Research Platforms Roadmap

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 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.

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.

This update introduces a new feature for the Search Box Builder in EEM, tailored specifically for the Business Searching Interface (BSI) on the New UI. As your BSI profiles transition to the New UI, you will now have the capability to create search boxes using the enhanced builder.

This work will enable the video panel to show to users at the bottom of the Topic Browse Landing Page (if applicable) in Explora. With a video element on the topic browse landing page, users are presented with an additional content type to search for relevant information. This is in addition to the 'Video' tab found at the top of the results list and/or the video panel at the bottom of the results.

Situational placards will be made available in Biography Reference Ultimate and Literary Reference Ultimate which mimic the existing exact match placard functionality, but for topics from the topic browse experience. These placards utilize different search logic for each placard and provide users with relevant starting information about popular topics while increasing visibility of the topic pages/browse experience via the search result list.

Ability to use just filters to search without needing to enter a search term

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 Dashboard's Search History allows researchers to combine multiple searches with the Boolean Operators AND, OR, NOT. Searches in the Dashboard will display pertinent metadata, such as Filters, Search Modes & Expanders, Databases and Interface