The questions are in the same order here as they are on the FAQ blog post.
From the FAQ:
EBSCO has acquired the rights to license a select number of databases that are now available on FirstSearch. These databases are listed below.
OCLC will continue to provide access to these databases on the FirstSearch platform through your current subscription period. At the end of your subscription period, OCLC will no longer provide access on FirstSearch to these databases:
Q. Will some of the FirstSearch databases not be continued on the EBSCOhost service after the conclusion of the current subscription period?
All current subscriptions will be honored through their subscription end dates. The following databases will not be supported on EBSCOhost after current subscriptions expire:
Yes, OCLC will continue to offer the FirstSearch platform and service. All databases on the FirstSearch platform to which a library currently subscribes will be available through the end of the subscription period. Going forward, OCLC will continue to offer access to many databases, including WorldCat, the FirstSearch Base Package and several other databases including OAIster, the suite of RLG databases contained in the OCLC Research Collection package, and many other important databases. OCLC plans to discontinue access to databases as noted below. OCLC will continue to offer the H.W. Wilson databases through June 2011. More in the FAQ. The following databases will continue to be available on the FirstSearch platform:
The following databases are currently available on the FirstSearch platform. Libraries can renew subscriptions for these databases with OCLC and we will continue to support them through the subscription period. We will update libraries about the timeline for transition of these databases over the next few months.
OCLC will continue to provide access to all FirstSearch H.W. Wilson subscriptions through users’ current subscription periods. Additionally, Wilson will set up library accounts and provide access to the H.W. Wilson databases on the WilsonWeb platform for current FirstSearch subscribers. This dual access on both FirstSearch and WilsonWeb will begin over the next couple of months at no charge. Libraries can renew their H.W. Wilson databases on the FirstSearch database for 2010–2011 for subscriptions that will renew before June 30, 2010. For subscriptions that run through June 30, 2011, the H.W. Wilson databases will be available on both the FirstSearch platform and the WilsonWeb platform. These H.W. Wilson databases will migrate off the FirstSearch service to the WilsonWeb platform in 2011:
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