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Academic Search Ultimate

Academic Search Ultimate supports a broad range of university teaching and research, from humanities and social sciences to STEM disciplines.

Database subscription Library Researchers / PhD students / master's students Faculties and departments Library value and usage Training and teaching Improving publication quality
At a glance

A multidisciplinary database of full-text academic journals.

Universities need a resource that benefits many users rather than a single narrow discipline.

Best fit: academic libraries, students, faculty, and researchers across disciplines
Resource capabilities

How this resource supports your organization

Clever Consult demonstrates the solution in the context of the client’s needs, then helps set up access, training and communications, and interpret the results for leadership.

Need

Universities need a resource that benefits many users rather than a single narrow discipline.

Who it is for

department leadership, libraries, research offices, and specialist users

Next action

Request trial access / a demo

Diagnostic signals

Compare these needs with your organization’s priorities. A consultation helps establish whether the solution is right for you.

01

a core academic full-text database is needed

02

the resource portfolio is too narrow

03

the university wants a campus-wide resource

What changes after implementation

01

broad academic coverage

02

full-text support for courses and research

03

a general-purpose campus database

Use cases

support interdisciplinary programs
provide students with sources for their work
expand the library's core portfolio

Value indicators

full-text journals peer-reviewed content downloads subject usage

How Clever Consult launches the solution

01assess the disciplines
02connect the database
03run training sessions
04develop communications to support usage

How to explain value internally

We already have some of these resources

Then the priority is to assess how well tasks are covered rather than whether access exists: who uses the resource, which scenarios it supports, where gaps remain, and how this relates to KPIs.

It is difficult to justify the budget

We build the case using data, usage, a needs assessment, and implementation scenarios for specific departments.