IPSWICH, Mass. — March 22, 2006 — EBSCO Publishing is pleased to announce the availability of a number of new features and enhanced functionality for the EBSCOhost interface. These enhancements are designed to provide database users with a more efficient and enjoyable search experience. Some of the key features that will be added/enhanced are as follows:

RSS Enabled Alerts – These allow librarians and users to feed results from EBSCOhost Search and Journal Alerts into their news readers and aggregators, as well as their web sites.

EBSCOhost Clustering – This feature displays links of search results sorted by subject, in addition to regular Result List article links. The links provide users with instant access to just those articles concerning particular subjects.

Printing, Emailing and Saving in Standard Industry formats – Researchers interested in citing articles using specific industry formats can now choose from the following styles: AMA, APA, Chicago/Turabian: Humanities, Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date, Modern Language Association or Vancouver/ICMJE. The citation information will be automatically formatted according to the selected style.

Visual Search – In order to deliver a graphically-rich, efficient visual searching alternative, this feature is now available in addition to EBSCO's popular Basic and Advanced Searching modes.

Database Groupings by Subject – Presented via drop-down list , this option enables the customer’s databases to be sorted by popular subjects, such as technology, business, medical science, psychology or education.

Tutorials Included in EBSCOhost Online Help – Inside the online help manual, EBSCOhost users will find links to our most popular tutorials regarding the use of EBSCOhost, EBSCOadmin and other applicable interfaces. Each tutorial is presented in Macromedia Flash, complete with audio narration and matching screen text (for those without sound enabled on their computers). Tutorials run from 2 to 4 minutes in length and give users an easy-to-follow overview of how to make the most of key EBSCOhost features.

EBSCO Publishing is part of the EBSCO Information Services group. EBSCO Information Services provides libraries and research centers with online and print journal subscription services, e-resource access and management services, full-text and secondary database development and access, an OpenURL-compliant link resolver, online book purchasing and related information services. EBSCO maintains a title database of more than 300,000 title listings and upholds relationships with more than 78,000 publishers around the world. EBSCO’s 32 Regional Offices worldwide are staffed with personnel who speak the local language and understand the particular challenges faced by librarians in their areas, offering a uniquely personal level of service. Specialized divisions serve academic, biomedical, government, public, school and special libraries as well as corporations. For more information, visit www.ebsco.com.