Active Full-Text, Non-Open Access Journal Retail Value (USD)
Business Source Ultimate: $1,166,967.75
Business Source Complete: $889,616.35
Business Source Premier: $649,775.19
Business Source Elite: $314,029.43

Business Source Elite encompasses a selection of business disciplines, offering access to 492 active full-text journals, along with abstracted and indexed journals. With a journal retail value of $314,029.43, it is the fourth largest database within the Business Source family.

Strengthen Exposure to Open Access Journals

Business Source Elite includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 1,851 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

International Content Compared

Active Full-Text Journals by Country/Region
Australia & New Zealand
Canada
Central & Eastern Europe
China, Hong Kong & Taiwan
French-Speaking Europe
German-Speaking Europe
Italy & Italian Switzerland
Japan
Korea
Latin America & the Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
Netherlands & Flanders
Nordic Countries
South Asia & Southeast Asia
Spain
Sub-Saharan Africa
United Kingdom & Ireland
United States
Australia & New Zealand: 78
Canada: 75
Central & Eastern Europe: 280
China, Hong Kong & Taiwan: 53
French-Speaking Europe: 172
German-Speaking Europe: 380
Italy & Italian Switzerland: 32
Japan: 52
Korea: 10
Latin America & the Caribbean: 156
Middle East & North Africa: 217
Netherlands & Flanders: 35
Nordic Countries: 23
South Asia & Southeast Asia: 304
Spain: 46
Sub-Saharan Africa: 60
United Kingdom & Ireland: 632
United States: 1,004
Australia & New Zealand: 33
Canada: 26
Central & Eastern Europe: 117
China, Hong Kong & Taiwan: 14
French-Speaking Europe: 38
German-Speaking Europe: 137
Italy & Italian Switzerland: 6
Japan: 6
Korea: 4
Latin America & the Caribbean: 61
Middle East & North Africa: 45
Netherlands & Flanders: 18
Nordic Countries: 11
South Asia & Southeast Asia: 74
Spain: 13
Sub-Saharan Africa: 9
United Kingdom & Ireland: 476
United States: 709
Australia & New Zealand: 13
Canada: 14
Central & Eastern Europe: 32
China, Hong Kong & Taiwan: 3
French-Speaking Europe: 12
German-Speaking Europe: 49
Italy & Italian Switzerland: 3
Japan: 0
Korea: 1
Latin America & the Caribbean: 11
Middle East & North Africa: 12
Netherlands & Flanders: 14
Nordic Countries: 2
South Asia & Southeast Asia: 53
Spain: 2
Sub-Saharan Africa: 4
United Kingdom & Ireland: 325
United States: 466
Australia & New Zealand: 6
Canada: 3
Central & Eastern Europe: 6
China, Hong Kong & Taiwan: 1
French-Speaking Europe: 5
German-Speaking Europe: 18
Italy & Italian Switzerland: 1
Japan: 0
Korea: 1
Latin America & the Caribbean: 3
Middle East & North Africa: 3
Netherlands & Flanders: 6
Nordic Countries: 0
South Asia & Southeast Asia: 41
Spain: 1
Sub-Saharan Africa: 2
United Kingdom & Ireland: 146
United States: 249

Ahead of Print

Business Source Elite includes Ahead of Print content for relevant titles from key publishers.  

Valuable Video Content 

Business Source Elite 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.

Business Source Elite includes 4,341 active indexed and abstracted journals. 3,219 of them are peer-reviewed.