A full-text database of over 200 high quality, subscribed and open-access titles focused in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences
High-Quality Content with a Budget-Friendly Price TagBioOne was founded by independent publishers and librarians in 1999. Today, BioOne Complete policies and pricing are designed to sustainably deliver critical research in the biosciences to a worldwide user base. |
Benefits for Library Partners
Affordable: Tiered pricing and discounts via 40+ consortia Support for strategic research: Trusted content on the impacts of climate change on global ecosystems; research relevant to many of the United Nations’ SDGs Flexible: Anytime subscription starts plus a new one-time purchase option Mission-aligned: Over $63 million in subscription funds have been returned to BioOne publishing partners and re-invested in sustainable scholarly communications. In addition, 33 open access titles are available alongside the subscribed collection |
Valuable Features and Tools
Post-cancellation access provided at no cost for subscribed content Remote access to support on and off-campus users Enhanced accessibility via Google Translate Integrated discovery via MARC records and 15+ indexing and discovery partners Seamless reference tools compatible with EndNote, RefWorks and more Usage analytics via COUNTER 5-compliant statistics and SUSHI harvesting |
Case Studies
“BioOne Complete is a great research tool for our biology program! It offers amazing scientific focused content, which is very useful for the life science courses and professional research by our students and faculty.” |
"From the consortial perspective, working with BioOne has been amazing. Our sales manager, Chelsea, is responsive, transparent, and a joy to work with. BioOne makes it clear that their top priority is to offer the fairest pricing that they can provide to promote the advancement of scholarship and science. Libraries can be assured that they are working with a vendor with their best interests at heart." |
“The BioOne Complete Archive was a great option for us. We were able to simplify our holdings and fill in gaps left in our collection by changing subscription models, and we find that we get good use of the BioOne backfile.” Danica Lewis |
"I would recommend BioOne Complete to any institution who, like us, is looking for a cost-effective means of accessing journals that meet an important niche requirement." Case Study for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
"Based on the academic value, relevant subjects, and acceptable cost, we had to have this resource." Case Study for the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Library |
"BioOne Complete includes journals from many smaller publishers and societies, which we would otherwise struggle to get access to. It would also be just too messy to acquire these journals individually.” Case Study for King Abdullah University of Science and Technology |
“With BioOne Complete there have been no concerns with the cost per download and even with the addition of new titles, the price isn’t impacted.” Case Study for Tarleton State University |
"BioOne Complete offers the ability to acquire quality titles which would otherwise be difficult to get. [It] provides a cost-effective way to subscribe to bioscience titles and being well below the average inter-library loan cost, is very positive. If universities are looking for biology packages, then yes, I would recommend BioOne Complete.” Case Study for University of Amsterdam |
“Prior to acquiring BioOne Complete, we had some difficulties acquiring some specific journals as they were expensive. BioOne Complete enabled us to consolidate our holdings, providing access to many unique titles which are part of such a great collection. This also meant cost savings for the university.” Case Study for University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna |
For More Information
For more detail on both institutional options, click on the "How to Subscribe" tab or see our BioOne Complete for Librarians flyer.
Complete title lists for both institutional options are also available.
Contact us to discuss your library or insitution's needs.