Based on feedback from beta group testers, we made several design updates to our People Pages. Key statistics and top co-author sections moved higher up on the page to improve user access. Researcher disciplines and topics and author names are links that execute a new search on that concept.
EBSCO Discovery Service will support the Advanced Results Page, which previously released only for EBSCOhost. When enabled through a setting in the Configuration module of EBSCO Experience Manager, users that run searches from the Advanced Search page will land on a results page that has the 3+ guided style search boxes and a new and improved design for Search History (session based).
We understand that administrators often face challenges when trying to quickly find specific settings that impact the user experience. To help with this, we've added a search bar to EBSCO Configuration. In addition to being able to search for customization options, the search results will include links to EBSCO Connect.
Image and audio collections are enabled on EBSCO Research databases
Publication Finder and the Full Text Finder Link Resolver both now offer the ability to either use the browser locale to control the language of the UI or administrator set default languages via EBSCO Experience Manager > Configuration. Both interfaces have the ability for end-users to change the language of the UI via a new language selection menu and administrators can define a secondary official language that will be available via the new language selection menu
Authenticated users have the ability to bulk select up to 50 records and searches from Dashboard Saved, Projects, and Recent Activity pages, to save and un-save records and searches, as well as download records. (Note: Guest access users do not have bulk actions available to them)
People Pages is now available for subscription beyond our initial beta groups. People Pages showcase key metrics, co-authors and works for researchers, and are powered by the EBSCO Scholarly Graph. Contact your sales rep for more details
For libraries using the Limedio ILS, this integration will add a link in Full Text Finder that directs users to the item’s record in the library catalog when available
We're introducing native support for guest access in browser bar URLs (for the results list or detailed record page, for example) copied from EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) on the new user interface. If guest access is enabled for the profile, users following browser bar URLs shared by colleagues will be brought into EDS in guest access mode. In addition, institutions that use "silent" authentication methods (IP, geolocation, referring URL, or cookie) will have the option to attempt to authenticate the user before putting them into guest access mode.