Whats the difference between EBSCO Online and EBSCOhost?
EBSCO Online: • E-journals (Full text focus) • Content provided in original digital format • All content provided by original publishers • Content purchased journal by journal (like paper) • User has access to full text only for subscribed journals • Full Text available for every article in every journal • Latest up-to-date content available for all journals EBSCOhost: • Databases (A&I focus) • Much content digitized or re-keyed from paper sources • Some content created by EP, e.g. abstracts • Content purchased as pre-defined collections (databases) • User has access to everything in database • Only TOCs/Abstracts for some articles • Some content may be “embargoed” EBSCO Online’s Key Features (evaluation criteria for e-journal services) • Access & search consolidation: • All e-journals available from one web site (only one URL to link to) • One web site = “single sign-on” model • One web site = one user interface to learn • One web site = one search engine to learn • Scalable user inte
