Research Platforms Roadmap

Library administrators can change the default display to show the full or abbreviated abstract on the results page using a setting in the Configuration module of EBSCO Experience Manager. Users still have the ability to show the full or abbreviated abstract in the user interface.

Library administrators can change the number of records that display on the results list using a setting in the Configuration module of EBSCO Experience Manager. In addition to the default value of 10 records, administrators can select to display 20, 30, or 50 items. Users still have the ability to change the number of records that display via a pulldown menu in the user interface.

The Related Items feature found on the detailed record and in the PDF and HTML viewers will be renamed to Publication Contents to better reflect what this feature is showing to end users - other articles included in the same issue (serials) or edition (monographs) as the record the user is currently on.

Configuration of IP authentication will move from EBSCOadmin to EBSCO Experience Manager. Administrators will benefit from self-supported IP configuration in a modern and intuitive UI.

NoveList Select is now available in the latest versions of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and EBSCOhost, enhancing these interfaces with detailed book recommendations, series titles in reading order, and other helpful information from NoveList to assist both library staff and users in finding great next reads with expertly curated read-alikes.

Library administrators will be able to configure and use their institution's SAML Single Sign-On (such as OpenAthens, MS Entra, or Shibboleth) for access to EBSCO Experience Manager. This work will allow for more secure, standard authentication and role-based access control for EEM, an interface where product configuration is increasingly homed. Administrators can easily connect to their SAML Identity Provider using the setup wizard, and granularly manage permissions for administrative access.

Links to the following authorities are now available on the left-hand navigation pane of EDS, EBSCOhost, and Explora profiles when the relevant databases are enabled:

Publications authority

Subjects authority

Atla Scripture Search

CINAHL Headings

MEDLINE -- MeSH 2024

The PICOT guided search tool has been updated in the following ways: Descriptive text has been added that helps busy medical users understand how to run a PICOT search, with a link to an updated Connect page; a “Clear all” button was added to clear all PICOT search boxes; and the Boolean operator inserted between “Intervention” and “Comparison” changed from OR to AND, so the search string displays on the Advanced Search page as follows: Population/Problem AND (Intervention AND Comparison) AND Outcome AND Time. Users are welcome to modify this prior to running the search, by manually changing the search query on the Advanced Search page.

The PICOT tool is disabled by default. However, customers or EBSCO Support can enable it via the Configuration module in EBSCO Experience Manager.

A new field code (search tag) has been added to select EBSCOhost databases: XB searches both the Title and the Abstract simultaneously in Academic Search (all versions), CINAHL (all versions), Medline (all versions), Health Business (all versions), SPORTDiscus (all versions), APA PsycInfo, PsycBooks, PsycTherapy, and PsycExtra. APA PsycArticles and PsycTests will receive it by July 2025. Command line searching with XB is supported by some EDS partner databases as well.

XB will appear in the Field Code drop-down list when searching applicable individual databases in an EBSCOhost profile. In multi-database EBSCOhost searches and any EDS profile, only common field codes will display, excluding XB. Note that typing XB into a command line search for an unsupported database will treat XB as a keyword search which will provide skewed results. We recommend using XB only in single-database searches.