New Business-Specific Interface Now Available from EBSCO
Optional Interface for Selected Business Source ® Databases

IPSWICH, Mass. — April 7, 2005 — To further enhance access to what are widely regarded as the world’s foremost databases for scholarly business research, EBSCO Publishing has created a new business-specific interface for use with appropriate Business Source ® databases. This optional new interface provides business researchers with the highly-refined tools that they need in order to conduct sophisticated searches for the business content that they require. Through the use of the new business-specific interface, the full text business content of Business Source ® Premier and Business Source ® Corporate can be located and retrieved more quickly and with greater precision than ever before.

An array of sophisticated features is available with the new business-specific interface that enables users to exert a high level of control over the development of their search strategies. For example, since the content of the Business Source databases is gathered from a wide variety of sources including Academic Journals, SWOT Analyses, Trade Publications, Industry Profiles, Company Profiles, Market Research Reports, and Product Reviews, the new interface allows users to easily refine their searches to extract only the content from their preferred source-types. The new business-specific interface also features easy access to search options for Company, Industry, Author, Subject, and Publication lists all from the Basic Search Screen. In addition, users can enjoy direct access to specialized search screens for browsing Company Profiles, Industry Profiles, Country Reports, Market Research Reports, and other publication types.

The new interface is available to applicable Business Source customers at no additional charge above and beyond their current subscription costs. In addition, the Business Source line of databases continues to be made available through the EBSCOhost ® interface in order to provide users with the greatest range of search options available. Subscribing libraries and universities have the option of searching appropriate Business Source databases via both EBSCOhost and the new business-specific interface.

The new interface offers users a choice of using either a basic or advanced search screen to conduct their research. In addition, library administrators have the ability to determine which of two different advanced search screens is made available for use by their patrons.

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 info rmation services. EBSCO maintains a title database of more than 282,000 serial titles and upholds relationships with more than 60,000 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 info rmation, visit www.ebsco.com.