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Canadian Business & Current Affairs Renewal 2016-2017

Response Deadline: 
October 7, 2016

Subscription Term

Begins: 

October 1, 2016

Ends: 

September 30, 2017

Renewal pricing is now available for Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA). There are significant changes to the product offering at this renewal due to ProQuest's ongoing product simplification process. At the time of renewal, only CBCA Complete will be offered. Other smaller CBCA products (Reference & Current Events, Business, and Education Collections) will be discontinued.

Many BC ELN customers subscribe to CBCA Complete already; however, there are a number that subscribe to one or two of the smaller subset collections that are being discontinued. Since all subset content is available in CBCA Complete, BC ELN has negotiated significant reductions to last year's CBCA Complete pricing model for all but the highest tiers, as well as 4-year transitional pricing for subscribers to the smaller collections in order to provide Partner Libraries an option for for accessing content to which they currently have access, and much more, via Complete.

Some subscribers will see decreases in their pricing (for some, up to $3,000); other subscribers who only had minimal spend will see substantial proposed increases to make the jump to Complete. For those institutions who are interested and able to make the leap to Complete, the following pricing represents excellent consortial value for substantially more content. That being said, we are aware that these decisions are difficult and not made solely based on value.

Full details are included in the pricing section below.

About product simiplification, from the vendor: "ProQuest is undergoing a product simplification process across our aggregated product portfolio. This impacts CBCA as it moves from disparate subsets into one complete collection. The intent is to improve the research experience and make it simple to map ProQuest products to faculty teaching, curriculum and research interests.  It’s parallel aim is also to make them easier to manage and gain better value from larger content sets that can generate higher usage and greater return on investment."



Overview

Vendor: 
ProQuest
Description: 

Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) Database provides in-depth access to a wide diversity of Canadian periodicals, ranging from academic titles to special interest publications to general magazines. The academic titles include the most prominent journals from the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. Other magazines focus on opinion, public policy, children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health, regional concerns, etc.

In-depth and Detailed Focus on Canada

CBCA on ProQuest® creates synergy between ProQuest and ProQuest electronic database products while taking advantage of the functionality of the ProQuest Web interface. Clients are able to cross-database search CBCA Database with Canadian Newsstand™ (a very powerful combination for the retrieval of Canadian information), or search CBCA with any of the ProQuest databases (e.g. ABI/INFORM®, ProQuest Newsstand™ or Research Library™), dependent on their research topic.

Search Features & Functionality

  • Past and current content—CBCA is updated daily with full-text content (1988 to present) and bibliographic content (1972 to present). Fully searchable abstracts are available for all full-text articles.
  • Seamless cross-database searching—Allows users to retrieve Canadian information across all ProQuest databases, including Canadian Newsstand.

[From vendor]

Last updated: August 18, 2021

View current product description on the vendor's website
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Response

Current Subscribers: 

Response Instructions

Response is required for all existing subscribers to the smaller collections that are being discontinued (Reference & Current Events, Business, and Education).

CBCA REFERENCE & CURRENT EVENTS:

  • British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Capilano University
  • College of New Caledonia
  • College of the Rockies
  • Emily Carr University of Art + Design
  • Langara College
  • North Island College
  • Northern Lights College
  • Northwest Community College
  • Okanagan College
  • Royal Roads University
  • Selkirk College
  • Thompson Rivers University
  • University of Northern British Columbia
  • Vancouver Community College
  • Yukon College

CBCA BUSINESS:

  • British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • College of the Rockies
  • North Island College
  • Okanagan College

CBCA EDUCATION:

  • Royal Roads University
  • Thompson Rivers University
  • Trinity Western University
  • University of Northern British Columbia
  • Yukon College

CBCA COMPLETE:

  • Camosun College
  • Douglas College
  • Justice Institute of British Columbia
  • Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  • Quest University
  • Simon Fraser University
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of the Fraser Valley
  • University of Victoria
  • Vancouver Island University

To CANCEL, UPGRADE TO COMPLETE, or become a NEW SUBSCRIBER, libraries should contact BC ELN by October 7, 2016.

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Additional Information

Two webinars have been scheduled. Please join Sarah Brechner, Product Manager for CBCA, and Ian Glassford to review what is in the Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (formerly CBCA Complete), and for those who already have it, what is new and updated.

September 21st  from 1-2pm PST
Join WebEx meeting: https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/proquestmeetings/j.php?MTID=m8be7ab89...
Meeting number (access code): 718 030 773
This meeting requires registration. After your registration has been approved, you will receive instructions for joining the meeting.
Can't join the meeting? https://help.webex.com/docs/DOC-5412

Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Join WebEx Meeting : https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/proquestmeetings/j.php?MTID=ma3fdac64...
Meeting number (access code): 711 759 041
This meeting requires registration. After your registration has been approved, you will receive instructions for joining the meeting.
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