Where Can I Get CINAHL in 2008?
I am an Ovid subscriber. I got this little Dear Ovid customer letter March 1st.
Dear Ovid customer,
For years Ovid has provided you with quick, easy access to CINAHL, one of the world's leading sources of international literature for nurses and allied health professionals; and through our contract with EBSCO, Ovid will continue to accept renewals through December 31, 2007, providing access through December 31, 2008. However, since we understand that CINAHL is a critical piece of your research information solution, we are currently negotiating to extend the contract beyond 2007.
As you may be aware, your Ovid CINAHL subscription now includes exclusive access to the full text and tables of contents of more than 40 highly cited nursing journals (through 2003) from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. In fact, you can't find this full text anywhere else! Plus, you can link to more than 50 free and open access journals via Ovid's exclusive CINAHL Database Link Package. That's full text from nearly 100 professional nursing journals!
In addition to offering evidence-based content from the world's leading publishers, Ovid is a trusted source for powerful information search and discovery tools that give your researchers, nurses, and students unbeatable search options:
* Clinical Queries Tools for CINAHL designed by Brian Haynes, MD, at The Health Information Research Unit of McMaster University to aid in the retrieval of scientifically sound and clinically relevant study reports. (Ovid version only)
*Advanced mapping/suggest feature - Accurate matching to or suggestions of the most appropriate Index Terms in CINAHL.
* 56 searchable indexes - Includes CE Module Information and CINAHLexpress Document Delivery.
* More Full Text Access articles from more than 160 journals!
*Find Citation - Retrieve a full citation and link to an article using merely partial data.
* Find Similar - Select a record and retrieve other similar articles (based on advanced query analysis and ranking).
* Find Citing Articles - Provides links to articles that have cited the CINAHL record.
* eResource Management Tools Using Ovid SearchSolver and Ovid LinkSolver , you can provide an end-to-end precision search solution for your patrons. They can search across multiple resources, refine their search, and link directly to full text.
Ovid also has a wide range of premier nursing full text to complement your CINAHL subscription. Ask your Ovid representative about great offers for nursing collections.
And your Ovid subscription assures you the best technical support in the industry. Ovid's technical services team has received certification as a "Center of Excellence" from BenchmarkPortal, a leading source for customer relationship management (CRM) information and best practices, and part of The Center for Customer-Driven Quality at Purdue University. In fact, only 10% of organizations that apply receive this distinguished award. So you can count on Ovid for excellent service when you need it.
Sincerely,
Scott MacFarland
Vice President, Publisher Relations & Content Operations
Honestly, I didn't think much of the letter. In fact, I briefly looked at and deleted it (only to dig through my my email trash to find it for this post). Well friday, (March 10th) I received a call from my Ebsco rep. regarding CINAHL. He told me that after 2007 the only way to get CINAHL will be to get it through Ebsco because Ovid will no longer be able to offer it.
I can't help but think, "Thanks for the advance notice, but let's get our stories straight." Ovid's letter implies they are doing standard contract renewals for CINAHL. It does not mention that Ovid subscribers will have to shop elsewhere for CINAHL in the future. Perhaps they hope this is not the case. However my Ebsco rep. made it sound like it was a done deal. After 2007, nobody can get CINAHL unless through Ebsco.
Who should I believe? I realize this will happen quite a bit into the future, but when you have three other hospitals in your Ovid consortia, it can take a bit of time to get decisions and approvals for products.
2 Comments:
Hey Krafty, I don't even pretend to be an expert on this, but the rumor I heard was that CINAHL is exceptionally difficult to deal with and that they single-source their data to keep revenue up (unlike NLM, who will sell MEDLINE out to anyone who will pay). So, they may have gotten a pretty penny from EBSCO to steal them away from OVID.
Under this scenario, OVID is only still in the game if A)they come up with a lot of cash and B)CINAHL did not in fact sign a single-source contract with EBSCO. I don't know how optimistic I would be about this.
Maybe someone from any of the above organizations would like to chime in and let us know what's what?
Just to clear up the availability of CINAHL from Ovid, if you have it on the Ovid platform, you will continue to get updates and full access at least through December 2008. However, if you have it on the Silver Platter platform, you will not get it after December 2007. Unless maybe pressure from the users can help us with a new contract.
EBSCO is using whatever tactic they can to get your business now. In my experience, honesty and straight answers would be a better way to get your account, but that is only my experience after being in sales for 30 years.
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