What is EBSCONET?

It is far more than a subscription management system.

EBSCONET is an all-encompassing, interactive, multi-lingual, Web-based subscription management system designed to help your library efficiently order, access, manage and evaluate your print and electronic journals. It’s the most intuitive and comprehensive tool to manage your subscriptions efficiently in the e-world!

• take control of the entire subscription management process
• receive a comprehensive overview of your subscription portfolio
• access EBSCO’s robust title file with more than 300,000 listings
• efficiently manage the access and registration of e-journals and packages
• track your activity and control your budget with a wide range of reports
• consult helpful information resources to answer your EBSCONET questions
• enjoy a cleaner interface and much more functionality than ever before!

EBSCONET offers you these important capabilities:

Title Search

• limit a search to the titles and prices for your geographic location or expand your search to include EBSCO’s entire active title file with all pricing
• track whether a title has been ordered: Title searches display Current Subscription for active orders, Previous Subscription for expired orders and Pending Subscription for pending or in-process orders.

Title Information

• locate all bibliographic information
• check if a title is part of a publisher package and if the individual library has an order for that title
• compare available formats for each title via an Alternative Format panel
• link to related title data such as Access and Registration and Volume/Issue information.

E-journal Updates

• view current e-journal subscription information and EBSCO-authenticated titles available online with a print subscription
• review titles with new format or pricing options and indicate preferred format for renewal
• view an archived history of changes made via E-Journal Updates
• receive notification when an online version of a current print subscription becomes available
• identify journals that have changed publisher
• view new open access titles that are added to EBSCO’s title database
• identify titles that have been added to or removed from e-journal packages purchased through EBSCO
• receive RSS feed alerts when changes occur.

Order Information

• create your orders online
• retrieve crucial financial and invoice information
• receive instant notification that a title is non-cancelable when users complete the Cancel this Order option for a non-cancelable title
• search all orders (pending, active and expired) from same search options.

 Order Details

• filter and sort My Orders search results list
• search complete Order History
• update ILS, Fund Code, HEGIS and purchase order information in Order History
• view all component titles ordered within a package based on the PAC/Year combination
• set authorization levels for individual users
• create and maintain circulation distribution lists for JETS customers.

Claiming

• create your claim online for missing or back issues
• view claim status and response
• link from each claim in the Claim History section to the Claim Details page for more information
• link to and view a list of available print issues in the Missing Copy Bank^®
• claim for an individual title within a membership/combination or package
• use EBSCO’s interactive Claim Checker^™ for extensive claiming capabilities, including an export option to facilitate claim resolution and claim multiple issues
• proactively manage JETS orders.

Renewals

• process renewals online by: subscriber, HEGIS totals or individual line item
• search, manage and work renewals more efficiently
• easily change the format of a title; "Alternative Format Available" will display in red under a title name if alternative formats are available for that title.

Reports

• generate online reports in a variety of formats right from your desktop
• schedule reports to be automatically generated at specified intervals
• customize reports by selecting only the specific fields needed
• locate all bibliographic information
• compare available formats for each title via an Alternative Format panel
• link to related title data such as Access and Registration and Volume/Issue
• access EBSCO’s most popular serials management reports such as: 
      Summary of Publications 
      Subscriber List
      Collection Assessment Report
      E-Journal Package Change Report 
      E-Journal Access and Registration Report
      Publisher Packages Report
      Claims Processed
      Current Subscriptions
      Historical Price Analysis
      JETS reports 
      Ownership/Access reports.
• export the following report files:
      Abstract and Index Report by Title 
      Combination Membership Report 
      Library of Congress Classification Report 
      List of Membership Titles Report 
      Publisher Packages Report (both All Titles and On Order) 
      Summary of New Titles Report 
      Titles with Claiming Restrictions 
      Summary of Non-US publications.
• view Title/Publisher and Account information online
• receive e-mail notifications of publisher changes.

More Features:

• Access to the EBSCO Missing Copy Bank – a free one- to two-year backfile of more than 2,000 popular serial titles
• JETS – customers can view or export consignment packing lists or report any missing or damaged issues
• Help site – help screens can be accessed from any EBSCONET page; audiovisual how-to demos for main EBSCONET features are also available
• Contact site – EBSCONET provides customers with dedicated contacts to ensure all needs are met.