Journal subscription services provider EBSCO, US, has announced that its EBSCO A-to-Z (A-to-Z) service now offers enhancements to the Overlap Analysis reporting functionality. The new features are expected to provide librarians with essential tools for comparing coverage overlap in library e-collections.
EBSCO A-to-Z is a web-based tool for organising and providing links to a library’s e-resources with comprehensive reporting for analysis and evaluation of a library’s complete e-collection. The existing version offers multiple reports, including reporting on usage, link-outs and knowledge base changes. It also offers Overlap Analysis reporting that features an at-a-glance evaluation for library collections.
The latest version of Overlap Analysis reporting seeks to eliminate guesswork — library collections can be compared simply and clearly on one page with the option to export directly into Microsoft Excel. The new functionality allows the tool to filter reports by coverage dates to focus the analysis on the all-important current content. It can also easily identify unique and overlapping titles with the simplified summary report format; view ‘Years of Unique Coverage’ on the title-details drill-down report, allowing librarians to see at a glance what titles in which packages offer the most unique coverage; and allow export reporting to Excel quickly and efficiently with one step. Overlap Analysis reporting seeks to provide the complete picture of a library’s e-collection, benefiting librarians who need to make important decisions that affect their library collections.
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