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Bureau van Dijk Databases 2019-2022

  • Start: 1 Dec 2019
    Expiry: 30 Nov 2022
  • Description:

    Bureau van Dijk's (BvD) databases include global company information and business intelligence for individual countries and regions. BvD also offers extensive mergers and acquisitions data and economic information.

Product overview

This Bureau van Dijk agreement covers the following three year period: 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2022.

Which tools are available?

The range of business databases published by Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing:

  • FAME
  • Orbis
  • Orbis Historic
  • Orbis Europe
  • Amadeus
  • Oriana
  • BankFocus
  • InsuranceFocus
  • Zephyr
  • Orbis Crossborder Investment
  • EIU platforms
  • Domestic platforms

Package Deal/Discount (additional discounts offered)

Institutions that subscribe to Full FAME with further products will qualify for a 10% discount off the total price, excluding VAT.*

Institutions that subscribe to Full Orbis with further products will qualify for a 20% discount off the total price, excluding VAT.**

* Should institutions have access to both Full FAME and full Orbis they would receive a 20% discount across all their subscriptions

** Orbis refers to only the full global product and not its subsets (e.g. Orbis Crossborder Investment/Orbis BankFocus)

Products and Pricing

For full details of the agreement, including products and pricing, please review the offer document.

A note of the Model Licence used for this agreement

  1. The licence contains elements that are different from those that usually feature in Jisc Collections agreements. They include some sections that have been adapted from the supplier's own licence (in particular sections 9 and 11). The licence been approved by Jisc Collections as being no more restrictive than our model licence or compromising effective use of the licensed content, and by our legal counsel as presenting a low risk to subscribing institutions. If in doubt, please seek independent legal advice.
  2. BvD resources can be used for educational purposes only, and cannot be used for institutional business purposes (for instance, by staff in Business Development, Marketing or Alumni departments)

Please contact us for more information on licensing.

Ordering

Please ensure all orders are made via the Jisc Collections website. Jisc Collections invoices for this agreement.

Publisher selection policy

For a full list of all the information providers, please visit http://bvdinfo.com/About-BvD/Partnership. BvD also add proprietary information on Mergers and Aquistitions deals, ownership information, company overviews, director and contact information.

Update Type

Information not available.

Update Notes

Updating ranges from hourly to monthly, depending on the product/datapoint.

Accessibility

What is the maximum font size and does text re-flow when you enlarge the font?
Font size is fixed and does not re-flow. Users can use the zoom functionality within any browser to resize the text.

Can a user change background/foreground colours or contrasts? How?
No.

Are there keyboard-only equivalents for all mouse actions? Where could I find a list? Are there short cut keys to reduce tabbing round links?
No.

Is text marked up so it can be navigated in a meaningful way (for example by heading level)?
Yes.

Can text be selected and read by text-to-speech tools?
No.

Are text descriptions available for all relevant graphics and images?
No.

Where can I find guidance for all these features?
Fame Help

Authentication

Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation, Athens and IP address range.

Full text linking

Yes. The Bureau van Dijk Databases are OpenURL compliant.

Personalisation

Institutions have the following options:

  • manage the users who can access BvDEP sites
  • track usage of each service using a number of criteria
  • assign users to specific groups
  • implement project codes

Post search options

Users can email search results.

Search options

Advanced search options.

Usage statistics

Usage statistics are provided and can be accessed from the administrator account.

Login information

Individual login pages exist for each resource within the Bureau van Dijk Databases. See https://admin.bvdinfo.com for links.

Administrative support

Email help.london@bvdinfo.com, or call 0207 549 5050.

A request support form is also available.

Product documentation

Subscription help

help.digitalresources@jisc.ac.uk

Technical support

Email help.london@bvdinfo.com, or call 0207 549 5050.

A request support form is also available.

A list of Technical FAQs are also provided.

User support

User Support

Email help.london@bvdinfo.com, or call 0207 549 5050.

Sales support

Ben Brookes: ben.brookes@bvdinfo.com