Research Platforms Roadmap

Chat integrations enabled in EBSCO Experience Manager Configuration are now eligible to be displayed on the Publication Finder and Full Text Finder Link Resolver user interfaces 

Publication Finder now offers the ability to export selected result list items (individual items or a full page of results, up to 100 items) as a tab separated (TSV) file. Export can be toggled on in EBSCO Experience Manager Configuration under Publication Finder Settings: Export options

This feature adds an optional new top right navigation to the Publication Finder user interface where your administrator can add preset links to your EBSCOhost and EDS profiles, or add custom URLs to link to other sites.  These new options will be available for setup under a new section for Publication Finder in EBSCO Experience Manager Configuration called Additional tools.  This will also make Publication Finder profiles eligible to display the Supplemental sources integration, and if configured, the link to Supplemental sources will display under the top right navigation options or can be linked to directly via the syntax https://publications.ebsco.com/c/{opid}/supplemental-sources, where opid is replaced with the unique opid for your Publication Finder profile. Supplemental Sources Integration is controlled in EBSCO Experience Manager Configuration under Integrations: Supplemental sources

We are excited to introduce "Company Discovery Pages," a new feature in BSI designed to enhance your business research experience. This feature will provide comprehensive Company Discovery Pages for several thousand companies, consolidating various materials and artifacts into a single, intuitive view. Each page will include a Company Smart Panel which will include details such as headquarters, CEO, ticker number, employee count, and more when data is available. Additionally, researchers will see top competitors, industry reports, SWOT analyses, case studies, articles, videos, and more!

For those who previously used the Company Information portal in Classic BSI, the new Company Discovery Pages will serve as its enhanced successor, offering the same detailed company information with additional intuitive features. Please note that only the Company Smart Panel will be available in EBSCOhost.

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.

EBSCO’s new Business Searching Interface (BSI) offers a clean, modern look to make business research more intuitive and efficient for Business Source subscribers. With improved navigation and a visually appealing design, the new BSI delivers a unique search experience. Students, faculty and researchers can easily browse leading business journals and magazines, search specific topics and easily locate country economic data, company profiles, industry information, and market research.

January-June 2025 will be an opt-in approach to customers. A full migration for all remaining customers will occur in early July 2025.

Library administrators now have the ability to customize the text of the Publications label that appears in the lefthand navigation pane under Research Tools on EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCOhost, and Explora profiles. The default label is now Publication Finder.

The Publication Finder search box builder is now available in the new search box module in EEM.