>>> Conditions of purchase:
·
Minimum purchase is one block of 500 searches.
·
FirstSearch's per-search option gives libraries multiple simultaneous access
to the attached (pay-per-search) databases.
·
Searches are valid for two years immediately following their purchase.
They will then expire unless the library purchases additional access to
FirstSearch under any per-search or subscription option during the initial
two year period. When a library makes an additional purchase, expiration
dates for all searches purchased under the per-search option will be refreshed
so that they expire two years after the library's most recent purchase.
Johna Low
Senior Product Manager
Subscription Services –
Electronic and Print
DA Information Services
FirstSearch is distributed
in Australia and New Zealand by DA Electronic Media. The purchase of blocks
of searches attracts volume
discount rates, dependent
on the total number of blocks in any one order.
CAUL, CONZUL and OCLC all
agreed to move to a regular bulk purchase schedule, treating all CAUL &
CONZUL orders as one
order. As well as keeping
the price as low as possible for all universities, the schedule eases the
administrative burden on everyone.
Detailed statistics provided
by OCLC help universities track the trends of their usage patterns. FirstSearch
administrators are also
encouraged to keep a check
on their remaining search level on a regular basis, using the Administrative
Module.
The various volume discount
rates are as follows:
Number of Searches
Price Per Search (US$)
500 - 4,500
.98
5,000 - 30,000
.88
30,5000 +
.78
(NOTE: 1 block = 500 searches.
Orders must be in blocks of 500 searches.)
The cut-off dates for the
receipt of orders are:
31st January (searches available
in February)
30th April (searches available
in May)
31st July (searches available
in August)
31st October (searches available
in November)
(NOTE: The normal turnaround
time for the supply of searches is 2 - 3 weeks from the cut-off date.)
Orders must be received on
an OCLC FirstSearch Order Form (available from DA Electronic Media). Dianne
Marshall, from DA
Electronic Media, sends
email reminders throughout each ordering period, and keeps the FirstSearch
email list advised of the level of
searches being received.
URGENT ORDERS: From time
to time a university may need to top up their searches urgently, without
waiting for a scheduled purchase
date. Such orders must be
sent to DA Electronic Media, marked as URGENT - NOT TO WAIT FOR BULK PURCHASE.
Such
individual orders will be
charged at the prevailing rate for the number of searches.
Tessa Sampson
Product Manager - Electronic
Products and Services
Firstsearch - Purchasing
search blocks
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