By Michael Rogers

EBSCO has a new weapon in its academic arsenal with Academic Search Complete (ASC), which initially will provide access to 5,318 full-text journals, with eyes to growing the list to over 6000 next year. Included are 4000 peer-reviewed English-language titles as well as full text for many non-English publications, including many in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

The vendor claims ASC will provide 'the most comprehensive full-text coverage of journals indexed in major indexes, such as PsycINFO and ISI Science Citation Index.' EBSCO said that 800 of the ASC journals are unique to that product and not included in its Academic Search Premier offering.