This Overview represents the detail of the formal Agreement which exists between Eduserv and EBSCO. The following sections are written to enable Institutions to make a decision as to whether or not the product is appropriate for their needs.

(i) Product full names

Academic Search Elite
Business Source Elite
Business Source Premier
Academic Search Premier
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic
UK & Eire Reference Centre
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
LinkSource

(ii) Product owner

EBSCO Information Services

(iii) Product supplier

EBSCO Information Services

(iv) Service Provider

EBSCO Information Services

(v) Agreement Period

The Agreement which commenced on 1st October 1999 was extended to 30th September 2005 and has now been extended for a further 3 years, to 30th September 2008. There are options for Sites to subscribe for one, two or three years.

Institutions may participate at any time during the period and will be bound until the end of the licence period chosen. Institutions will receive a pro-rata invoice in the year they first subscribe. This will cover the number of months remaining in the Agreement year in which they first subscribe.

2. Eligible Institutions

This Agreement is available to Higher and Further Education in the UK, Research Councils and Third Level Colleges in Ireland [Chest(Ireland)] and Associated Sites.

3. Products Covered

4. Product Descriptions

These databases are designed specifically for use in the Higher Education community, with 'UK & Eire Reference Centre' being more specific to FE Colleges, and offer the following benefits:

Remote access
Institution wide licence agreement.
Athens authentication
Z39.50 interface to your OPAC
Links to your local holdings
Links to your electronic collection
Institutional administration package

The following descriptions have been provided by EBSCO.

Academic Search Elite provides full text for more than 2,050 publications, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all 3,476 journals in the collection. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more. Examples of titles offered in Academic Search Elite include: British Journal of Psychology, British Journal of Sociology, Central European History, Contemporary Literature, Journal of Social Psychology, Library Journal, Social Forces, Sociological Review, Theological Studies, Women's Studies, etc. In addition to journal coverage, Academic Search Elite provides full text information from a variety of source-types such as scholarly monographs. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-colour. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.

Latest information is available at www.epnet.com/academic/asearchelite.asp

Business Source Elite provides full text coverage for 1,133 scholarly business, management and economics journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,800 journals. Business Source Elite contains full text from the world's top management and marketing journals including Business Week, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, etc. This database includes full text (PDF) coverage dating back as far as 1985, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Latest information is available at www.epnet.com/academic/bussourceelite.asp

Business Source Premier , designed specifically for business schools and libraries, provides full text for nearly 7,600 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,125 peer-reviewed business publications. This database offers information in nearly every area of business including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Business Source Premier contains full text from the world's top management and marketing journals including Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Marketing, etc. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. Business Source Premier provides expanded indexing and abstract backfiles for the top scholarly business journals, dating back to 1965 or the first issue published (whichever is more recent). In some cases, indexing, abstracting, and PDF coverage actually goes back further than 1965; for example, Academy of Management Journal is available back to 1958, Accounting Review to 1926, Administrative Science Quarterly to 1956, California Management Review to 1958, Industrial & Labor Relations Review to 1947, Journal of Accounting Research to 1963, Journal of Finance to 1946, Journal of Marketing to 1936, Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) to 1964, Management Science to 1954, Operations Research to 1956, etc. More than 200 of the journals have PDF full text back to 1965 or the first issue published. Business Source Premier contains PDF images for the great majority of journals; many of these PDF's are native (searchable) or scanned-in-colour. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Latest information is available at www.epnet.com/academic/bussourceprem.asp

Academic Search Premier , designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,172 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Academic Search Premier is an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources unique to this database. Examples of titles offered in Academic Search Premier include: British Journal of Psychology, British Journal of Sociology, Central European History, Contemporary Literature, Early American Literature, English Language Notes, Family Relations, International Journal of Psychology, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism, Journal of Counselling & Development, Journal of Education, Political Science Quarterly, Journal of General Psychology, Journal of Genetic Psychology, Journal of International Affairs, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Journal of Marriage & Family, Journal of Politics, Journal of Psychology, Journal of Social Psychology, Library Journal, Social Forces, Sociological Review, Theological Studies, Women's Studies, etc. Academic Search Premier provides expanded indexing & abstract and PDF backfiles for more than 100 top scholarly academic journals, dating back as far as 1965 or the first issue published (whichever is more recent); many of the PDF's are native (searchable) or scanned-in-colour.

Latest information is available at www.epnet.com/academic/acasearchprem.asp

Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic
Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic provides doctors, research scientists, students, clinical specialists and managers with access to 100 full text journals covering such disciplines as clinical medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the preclinical sciences. All 100 full text journals contained in the database are also indexed in MEDLINE. Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic can be searched independently, but also allows users to conveniently link to full text from citations within MEDLINE. When this citation database is viewed via EBSCOhost there is the ability to link to full text for articles contained within the Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic database

Latest information is available at www.epnet.com/

UK & Eire Reference Centre has combined UK magazines and Irish magazines, newspapers, newswires, and reference books to create the largest collection of UK/Irish specific full text content available to libraries, in the United Kingdom. The Encyclopedia of Britain and the Encyclopedia of Ireland are included. This Reference Centre also includes many international magazines, newspapers & newswires, reference books and company information, as well as biographies and an image collection. Magazine coverage includes full text of publications such as The Economist, History Today and many more. Newspaper coverage includes full text of publications such as The Times, The Mail and many, many regional newspapers.

Latest information is available at www.epnet.com/school/hsukeire.asp

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for more than 800 journals. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Paediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Journal of the Society of Paediatric Nurses, Nursing Diagnosis, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many more. In addition, this database includes Clinical Pharmacology, which provides access to up-to-date, concise and clinically relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new drugs. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-colour. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975.

Latest information is available at www.epnet.com/academic/hsnursing.asp

Hospitality and Tourism Index^TM is a bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This comprehensive index combines the records of three renowned collections: Cornell University's former Hospitality database, Articles in Hospitality and Tourism (AHT), formerly co-produced by the Universities of Surrey and Oxford Brookes, and the Lodging, Restaurant & Tourism Index (LRTI), formerly produced by Purdue University. Together, this collection contains more than 480,000 records from 500 titles, with coverage going back to the mid 1960s. Sources are both domestic and international in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia. Publications include Hotel & Motel Management, Journal of Leisure Research, Nation's Restaurant News, Restaurants & Institutions and many more. Subject areas covered include demographics & statistics, development & investment, food & beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management & administrative practices, leisure & business travel, market trends, technology and more. EBSCO plans to increase the coverage of relevant, well-respected periodical literature and non-traditional content.

Latest information is available at www.epnet.com/academic/hosp&tourism.asp

LinkSource LinkSource is a powerful link resolver, designed to extend research collections to take advantage of all available resources. The LinkSource menu is easily configured to support links to full text and secondary databases, search engines, document delivery services, interlibrary loan vendors, online catalogues, etc.

5. Licence Type

Site licence with normal Chest and EBSCO terms and conditions of use. Information is copyright cleared for personal use. Downloading of the Data is allowed at any Institution for use by any member of staff or student in accordance with the standard "Code of Conduct" for the Use of Software or Data.

6. Personal Licences

Not applicable

7. Post Termination of Agreement Period

At the end of the agreement it will either be:

renewed, and all conditions in the renewed agreement will apply;
not renewed, in which case each institution will have the opportunity to purchase DVD ROM and CD ROM back up files direct from EBSCO;
re-negotiated.

8. Alterations/Additions to Databases and New Functionality

It is the policy of EBSCO to expand the coverage of its databases. New product developments, up-to-date title lists and access to the EBSCO list server etc. can be found on the EBSCO home page http://www.epnet.com

9. Location and Use Permissions

The following clarification with regard to the right to be an End-User is given following a review of frequently asked questions (faq). Products, unless there is a clear statement to the contrary are only licensed for use by staff, students and other persons 'engaged in the normal business of the licensed institution'. All right to become an authorised End-User is determined by this wording. For full detail see Clause 3 "Use" in Appendix A to the Licence.

DISTANCE LEARNING:

Distance learning is any learning that takes place with the instructor and/or necessary materials geographically remote from the student. For example distance learning may occur by surface mail, video, interactive or cable TV, satellite broadcast, or any number of Internet technologies such as message boards, chat rooms, and desktop video or computer conferencing. The student may be either normally UK domiciled or permanently domiciled overseas.

Students studying via Distance Learning can be categorised as:

UK domiciled, UK Based, i.e. all Students resident and studying within the UK.
Non-UK domiciled, UK based, i.e. a Student with an overseas home address but studying within the UK.
UK domiciled, non-UK based, i.e. British nationals on business or studying abroad.
Non UK-domiciled, non-UK based. i.e. Overseas home address studying abroad.

The licence for EBSCO Databases permits such use.

REMOTE ACCESS within UK and EIRE:

Access to data service and content geographically remote from the licensed institution but within the boundaries of the UK and Eire.

The licence for EBSCO Databases permits such use.

REMOTE ACCESS Overseas:

Access to data service and content via a licensed institution from outside the UK and Eire.

The licence for EBSCO Databases permits such use.

STUDENT PLACEMENT IN INDUSTRY:

A registered student of an institution who combines academic study with periods of practical work experience. E.g. Sandwich Students.

Any use for the benefit of the students employer is specifically excluded.

PEOPLE FROM INDUSTRY ON COURSES RUN FOR THEIR EMPLOYER:

Industrial placement.

Such use is specifically excluded from licence for EBSCO Databases.

RETIRED MEMBERS OF STAFF:

Former employees of a licensed institution.

Use rights terminate upon cessation of employment, except in the instance where the employee becomes a student.

HONORARY MEMBERS OF STAFF:

Persons of eminence in their field, and those who perform extraordinary meritorious service to an Institution.

Such use would be permitted except where the user was doing so in pursuit of their non-academic activity.

ALUMNI:

Graduates of an Institution.

Use should terminate upon graduation and not be permitted again unless the graduate again qualifies under the terms for employees and students.

WALK-IN USERS:

Public access and Library terminals.

The licence for EBSCO Databases permits use by walk-in visitors or general public users provided that security procedures are undertaken that will prevent remote access by institutions or individuals that are not parties to the licence who are not expressly and specifically granted access by EBSCO.

It remains a requirement of the Licensee (Institution) that it is satisfied that the user is an employee, student, or other persons authorised by the Licensee for the purposes of the normal business of the Licensee's organisation.

NOTE: the granting of an ATHENS Username and Password is not a right to use in itself.

SUPPORT

10. Background Detail / Community Evaluation

This is an extension to the Agreement with EBSCO which has been in existence since 1999.

11. Institution Evaluation

Access to a free 60 day evaluation period is available on request via Chest or direct from EBSCO.

12. Product Documentation

EBSCO will provide 1 copy per licensed site of any relevant documentation or reference material that it produces and makes commercially available. EBSCO will also provide access to online information that may be downloaded from the EBSCO home page http://www.epnet.com for the individual institution members' own use.

13. Right to Copy Documentation

Copying of Licensed Materials is permitted for the individual's own use.

14. Training and Training Materials

The Agreement includes the provision of training and training materials directly from EBSCO.

15. Document Delivery

A document delivery function is at present not available but is currently in development. A "pay by the article" electronic document delivery available via links to EBSCO Online.

16. Initial Consultancy/Support

EBSCO Support

Support to clients will be provided by EBSCO via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Site. Support from EBSCO can be obtained from the following:-

Technical Support
Hours: Monday-Friday 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (EST)
E-mail: eptech@epnet.com
Subscribe: EBSCO Web Discussion List

Internal Sales Representative - Chris Atkinson

Phone: 0208 447 4200
Fax: 0208 440 2205 Email: catkinson@ebsco.com
Address: EBSCO Information Services
Kingmaker House
Station Road
New Barnet
EN5 1NZ

National Sales Manager - Gareth Smith

Phone: 0208 447 4200
Fax: 0208 440 2205
Email: garethsmith@ebsco.com
Address: EBSCO Information Services
Kingmaker House
Station Road
New Barnet
EN5 1NZ

EBSCO List Server - http://epnet.com

LinkSource - www.linkresolver.com

Anyone in the community including Chest may subscribe to the EBSCO List Server to receive up to date information regarding current EBSCO products and services and new developments.

In addition, a discussion list has been set up on JISCmail. This is called:- chest-ebsco

Anyone in the community may subscribe to this list (whether or not from a participating site).

To join the list send an email to:
jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk with the one line:
join chest-ebsco
e.g. join chest-ebsco Jane Smith

Note that this list is for discussion and whilst EBSCO may subscribe to the list it is not a formal support route. Technical contacts at licensed sites are advised to join this list as it is used by Chest to communicate information relating to the Agreement.

17. WWW Addresses

a) Agreement information and forms
b) Service Provider
www-uk.ebsco.com

c) Supplier home page:
www-uk.ebsco.com
www.linkresolver.com

SERVICE

18. Method of Access

EBSCOhost or Digital Island Network.

19. System Requirements

Minimum Requirements/Browser Recommendations for EBSCOhost

Internet Explorer 5.5 or Later
Netscape 7.x or Later
Firefox 1.0 or Later
Macintosh Safari 1.2x or Netscape 7.x
Other JavaScript, Cookies Enabled

Minimum Requirements/Browser Recommendations for EBSCOadmin

Internet Explorer 5.5 or Later
Netscape 6.x or Later
Other JavaScript, Cookies Enabled

20. Updates

Updates to EBSCOhost databases are made on a daily basis.

21. Access to Service and Downloading

When the Licence is signed by the Institution and returned to Chest, access to the required database/s will be given and EBSCO will be notified. Licensed Sites and their authorised End Users may print or download full or partial results of the searches of, and data in the licensed database/s subject to the terms and conditions in the Licence.

22. Athens Access Management System

Access will be authenticated by use of Athens Management System.

23. Athens Registration Procedures

Each licensed institution is required to have an Athens Domain Administrator before registering for access to the data. Details can be located at http://www.athensams.net/sitereg.aspx

SIGNING UP

24. Pricing

There are various options for subscribing to the databases. Please see tables below. Pro-rata charging on a monthly basis is available for the first year of subscription. Considerable savings are to be made if your Institution is able to commit for 3 years from 1st October 2005, and even more if your Institution can pay for the 3 years in advance.

1^st October 2005 to 30^th September 2008

	Business Source Elite	Business Source Elite (under 3,500 FTE)	Business Source Premier
Cost without commitment	Yr1: £9,975 Yr2: £10,375 Yr3: £10,700	Yr1: £3,850 Yr2: £4,000 Yr3: £4,120	Yr1: £13,950 Yr2: £14,500 Yr3: £14,950
Payment with 2 year commitment	Yr1: £9,975 Yr2: £9,975 (Yr3: *See Note)	Yr1: £3,850 Yr2: £3,850 (Yr3: *See Note)	Yr1: £13,950 Yr2: £13,950 (Yr3: *See Note)
Two year ‘up-front’ payment	£19,250 (Yr3: *See Note)	£7,000 (Yr3: *See Note)	£27,200 (Yr3: *See Note)
Payment with 3 year commitment	Yr1: £9,975 Yr2: £9,975 Yr3: £9,975	Yr1: £3,850 Yr2: £3,850 Yr3: £3,850	Yr1: £13,950 Yr2: £13,950 Yr3: £13,950
Three year ‘up-front’ payment	£29,225	£11,550	£41,150

	Academic Search Elite	Academic Search Elite (under 3,500 FTE)	Academic Search Premier
Cost without commitment	Yr1: £13,000 Yr2: £13,520 Yr3: £13,930	Yr1: £4,950 Yr2: £5,150 Yr3: £5,300	Yr1: £19,950 Yr2: £20,750 Yr3: £21,375
Payment with 2 year commitment	Yr1: £13,000 Yr2: £13,000 (Yr3: *See Note)	Yr1: £4,950 Yr2: £4,950 (Yr3: *See Note)	Yr1: £19,950 Yr2: £19,950 (Yr3: *See Note)
Two year ‘up-front’ payment	£25,300 (Yr3: *See Note)	£9,200 (Yr3: *See Note)	£39,200 (Yr3: *See Note)
Payment with 3 year commitment	Yr1: £13,000 Yr2: £13,000 Yr3: £13,000	Yr1: £4,950 Yr2: £4,950 Yr3: £4,950	Yr1: £19,950 Yr2: £19,950 Yr3: £19,950
Three year ‘up-front’ payment	£38,300	£14,850	£59,150

	UK & Eire Reference Centre	Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition	Hospitality & Tourism Index
Cost without commitment	Yr1: £1,750 Yr2: £1,820 Yr3: £1,875	Yr1: £4,750 Yr2: £4,940 Yr3: £5,088	Yr1: £785 Yr2: £825 Yr3: £865
Payment with 2 year commitment	Yr1: £1,750 Yr2: £1,750 (Yr3: *See Note)	Yr1: £4,750 Yr2: £4,750 (Yr3: *See Note)	Yr1: £785 Yr2: £785 (Yr3: *See Note)
Two year ‘up-front’ payment	£2,800 (Yr3: *See Note)	£8,800 (Yr3: *See Note)	£1,500 (Yr3: *See Note)
Payment with 3 year commitment	Yr1: £1,750 Yr2: £1,750 Yr3: £1,750	Yr1: £4,750 Yr2: £4,750 Yr3: £4,750	Yr1: £785 Yr2: £785 Yr3: £785
Three year ‘up-front’ payment	£4,500	£13,550	£2,150

* Note: For Year 3: Sites with 2 year commitment or 2 year ‘up-front’ will have the following options:

to discontinue use of database;
to pay the Year 3 Cost without commitment amount;
to pay ‘up-front’ for an additional 2 years.

The cost for each database in (iii) is the 2 year ‘up-front’ price in Year 1 with the addition of £1,000 with the exception of HTI where the addition shall be £500.

Pricing for 1^st October 2006 to 30^th September 2008

	Business Source Elite	Business Source Elite (under 3,500 FTE)	Business Source Premier
Cost without commitment	Yr2: £10,375 Yr3: £10,700	Yr2: £4,000 Yr3: £4,120	Yr2: £14,500 Yr3: £14,950
Payment with 2 year commitment	Yr2: £10,175 Yr3: £10,175	Yr2: £3,930 Yr3: £3,930	Yr2: £14,230 Yr3: £14,230
Two year ‘up-front’ payment	£19,635	£7,140	£27,750

	Academic Search Elite	Academic Search Elite (under 3,500 FTE)	Academic Search Premier
Cost without commitment	Yr2: £13,520 Yr3: £13,930	Yr2: £5,150 Yr3: £5,300	Yr2: £20,750 Yr3: £21,375
Payment with 2 year commitment	Yr2: £13,260 Yr3: £13,260	Yr2: £5,050 Yr3: £5,050	Yr2: £20,350 Yr3: £20,350
Two year ‘up-front’ payment	£25,800	£9,390	£39,985

	UK & Eire Reference Centre	Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition	Hospitality & Tourism Index
Cost without commitment	Yr2: £1,820 Yr3: £1,875	Yr2: £4,940 Yr3: £5,088	Yr2: £825 Yr3: £865
Payment with 2 year commitment	Yr2: £1,785 Yr3: £1,785	Yr2: £4,845 Yr3: £4,845	Yr2: £825 Yr3: £825
Two year ‘up-front’ payment	£2,860	£8,980	£1,565

25. Payment Terms

On receipt of a completed Licence, Sites will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the Licence is signed. For each subsequent year, Sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement (invoice date: 1^st July 2005, 2006 and 2007). Pro-rata charging is available for Sites which become licensed part-way through a year.

All payments must be made to Eduserv within 30 calendar days of the date of invoice.

Note 1: You are advised that because of the requirement for Eduserv to collect monies due before the anniversary date two charges may fall initially into one academic accounting year.

Note 2: Access to licensed Database(s) will be given to the Licensed Site on receipt of paperwork. However, non-payment by the due date may lead to access being removed on 24 hours notice.

26. How to Order

Two original copies of the relevant Licence (Schedule 4) are required and should be returned to:

Eduserv
Chest (EBSCO Databases)
Queen Anne House
11 Charlotte Street
Bath
BA1 2NE

Licensed sites wishing to add new products to their licence should send two original copies of the Addendum Form to Eduserv (Chest).

Sites wishing to subscribe to LinkSource should send two original copies of the LinkSource licence.

27. Licence Form (subscription from 1st October 2005)

28. Addendum Form (subscription from 1st October 2005)

29. LinkSource Licence Form

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