## ATTACHMENT A CONTRACTOR RESPONSBILITIES

#### Minimum Specifications

The Tennessee Board of Regents (Institution or TBR) is seeking an academic online database with full text journal articles. Content in the following subject areas:

- 1. Art, Business (including Management),
- 2. Current Events, Humanities (including history, language, literature),
- 3. Science & Applied Science (Biology & Agriculture),
- 4. Education & Library Science,
- 5. Legal, and Social Sciences (including Anthropology, Sociology).

#### Additional Requirements

Additionally, the academic online database must provide:

- • via on-campus and world wide web proxy. • via on-campus and world wide web proxy.
- • to search by keyword, phrase, boolean logic, subject, and by browsing content. • to search by keyword, phrase, boolean logic, subject, and by browsing content.
- • to limit search by subject and search across subject-specific databases. • to limit search by subject and search across subject-specific databases.
- • to limit search to full text, academic journals, and file formats. • to limit search to full text, academic journals, and file formats.
- • to print, copy, paste, save and email articles as attachment in format that does not require a • to print, copy, paste, save and email articles as attachment in format that does not require a user to log in to database to retrieve full text articles.
- • to construct persistent URLs to articles, • to construct persistent URLs to articles,
- • to include database(s) in discovery search and meta search engines with at least an 80% • to include database(s) in discovery search and meta search engines with at least an 80% success rate for linking out. Provide list of discovery search engines database(s) is (are) compatible with.
- • to access journals by title, and create persistent URL links to specific titles. • to access journals by title, and create persistent URL links to specific titles.
- • to create alerts. Inclusion of contextual help files and tutorials. • to create alerts. Inclusion of contextual help files and tutorials.
- • to customize databases for each TBR college and university. • to customize databases for each TBR college and university.
- • to retrieve usage reports. • to retrieve usage reports.
- • to create reports for individual subset databases. • to create reports for individual subset databases.
- • compliant usage reports. • compliant usage reports.
- • of Open URL standards for linking and resolution. • of Open URL standards for linking and resolution.
- • regarding accessibility for users with disabilities, including delivery of updated • regarding accessibility for users with disabilities, including delivery of updated accessibility documentation and testing results. Meeting accessibility standards set forth in WCAG 2.0 AA (also known as ISO standard, ISO/IEC 40500:2012), EPub 3 and Section 508 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act.
- a. Compliance means that a person with a disability can acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same goods and/or services as a person without a disability, in an equally effective and integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use.
- b. Additional information can be found in the 'Proposer Product Accessibility Statement and Documentation.'
- c. To the extent that the Contractor fails to meet the WCAG 2.0 AA, EPub 3 and Section 508 standards, the Contractor will provide Institution with a fully completed Accessibility Statement and Conformance and Remediation form.

Feedback mechanism for users to request accessibility-related assistance, report accessibility problems, and request information in accessible alternate formats.