EBSCO eBooks users now have access to the following new functionality to align with requirements of the European Accessibility Act: accessibility metadata displayed for every EBSCO eBook in the new UI; an EPUB limiter for eBooks in new UI; line, word, and character spacing controls for EPUB formatted eBooks; text-to-speech functionality for PDF and EPUB formatted eBooks; and a user-facing remediation request form for EBSCO full text content to request an alternate format.
Ability to use just filters to search without needing to enter a search term
Publication Finder and Full Text Finder are now available on Connect
Ability to limit to HTML Only, PDF Only, and eBooks Only. These limiters are available for EBSCOhost and EDS customers, and they can be configured for profiles in EBSCOadmin along with the other standard limiters.
Library administrators can now create custom limiters according to field codes. The most popular custom limiters from the Classic UI will be pre-programmed and just need to be turned on
The results page now lists the selected search mode under “All Filters.” The search mode can be changed on the Advanced Search under “Search Options”. It also displays any selected Search Expanders. For more convenient refinement, a link back to “Advanced Search” is now directly available in the “All Filters” panel.
In a multi-database search, each database's specific filters will be displayed in a dedicated dropdown section in the Advanced Search to allow for easy orientation
After a recent third-party audit performed by Deque, our teams have been working diligently to update our conformance with WCAG 2.1 AA. Our newest VPAT (posted on Connect) reflects these updates.
Researchers can now find a complete set of database-specific filters in single database search mode. When multiple databases are searched together, the shared filters are displayed
User experience design improvements for navigating long lists of filter values; ex. Subjects, which can sometimes have 30+ values