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Academic Search & Business Source Ultimate Renewal 2022-2023

Response Deadline: 
May 9, 2022

Subscription Term

Begins: 

June 1, 2022

Ends: 

May 31, 2023

Consortial pricing has been obtained for Academic Search Ultimate and Business Source Ultimate, optional upgrades to the BC ELN Common Suite.



Updates: 

This is the second of three years of the transitional 10% price increases.

The vendor's statement on the increase:

Academic Search Ultimate and Business Source Ultimate will see a transitional price increase due to an error made when providing upgrade pricing in 2017.  In order to minimize the impact on current subscribers, the transitional pricing will be spread over the 3 years of the new Common Suite agreement.  ASU and BSU continue to benefit from deeply discounted pricing based on the Common Suite makeup of Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete.

Additionally, libraries interested in upgrading to ASU and/or BSU will have a simpler (and less expensive) path to upgrade as the Common Suite will now include both Completes.  Previously libraries might have faced a double upgrade to subscribe to ASU or BSU.  BC ELN members receive on average a 50% discount off standard upgrade costs.   EBSCO is committed to providing BC ELN members with the best resources at the best possible prices.

Participation in the Common Suite required for theses Ultimate upgrade prices to apply.       

  • Academic Search Ultimate offers nearly 1,500+  unique Active Full Text, Non-Open Access Journals & Magazines not found in  Academic Search Complete.   
  • Business Source Ultimate offers 900+ Active Full Text, Non-Open Access Journals & Magazines not found in Business Source Complete.

EBSCO has invited libraries that currently subscribe to an Ultimate product who are concerned about the increase to contact them.


Overview

Vendor: 
Description: 

The following are optional upgrades to the BC ELN Common Suite. See their individual resource pages for further information.

Academic Search Ultimate

Developed to meet the increasing demands of scholarly research, Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.

Business Source Ultimate

Business Source Ultimate works for your students like a solid business plan – it offers an unprecedented wealth of peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world. 

[Descriptions from vendor - last updated May 13, 2019]

Response

Response Instructions

To RENEW, no response is required from current subscribers as listed above. To CANCEL or to CHANGE OPTIONS, libraries should contact BC ELN by the response deadline.

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