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Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
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WebYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
API—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Academic Research Databases8.4 (#8)7.2 (#27)
AudienceEBSCO describes Academic Search Ultimate as developed to meet scholarly research demands and as offering content for students.The service is designed for mathematicians in research and teaching.
HeadquartersEBSCO Information Services lists its headquarters at 10 Estes Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938, United States.Karlsruhe, Germany
Open accessThe database includes 7,153 active global open access journals curated and indexed by EBSCO.The service became an open access platform in 2021 and is available free of charge worldwide.
SupportThe EBSCOhost page directs existing customers to tutorials, user guides, and support.FIZ Karlsruhe lists a customer service contact by telephone and email for questions about its offerings.

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Academic Search Ultimate

Academic Search Ultimate is a multidisciplinary full-text database for scholarly research, with material spanning nearly all academic disciplines. It lists 10,199 active full-text journals and magazines, including 9,581 peer-reviewed journals; 5,873 active full-text journals are indexed in Web of Science or Scopus. The collection also includes 7,153 active global open access journals, plus periodicals, reports, books, conference proceedings and videos. Its video collection contains more than 6,700 videos from The Washington Post and other providers, and relevant titles may include ahead-of-print content. Through EBSCOhost, researchers can use basic and advanced search, citation assistance, saved searches and results, and subject browsing with access points in more than 30 languages. The EBSCO Mobile app supports searching, saving and sharing on iOS and Android. Institutional access is available; the product is also accessible on the web. It has no free plan, but a trial can be requested. Pricing is by request, with no subscription price shown.

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