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Research Platforms Roadmap

This roadmap provides an overview of the features and functionality completed and coming soon to EBSCO research platforms including EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCOhost, Explora, EBSCO Mobile, and EBSCO eBooks. Product roadmaps are subject to change.

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Coming Soon Released

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PressReader Relevant Highlight Placard
February 2025

For customers using both EBSCO Discovery Service and PressReader, this integration allows PressReader results to appear directly in the new EBSCO Discovery Service user interface. Users can then link to the PressReader website to access full text or explore additional results.

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EBSCO Discovery Service
RELEASED
Integrations
Last Updated: 7/22/2025
CINAHL Result List Segments
February 2025

Segmented search results have been added for CINAHL Complete, CINAHL Plus, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, and CINAHL Ultimate. This shows result list segments for “All results,” “Evidence-based care sheets,” “Quick lessons” and “Videos” when one or more of these databases is selected for searching in EBSCOhost.

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EBSCOhost
RELEASED
Results Page
Last Updated: 7/17/2025
COUNTER R5.1 Compliant Reports
February 2025

Reports & Statistics - COUNTER reporting will be upgraded to support release 5.1 Code of Practice to maintain industry compliance. Users will be able to access, generate and schedule COUNTER R5.1 & SUSHI server reports. COUNTER R5 & R5.1 reporting ability will live concurrently until EBSCO deprecates the R5 customer facing reports in June 2025.

EBSCO Platforms
RELEASED
COUNTER 5.1 Format Upgrades Usage Reporting
Last Updated: 7/17/2025
Publication Finder Offers Search & Browse of Databases in Addition to Publications
February 2025

Publication Finder customers will have the ability to enable a new set of functionality (opt-in, this will not be enabled automatically) that offers users the ability to search and browse for selected and visible databases in addition to the currently offered publication search and browse. This will also tie into new functionality being made available in Holdings Management to set custom package Display Names, alternate package names and package/database descriptions.

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Full Text Finder
RELEASED
Publication Finder
Last Updated: 7/17/2025
Enhanced Package Metadata and Customizations
February 2025

EBSCO's Global Knowledgebase is being populated with new managed package descriptions, alternate package names, package subjects, and package-level URLs that will be searchable in Holdings Management.  Additionally, Holdings Management Administrators will be able to create a custom package display name, add alternate package names and descriptions, and associate additional managed subjects to packages; users can also add package URLs to their custom packages.

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Full Text Finder
RELEASED
Full Text Finder Link Resolver Holdings and Link Management (HLM)
Last Updated: 7/17/2025
Explora Enhancements
December 2023

Books carousel

Landing page titles

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Explora
RELEASED
Explora Enhancements
Last Updated: 7/22/2025
Enhanced Discoverability of My HLM Holdings
December 2023

Enables librarians to independently control the visibility/discoverability/inclusion of resources in their HLM collection between Publication Finder, Full Text Finder Resolver, and MARC exports

Full Text Finder
RELEASED
Full Text Finder Link Resolver Holdings and Link Management (HLM)
Last Updated: 7/22/2025
Catalog, Location, Institutional Repository and Collection Limiters Available
December 2023

These four limiters are available on the advanced search page, and are configurable. This includes the location limiter where administrators can set their campus locations(s) as search defaults using EBSCO Configuration

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EBSCO Discovery Service
RELEASED
Catalog Searching
Last Updated: 7/22/2025
Mobile App User Experience Research Study
December 2023

Effort to identify user needs and understand behaviors around Mobile App usage, including a focus on global markets (e.g. India) to uncover specific variation of feature development opportunities 

EBSCO Mobile
RELEASED
EBSCO Mobile App Enhancements
Last Updated: 7/22/2025
DIY Reference Centers Have Been Renamed
December 2023

EBSCO is replacing "Reference Center" with "Source" in several of our school and public library database product names, beginning with our DIY Reference Centers, which are now available through the new Explora experience. The new names are Hobbies & Crafts Source, Home Improvement Source, Legal Information Source, Small Business Source and Small Engine Repair Source

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Explora
RELEASED
Explora Enhancements
Last Updated: 7/22/2025
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