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Table 1 Characteristics of Products Evaluated

From: Purchasing online journal access for a hospital medical library: how to identify value in commercially available products

 

Name of List

Name of Provider available

Number of journal editions full text

Embargo on recent

Cost US $

A

Biomedical Reference Collection Comprehensive Edition

EBSCO Publishing

550

Yes up to 12 months

8215

B

Proquest Research Library, Pharmaceutical News Index and Medical Library

Proquest

494

Yes up to 12 months

7500

C

Ovid Core Biomedical Collection

Ovid Technologies Inc

15

No

12,437

D

Ovid Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Brandon Hill Collection

Ovid Technologies Inc

20

No

11,069

E

Ovid Brandon/Hill Plus Collection

Ovid Technologies Inc

66

No

54,746

F

Ovid Brandon/Hill plus Hague Collection 1 and 11

Ovid Technologies Inc

124

No

99,000