EBSCO Provider Documentation

Provider profile

Data manager 
Data manager email 
Provider contactHarry Kaplanian
Provider contact emailhkaplanian@ebsco.com 
Provider contact phone 
Source typeFTP
Source location

ftp.epnet.com

User name: jake
Password: gijaq3eV

Update frequency

Monthly

Update methodNew files deposited on FTP site
Change feedChange files are included on FTP site
KBART compliant?N
NotesThe files on this site have the following naming convention: xxx-jake.txt, where: xxx = the code for the database concerned. The files are tab-delimited. Row one contains the column names. The columns, which are set to comply with rules set by the jake system, are:

RESOURCE Full name of database
TITLE Journal title ISSN
CITATION START: Start date of A&I coverage (yyyy-mm-dd format)
CITATION END: End date of A&I coverage (yyyy-mm-dd format)
FULL TEXT START: Start date of Full text
FULL TEXT END: End date of full text
DB IDENTIFIER: Unique EBSCO-assigned code for the JOURNAL
URL BASE: URL to Journal detail page on EBSCOhost
PUBLISHER: Publisher information for the journal
RESOURCE ID:Database code
EMBARGO: A note indicating the length of any embargo period

If there is no FullTEXT_START, the title is A&I only. If there is no FullTEXT_END, coverage is ongoing (see embargo note). The FTP site also includes a file named productlist.txt which contains the list of databases included on the site and their respective database codes.

Macros

Macros

Transformation
Notes
EBSCO full conversion macroThis macro removes A&I only titles, renames all relevant columns, adds missing columns and populates when possible, and converts dates.

Operated as a Community Resource by the Open Library Foundation