The EBSCOhost® interface, redesigned in 2008, has become the most-used research platform in libraries and institutions around the world. The company worked to ensure the new design could meet current and future needs by establishing a clean, highly usable and modular look. Today the interface is poised to take EBSCO Publishing (EP) in a new direction.

Two new resources are being added which, when combined, will provide the latest must have for libraries — an all-encompassing library discovery solution — EBSCOhost® Integrated Search (EHIS) and EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS).

EBSCOdesigned these resources with a focus on the user. The resulting interface provided an intuitive search experience with easy-to-use features and functionality. The highly acclaimed interface has cemented EBSCOhost as a research favorite and has made the interface a desirable starting place for new library services.

EBSCOhost® Integrated Search

For many years, libraries have experimented with ways to provide users with access to online resources, which often come from a variety of sources. Federated searching was designed to be a single portal for quality access to these disparate resources. Unfortunately, tools such as Federated Search Interfaces have not lived up to expectations from several perspectives.

With the creation of EHIS,EP solved the key frustrations with federated search solutions including search quality, search speed, customer service and cost. EBSCOhost provides features that can now be available for any database from any vendor — improving the quality of those search results.

Customer service issues are reduced since using EBSCOhost means there is no new interface to learn. EBSCO has also made federated searching affordable by allowing libraries to connect to their EBSCOhost databases without connector fees — fewer connectors means lower costs.