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OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online (ECO)

Product Highlights

This electronic journals service offers Web access to a growing collection of more than 3,600 journals from 60+ publishers, an archiving solution, cross-journal searching and more. Journal titles span a number of academic disciplines, with service growth aimed at providing breadth and depth of coverage in numerous topic areas. Journals are presented in their entirety.

Minitex consortial pricing for ECO is available for the Print Subscriber Program only. The Print Subscriber Program makes the electronic versions of over 1,600 journals available for an OCLC archival/access fee that ranges anywhere from $12 to $20 per title for institutions that subscribe to the print version of these titles.

Another great feature of OCLC's ECO database is that if your library does not renew all the titles, the archived content is still available at no charge through ECO (as long as your library maintains your account with at least one current, active title).

Other options that are not available at a reduced consortia rate are the Per-Article Purchase Option and the Journal Licensing Program (JLP). The JLP provides access for certain publishers that have either electronic only pricing (no print) or reduced pricing for the e-version if they have print.

Trials

Trials may be run at any time. Please contact Minitex if you would like a trial.

Minitex Pricing

The Print Subscriber Program makes the electronic versions of print journals available from certain publishers. The OCLC archive/access/maintenance fee could range anywhere from $12 to $20 per title. Please contact Minitex for more information.

License Agreements (Terms & Conditions)

The terms and conditions are available as pages 4-7 of the order form. By signing the order form, you are indicating that you have read and agree to the current FirstSearch/Electronic Collections Online Service.

How to Order or Renew

Please contact Minitex for order details.

Technical Support

Technical support is available:

  • 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM (Eastern Time), Monday–Friday
  • 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturday (support limited to hardware and telecommunications)
  • Phone: 800-848-5800
  • Email: support@oclc.org

Statistics

Login to the usage statistics service using your library's nine-digit FirstSearch authorization number and administrative password.

Monthly reports are included for individual accounts. Each month, OCLC adds another month to the statistics service. After the service includes 25 months of reports, OCLC will remove the earliest month when adding a new month. Thus, the service always includes the latest 25 months of reports.

Overview reports combine data for all databases, including the number of sessions, searches and full-text documents used. They also provide data about the actual number of simultaneous users of the account. Other reports provide data about each database, including the number of searches and full-text documents used.

Contact Information

Minitex Contact

Cooperative Purchasing & Electronic Resources Services (CPERS)
Minitex
15 Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439
Toll Free: 800-462-5348
Phone: 612-624-4002
Fax: 612-625-3569
Email: cpers@minitex.umn.edu

Vendor Contact

Cynthia Busse
Library Services Consultant
OCLC
6565 Frantz Road
Dublin, OH 43017
Phone: 877-308-0547
Fax: 614-718-7581
Email: bussec@oclc.org