Academic Search Ultimate
Developed to meet the increasing demands of scholarly research, Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.
Academic Search Ultimate, the flagship database within the Academic Search family, boasts an extensive collection of 9,982 active full-text journals, a significant portion of which undergo peer review and are featured in prominent citation indexes. It covers a wide range of subject areas offering thousands of international journals to provide global context to research as well as videos to support and enhance the research experience. With a total journal retail value of $3,592,378.24, it stands as the largest database in the Academic Search suite.
Strengthen Exposure to Open Access Journals
Academic Search Ultimate includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 6,773 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.
NOTE: EBSCOhost databases and EBSCO Discovery Service generate a lot more referrals for DOAJ than any other online platform.
The World’s Highest Quality Multidisciplinary Full-Text Journal Database — Includes Expanding International Content
Covers Nearly All Disciplines
Academic Search Ultimate covers nearly all academic disciplines.
Ahead of Print
Academic Search Ultimate includes Ahead of Print content for relevant titles from key publishers.
Searchable Cited References
Academic Search Ultimate includes 1,394 journals with searchable cited references.
Valuable Video Content
Academic Search Ultimate includes more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press. Updated monthly, this collection of videos from the world’s leading news agency includes footage from 1930 to the present and helps round out student research.
The Highest Quality Subject Indexing
EBSCO has the premier and most highly regarded scholarly vocabularies curated by subject matter experts, covering all disciplines and major publishers.
EBSCO believes in breaking down barriers to information through Enhanced Subject Precision (ESP) mapping, bridging the gap between content and end users through inclusion of natural languages.
EBSCO databases support all learning types through textual and visual subject browse and information literacy training through subject access points in more than 30 languages. Watch video to learn more.
