[LIBRARYDIR] [EXTERNAL] Re: Orbis Cascade Alliance?

[Dawn Hawley]

That is the very issue I am pondering. Thank you, Jacquelyn.
Dawn

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Hi Dawn,

      I did purchase CINAHL through Orbis but switched to back to purchasing directly through EBSCO.  I think the cost was about the same but, for the context of my institution, the administration process and fee made working through Orbis not a plus for me.

All my best,
Jacquelyn

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Hello Library Leaders,

Do you subscribe to CINAHL with full text through the Orbis Cascade Alliance?  Did you recently sign a new institutional MOU agreement? Does anyone happen to know the cost savings of purchasing through OCA vs just EBSCO?

Thank you,

Dawn



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