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Manager

A strength of the solution is the breadth and amount of electronic journal content that Elsevier...

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Sometimes our users want more functionality, like a generic account that doesn't require them to...

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I find Elsevier very responsive if I have a question or run into a technical issue. I really enjoy...

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The search functionality within the platform could be a little bit more sophisticated, but that's...

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Elsevier’s new AI tool is great. AI is decent in medicine right now. It's not perfect, but it...

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Director

It is hard to get the ClinicalKey app to work correctly. A lot of our users want to use the mobile...

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I'm not satisfied with Elsevier’s support. Usually, I don’t get my answer the first time around with...

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Director

ClinicalKey doesn’t always meet our needs because it only has Elsevier content. ClinicalKey is not...

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Right now, ClinicalKey has an AI reading assistant that is free, but we are not sure whether it is...

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Manager

Elsevier usually gets back to us within 48 hours if we tell them there's a problem. The partnership...

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Manager

I like that ClinicalKey is easy to use, and I like that the information is up-to-date. If I were...

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Manager

Elsevier’s support seems onerous.

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Manager

ClinicalKey could work better. About a quarter of the time, when I try to click on a link to one of...

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Manager

I don't know whether I would buy ClinicalKey again. There's been a lot of frustration for me...

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Manager

The only training materials I've ever gotten ahold of are old. They're formatted in a very textbook,...

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I would tell Elsevier to continue to work on keywords. I do think there are times when clinical...

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Manager

Elsevier has worked on their support over the last few years.

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Manager

I use ClinicalKey quite heavily, and I'm going to see how the stats look when I download them soon....

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Manager

When I recommend that someone look at something in the ClinicalKey product, I don't have to worry...

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Manager

Elsevier needs to base their customer service in the US and make sure people can track who answers...

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Manager

For continuity, if we have a ticket number, we need a way to easily contact the last person we spoke...

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Manager

ClinicalKey meets the needs for which we purchased it. Because it's an Elsevier product, it has...

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Manager

Elsevier is not transparent with charges. I have suspicions about how they get to their pricing. I...

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Manager

We would like an easier way to look up a single identified article in ClinicalKey. In other words,...

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We have a new Elsevier representative for ClinicalKey. I would like to have the same representative...

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Manager

I like the amount of content in ClinicalKey, especially the e-book content. That is really the key...

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Depending on our budget for the next few years, ClinicalKey might be something that we can no longer...

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Manager

Elsevier just switched their reporting. They used to send out reports on usage and stuff, and now...

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Manager

Elsevier feels like they are trying to push us into doing their cookie-cutter process. They need to...

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Manager

In general, ClinicalKey is good. It is a solid resource. There is a lot of stuff that is set up...

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Manager

What I like most about ClinicalKey is the depth and the breadth of the resources available to us....

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Manager

If we have any troubleshooting that needs to be done, our journals are connected with another...

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Manager

We use ClinicalKey constantly for information. It contains a bundle of journals and books that...

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Manager

ClinicalKey is a really good value for its money because of everything offered. If I were to buy the...

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I see ClinicalKey as a collection of ebooks and e-journals. It has a nice selection and a variety of...

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Anytime I have a problem, and that is not often, Elsevier is very responsive, so the service is very...

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Based on our usage statistics, my impression is that our ClinicalKey utilization is fairly low....

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Manager

Elsevier positions ClinicalKey as a clinical decision-making tool similar to UpToDate Pro, but I...

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Elsevier has a reputation for not being transparent with charges, but in my direct experience with...

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I have never had training on ClinicalKey. Our representative has offered them to me multiple times,...

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We have had issues with response and resolution time from Elsevier’s support. The system requires...

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Manager

ClinicalKey includes point-of-care content along with a large collection of books, journals,...

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Manager

ClinicalKey could benefit from a major overhaul. While adding ClinicalKey Student was helpful and...

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For training, Elsevier usually refers us to their online resources. While the product is fairly...

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Manager

Elsevier is an isolated group and doesn’t like to engage. It isn't that we have a bad relationship...

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Manager

ClinicalKey’s search engine is awful. It has such a strong repository of information that it is hard...

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Manager

ClinicalKey training falls to me. There are likely some vendor resources, but I haven’t used them...

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When there was a big outage with ClinicalKey, we thought it was related to something else, so I sent...

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VP/Other Executive

Elsevier did an upgrade, and it was very nice. We are happy with the upgrade, but then after an...

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Director

Our people love using ClinicalKey, and it is easy to navigate. They can find the information right...

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Analyst/Coordinator

ClinicalKey is stable.

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Director

ClinicalKey’s biggest strength is its background information content with eBooks and eJournals. It...

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Director

Elsevier kind of muddies its marketing for ClinicalKey. It is marketed as a clinical decision...

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Director

Elsevier could be more proactive. I don't get any communications from them. Instead of me trying to...

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Director

ClinicalKey provides a hospital library for a public organization. Having full textbooks and...

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Director

Elsevier keeps in contact, and they answer questions when I need them. They have great ways for us...

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Director

For ClinicalKey purposes, we are unable to get all the Elsevier books and journals. I can't buy all...

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Director

Elsevier is trying to play outside of their lane a little. Their AI tool is not useful at all; it...

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Director

Elsevier overcharges me, and if I want to add something ClinicalKey, they charge us for that. It...

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Director

ClinicalKey gives us the data we need. The vendor has been adding more interoperability with...

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Director

Elsevier was supposed to have something added for us in ClinicalKey months ago, but they just keep...

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