic Search Complete

5,601

5,173

3,547

 3,744

Business Source Complete

1,759

1,224

772

 844

Full product title lists can be found at the links below, along with comparisons to other products in the Academic Search and Business Source product series. They are downloadable in Excel or HTML:

Academic Search and Business Source Complete vs. Ultimate Versions

In response to member inquiries, EBSCO has provided BC ELN members with an analysis of about the flow of content from the Complete versions of Academic Search and Business Source to the Ultimate versions over the past three years. The table below summarizes full-text journal coverage changes to these products between July 2023 and July 2026; a downloadable spreadsheet below details the journals for which full text has been added or removed for each product. 

Database

Full-Text Journal Coverage Added

Full-Text Journal Coverage Removed

*Full-Text Journal Coverage Removed from Complete but remains with Full Text Coverage on Ultimate

Academic Search Complete

407

276*

21

Academic Search Ultimate

1541

361

N/A

Business Source Complete

471

279*

163

Business Source Ultimate

985

281

N/A

Full-Text Journal Coverage Changes to AS/BS Complete & Ultimate.xlsx (click to download)

Unique Title Comparisons vs. Individual Institutional CRKN Subscriptions

During negotiations for the 2023 URB, several partner libraries requested an analysis of the overlap between Academic Search and Business Source vs. their various journal packages subscriptions from CRKN. As part of the 2026 negotiations, BC ELN again requested these individual institutional analyses for institutions that indicated that it would be useful to them via the URB Participation and Feedback Survey. 

This information is summarized in the table below, with detailed spreadsheets available for download at the bottom of the page. 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 this section.

If your institution is interested in a comparison, please contact the the URB Team.

Unique titles vs. Individual institutional CRKN subscriptions

Institution

Active Full-Text Unique Titles vs. CRKN Holdings

Unique peer-reviewed titles

Unique unembargoed peer-reviewed titles

 Unique, unembargoed, peer-reviewed non-OA titles

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

5,729

4,874

3,957

 650

Simon Fraser University

4,832

4,022

3,774

 528

Trinity Western University 

5,262

4,439

3,763

 521

University of the Fraser Valley

5,333

4,318

3,953

 647
University of Northern British Columbia 5,160 4,510 3,776 530
Yukon University 6,622 5,791 4,137 629

Full lists of unique titles (click to download):

EBSCO Pricing Impacts for Non-Subscribers

All BC ELN partner libraries previously received discounts on various EBSCO products. This is because of the overlap between Academic Search/Business Source and these products, and EBSCO not charging twice for the same content. These discounts also apply to resources licensed through eHLbc and some licenses available through COPPUL. Non-COPPUL sites may also wish to check this tab for products they may be licensing through EBSCO directly.

Libraries that do not subscribe to Academic Search and Business Source will see a higher price for these products, due to the reduction of discounting.

A version of the spreadsheet showing pricing impacts was shared during the 2024-27 URB negotiations. BC ELN has confirmed that pricing impacts will remain the same for 2027-2030; the updated spreadsheet showing these impacts can be downloaded below.