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It takes way too long for Elsevier to keep their promises, especially when it comes to prices. When...

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Elsevier should improve the interactions between their sales team and their customers. It is a bit...

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I would tell someone looking at ClinicalKey that it is a one-stop shop for various resources and...

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When users search in ClinicalKey, there are PubMed citations, but users can't connect their...

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Ultimately, we purchased the product for the journal and eBook content, and it provides the journal...

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I get a lot of proactive check-ins from our vendor, but we have had some issues that I have had to...

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ClinicalKey does not really integrate well with our systems, especially compared to our clinical...

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ClinicalKey’s journal and electronic book content is amazing. It represents the bulk of our...

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Something I would change about ClinicalKey is the static links at the journal level. The solution's...

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In my experience here, people are using ClinicalKey for books and journals. That is one of our...

Aug 2024
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ClinicalKey doesn't provide the PDF version of all their eBooks. If the book is a medical textbook,...

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I hear from Elsevier maybe once a quarter about ClinicalKey or how things are going with...

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ClinicalKey is definitely part of our long-term plans. I use a lot of the information that Elsevier...

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We are very satisfied with our vendor relationship. We have a dedicated support person from...

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I think we struggle a little bit with the product driving tangible outcomes. Elsevier provides us...

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Elsevier is working with us on integration. And Elsevier has training available. They don't really...

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The biggest strength of ClinicalKey is the number of journal articles. It is very impressive when...

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I think Elsevier ought to make a link available to the Elsevier Healthcare Hub from the ClinicalKey...

Jun 2024
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Manager

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I have a contact person at Elsevier, and they are excellent. I know my representative by name, and...

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Manager

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I have nothing against the product quality of ClinicalKey; that is fine. I would rate ClinicalKey’s...

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I didn't feel really supported by Elsevier when I was inquiring about the implementation of...

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Culture, Product

I really like ClinicalKey. Maybe I'm biased at this point because of what it has to offer. This...

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Loyalty, Product

Right now, when users create accounts with ClinicalKey, they have to go through an extra step to set...

May 2024
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Manager

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From a librarian's perspective, ClinicalKey has great content for people who are searching for...

May 2024
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When users first see ClinicalKey's search interface, the system has a very busy screen in terms of...

May 2024
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With another vendor's product, we can use any email address to sign in. All that matters is the...

May 2024
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I like the textbook content of ClinicalKey. It is easy to use. We can download PDF chapters of many...

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I would always like more content. Elsevier has been splitting the content off into different subject...

Apr 2024
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I think Elsevier says that they have integration capabilities, but we don't see the use for...

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Culture, Relationship

I have had trouble with our sales representatives and our main contacts moving on and not informing...

Apr 2024
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Director

Culture, Relationship

Elsevier keeps us informed when it comes to the books and journals that they are removing and...

Mar 2024
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Director

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Elsevier is now including open-access journals in the system. I have a hard time believing that...

Mar 2024
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Relationship, Value

Elsevier always likes to push things. They first pushed ClinicalKey for students, but we can't...

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Operations, Product

I like the fact that users can go in to the system and search for books or journals. They can also...

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Director

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Elsevier continues to offer their journal PDFs without signing in and things like that. When we...

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I am not really excited about ClinicalKey's search results. I just go in to the system, access the...

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Director

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Since Elsevier publishes so much high-quality medical information, ClinicalKey is something that we...

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Manager

Culture, Product, Value

ClinicalKey is very hard to update so that it is integrated with our other products. ClinicalKey is...

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Manager

Culture, Relationship

Elsevier could improve by having a consistent sales representative. Our contact there moves around a...

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With another vendor, we met with people who were clearly executive-level people who were empowered...

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Product, Value

I like ClinicalKey’s access to things and the depth of the content. I like the way it is relatively...

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Elsevier should focus on the content in ClinicalKey. Some of what they do is try to imitate a...

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Director

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We are having a bad time with Elsevier’s support. They are mostly reactive, and it is difficult to...

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Loyalty, Value

With Elsevier, everything is an extra cost if we add a certain module. ClinicalKey is going to be...

Mar 2024
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Director

Operations, Value

I have been charged already for ClinicalKey for Nursing, but it hasn't been implemented yet. We are...

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Director

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ClinicalKey does not have some features that multiple customers have asked for, and Elsevier still...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

What I like about ClinicalKey is that we have the Elsevier book and journal content available for...

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Director

Operations, Product

Elsevier won't let us download chapters in books without signing in. Downloading a chapter or even a...

Mar 2024
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Director

Product

ClinicalKey’s ease of use depends on what we are looking for. If we are looking for something...

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Manager

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Elsevier’s representatives are excellent, and they are beating down our door to educate us, so they...

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Manager

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ClinicalKey is very easy to use and is self-explanatory. Someone can easily do a literature search...

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Manager

Loyalty, Value

ClinicalKey is very cost effective, and it provides a lot of journals and electronic books. Our...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Product

ClinicalKey has a good collection of journals and books. It has gold-standard drug monographs within...

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Manager

Product

The vendor makes a lot of claims about how the system has such a great search engine. That is how...

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Manager

Culture, Operations

When Elsevier does upgrades, those upgrades aren't impressive. ClinicalKey doesn't offer as many...

Feb 2024
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Manager

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Elsevier's training has been pretty good. The vendor is proactive, and they keep in touch with us....

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Manager

Product

ClinicalKey has value-added stuff for nurses, and that is very nice. It has products like evidence...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Value

ClinicalKey is a closed formulary with Elsevier content. The cost is already almost out of reach for...

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Manager

Relationship

The Elsevier tech support has gone downhill lately. I don't know why, but every time I call, I see...

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Manager

Loyalty, Value

ClinicalKey is broken up into various parts. Someone who is using it may not know where the boxes...

Feb 2024
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Director

Product

People assume that they can search in ClinicalKey like they can search PubMed, but they aren't the...

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Director

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I’m not fully satisfied with the overall product quality because of the access to journals in...

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Director

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Usually, the people we work with from the vendor can solve things themselves, but occasionally,...

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Director

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If I were talking to a peer who asked me about my experience with the product, I would tell them...

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Manager

Relationship

We rarely ever have any tech issues when using ClinicalKey. If we do have something, Elsevier’s tech...

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Manager

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An advanced search feature would improve ClinicalKey. There is a ton of information on the system,...

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Value

ClinicalKey is very worthwhile. The problem is that it is very expensive. We are spending a lot of...

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Culture, Operations

I would like some promotional materials from Elsevier because they don't get a chance to come out...

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Manager

Product

Things have been really nice with ClinicalKey. Once people actually see ClinicalKey, they are quite...

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Manager

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Elsevier’s search engine does not exist. What we get back isn't good enough. With another database,...

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Manager

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ClinicalKey just links out to another database. That database links out further if we click on it,...

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I haven't had much contact with my representatives from Elsevier. I recently contacted my person...

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We still have some issues we are working out on the back end for the product. And we have had some...

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Sometimes getting the vendor's people to respond is like pulling teeth. I feel like we have pretty...

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Manager

Product

The vendor is always updating to new content and new editions, so we never have to worry about them...

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There is a particular textbook, and if we wanted to get it, that would be a package added on top of...

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Operations, Product

One opportunity for improvement for ClinicalKey would be the search mechanism. While there is some...

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Relationship, Operations

I would like to hear from Elsevier more. I want to know when things are cycling off the platform....

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Manager

Relationship

We have talked to both the vendor's general support people and our representative about mechanisms...

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The vendor is pretty good about not having things down, so the product usually meets our goal. Even...

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Manager

Relationship

Our account manager is no longer working at Elsevier, and we had an ongoing issue that they were not...

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Manager

Value

Elsevier’s reputation is very much that they will charge for every little thing.

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Manager

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There are a lot of resources in the product that I haven't had experience with, but from what I have...

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Our old representative was very responsive and helpful, and it seems that now that we have a new...

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Product, Value

I would recommend the product, but I wouldn't be thrilled.

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Manager

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Elsevier does not nickel-and-dime me; the product is just expensive. Budgets are tight in...

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ClinicalKey is very easy to use, and I like all the content. The number of eBooks and journals...

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Manager

Product

I struggle to get usage statistics out of ClinicalKey. I do that task regularly, and every time...

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I don't know that Elsevier is proactive about anything I see. Elsevier’s support is ticket based. We...

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ClinicalKey provides really good education documents for our nurses and provides us with the...

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ClinicalKey is somewhat seamless for our users because we are able to integrate it with our EMR, so...

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty, Product

I don't know how much of ClinicalKey we are actually using, but if there is a need, we will...

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VP/Other Executive

Product

I don't know that we are integrating ClinicalKey with other systems. ClinicalKey is not new...

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Director

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If there is ever a technical problem, the vendor is on it right away. I have never heard complaints....

Nov 2023
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Operations, Product

ClinicalKey is user friendly, and there is minimal training because it is not necessary.

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The vendor could make it easier for people to get book PDFs. The PDF functionality is annoying for...

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Director

Culture, Operations

When we sign a contract with any vendor, including Elsevier, they give us all the bells and whistles...

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Director

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If my executives are asking why we have to have this product and what it has to offer, I need to...

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Director

Product

ClinicalKey is easy for a librarian to use because they use it often and know how to navigate. But...

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Director

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ClinicalKey covers a lot of bases; it is a one-stop shop. And Elsevier’s mobile app is a huge plus....

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Director

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We are using another vendor’s clinical decision support product in addition to ClinicalKey. We can...

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