Comments on: EBSCO’s Ebook Academic Collection trial

By: Stephen Francoeur

Stephen Francoeur — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:06:11 +0000

Based on the title list spreadsheet that we just got from EBSCO, I have updated numbers that show a close match in coverage by publishers. There still aren’t any (or very, very few) from these university presses: Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Oxford, Stanford, University of California, University of Chicago, and Yale. It’s my understanding that EBSCO will soon be adding more publishers to the collection.

Basic Books
EBSCO = 60
ebrary = 129

Cambridge University Press
EBSCO = 2217
ebrary = 1891

Columbia University Press
EBSCO = 620
ebrary = 508

Cornell University Press
EBSCO = 0
ebrary = 296

Harvard University Press
EBSCO = 1
ebrary = 599

Indiana University Press
EBSCO = 901
ebrary = 534

Johns Hopkins University Press
EBSCO = 0
ebrary = 490

Oxford University Press
EBSCO = 1
ebrary = 3587

Princeton University Press
EBSCO = 537
ebrary = 621

Stanford University Press
EBSCO = 0
ebrary = 491

U of California Press
EBSCO = 2
ebrary = 917

U of Chicago Press
EBSCO = 3
ebrary = 1267

U of Michigan Press
EBSCO = 535
ebrary = 433

Yale University Press
EBSCO = 0
ebrary = 656

By: Michael Waldman

Michael Waldman — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:18:33 +0000

I received an email from Scott Wasinger from EBSCO confirming that indeed this trial does not include all ebooks that would be available via the full subscription.

Here are some number comparisons he provides: “Cambridge University Press – EBSCO 2,217, ebrary 1,891; Indiana University Press – EBSCO 901, ebrary 534; Columbia University Press – EBSCO 620, ebrary 508.”

By: Michael Waldman

Michael Waldman — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:46:32 +0000

Thank you for doing this!

I don’t have a list of the publishers included in the package yet, but the trial contains a smaller sample of books than the full collection and not all publishers allow their books to be included in a trial. This might explain at least some of the disparity you found.

By: Stephen Francoeur

Stephen Francoeur — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:46:05 +0000

EBSCO’s product has very few university press titles compared to ebrary. I just did bunch of searches for major university presses and scholarly publishers. Here are the results:

Basic Books
EBSCO = 0
ebrary = 129

Cambridge University Press
EBSCO = 0
ebrary = 1891

Columbia University Press
EBSCO = 1
ebrary = 508