Users will be able to explore people pages, which showcase key metrics, co-authors and works for researchers, powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph.
There will be an option for search boxes to be maintained on the result list when a user begins their search from the Advanced Search page.
Users will have the ability to bulk delete items from their search history.
Users will have a custom date range option for the date quick filter and the date picker will only require the year, not a full 8-digit format such as MM/DD/YYYY
Enhance the student research experience with EBSCO’s upgraded recommendation engine, which now leverages semantic similarity and an academic citation network powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph. Version 1, launched late 2023, has been adopted by over 200 libraries. With the upcoming release of version 2, we anticipate even greater impact on our users, researchers, and libraries, and researchers.
The combined search icon will be redesigned to make it more intuitive
There will be an option to see your search history directly on the results list
Users will have the ability to create a search alert for a combined search
EBSCO is adopting a new Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution for EBSCO eBooks, Readium LCP DRM, offered by EDRLab. This will bring significant benefits to publishers, libraries, and their patrons, enhancing the overall user experience and ensuring better content protection. This will eliminate the need for users to use Adobe Digital Editions and provide them with an accessible and modern offline reading experience with Thorium Reader, also offered by EDRLab.
Customers will be able to enable a landing page for their EBSCO eBook collection in new UI, supporting a browse experience and highlighting particular content in the library's eBook collection.