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What is the difference between EBSCOhost and what is being provided here??

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I have access to EBSCOhost thanks to my school, but what exactly is the difference between EBSCOhost and what is being provided here? That is, what am I (possibly) missing out on? Dustin (talk) 05:31, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dustin: access to EBSCOhost can include anywhere from one to over one hundred EBSCO databases, depending on what your school has selected. You'd want to look at your library's website to see which EBSCO databases are included in their version of EBSCOhost - if you've got all three offered through this partnership, you're not missing anything. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:43, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Nikkimaria: Among many other things, I have access to Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, and MasterFILE Premier through Ebscohost, as compared to the offer here of Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, and MasterFILE Complete. Dustin (talk) 17:25, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Those holdings are more extensive than what is offered here, so you're not missing anything. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:01, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Alright; thanks for the help! Dustin (talk) 19:17, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Dustin V. S.: Actually that might not be quite correct - Premier definitely indexes more, but looking more closely Complete has more full text in a few subject areas. I would say it likely would still not be very helpful to you, as anything index-only should still be obtainable, but something to consider. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:20, 20 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

BRD

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It would be really great to get access to Book Review Digest Retrospective. It would open up a whole world of publications that we currently underserve (e.g., a book from 1960 will have only print reviews either behind a paywall or undigitized altogether). Any chance this will be in the cards? czar 04:21, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • We're still in the early days of this partnership and we're hopeful that access may be expanded in the coming years. An important factor in the expansion of access to these databases is the degree to which they are in fact being used. That's why it is important for those who are using this resource to provide citations according to the prescription given on the EBSCO main page. At this point I am not aware of any specific discussions targeted toward expanded access, but we are attempting to track usage stats and based on these data there may be changes in the access going forward. Thanks for your suggestion about BRD, Czar. Feedback from users about which EBSCO holdings would be helpful to editors will be very helpful in directing future access-related discussions. -Thibbs (talk) 13:59, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to hear it. If it does go to discussion, there are two BRD databases: one that's current (since about 1984), and the Retrospective, which goes back way earlier. czar 15:40, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, I've always used |via=[[EBSCOhost]] to attribute to EBSCO (without mentioning the specific database. Are these not counted in the metrics? czar 15:43, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Samwalton9 helps with the stats. What say you, Sam? -Thibbs (talk) 18:07, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We can certainly ask! EVDiam has taken over from me as the primary person looking after TWL metrics, and she'll be asking EBSCO about renewal for another year in the next few weeks. I don't see any reason she couldn't also enquire about the potential for including BRD(R) :) Sam Walton (talk) 20:05, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of new EBSCO resources!

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Hi all. In addition to the partnership continuing for another year we're happy to announce that you can now access a large number of extra EBSCO databases! If you already have an account through TWL you should now be able to access the following databases.

  • Life Magazine Archive

Happy editing! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 14:37, 23 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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OK, so our example of how to cite EBSCO contains this reasonably concise url: 

|url = http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&bquery=AN+15475961&type=1&site=ehost-live

Where do you go to get that? Because when I try to copy the link to that article, I get this: 

http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/viewarticle/render?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie45PFKs6mxTbek63nn5KyF39%2fsWLSlskewpq9PnqevUrOvuEyvlr9lpOrweezp33vy3%2b2G59q7S7GsrlGvqrBOpOLfhuWz44ak2uBV36%2fmPvLX5VW%2fxKR57LOvTbKts1G0p6R%2b7ejrefKz5I3q4vJ99uoA&vid=0&sid=4692972b-2a7c-4fa3-85d5-f0224776c15e@sessionmgr103

which is pretty unwieldy. I tried using a doi, but that links to Wiley, not EBSCO. Oh, and I watched the video, no help there. Any ideas? Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:11, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Justlettersandnumbers: Do you see an icon on the right side of the page that says "Permalink"? Nikkimaria (talk) 16:45, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I do, Nikkimaria, though in the pdf viewer it's just a paperclip icon, That gives me (still for the example article) for the pdf:
http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=4&sid=cf01c09c-75c3-49a9-97b5-2641633e4c3f%40sessionmgr4006&hid=4214#

which is a substantial improvement, but still isn't anything like the example we're given. I'll use that for now – thank you! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:11, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The example is from the record page rather than the PDF itself - these links do tend to be messy though. Nikkimaria (talk) 17:30, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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