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Research Platforms Roadmap

This roadmap provides an overview of the features and functionality completed and coming soon to EBSCO research platforms including EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCOhost, Explora, EBSCO Mobile, and EBSCO eBooks. Product roadmaps are subject to change.

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Minimum Character Requirement for Truncation of Search Terms
December 2025
We made a change to how Search handles the asterisk (*) wildcard queries to better align with industry standards, improve overall performance, and avoid broad, unmanageable search results. Search terms that use an asterisk (*) wildcard after fewer than three characters will now be adjusted to remove the wildcard. For example:
 
• p* will become p
• ph* will become ph
• phy* will continue to perform a wildcard search as usual
 
This change only applies to asterisk (*) wildcards and does not impact hashtag (#) or question mark (?) wildcards.

 
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EBSCO Discovery Service EBSCO eBooks EBSCO Mobile EBSCOhost Explora Full Text Finder
RELEASED
Search Enhancements
Last Updated: 5 December 2025
Enable Library and End-User Control of Persistent Link Resolution
December 2025

This feature gives libraries and end users more control over how Share (persistent) links created in the New UI are resolved. It introduces new options that allow you to bypass the OpenURL Connection page or stop at the detailed record instead of linking directly to the full text.

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EBSCO Platforms
RELEASED
Linking
Last Updated: 11 December 2025
People Pages Powered by Linked Data
December 2025

Users can explore people pages, which showcase key metrics, co-authors and works for researchers, powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph. Available for certain subscriptions … contact your sales rep for more details

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EBSCO Discovery Service EBSCOhost
RELEASED
EBSCO Linked Data+
Last Updated: 11 December 2025
eBook Full-Text Access from EBSCO Mobile App
December 2025

This integration allows EBSCO Mobile App users to link out from the app to view the full text of their library's EBSCO eBooks in their device's browser, using the online EBSCO eBook viewer. This viewer offers the full suite of eBook and accessibility features, including a table of contents, search within, citations, download, text-to-speech, font size, spacing controls, and more.

EBSCO eBooks EBSCO Mobile
RELEASED
Last Updated: 3 December 2025
Publication Contents Sidebar Collapsed by Default
November 2025

The Publication Contents sidebar is now collapsed by default in the PDF and HTML viewers on all interfaces except for Points of View and ReadIt! interfaces, where this sidebar remains open by default. Administrators can customize this setting to expand or collapse the sidebar by default at the profile level in the Configuration module of EBSCO Experience Manager.

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Explora EBSCOhost EBSCO Discovery Service
RELEASED
Viewer Enhancements Customization
Last Updated: 5 December 2025
GenAI Recommended Search Queries
November 2025

Recommended Search Queries uses generative AI to suggest relevant follow-up searches based on a user’s original natural language query. Designed to support diverse research needs, it helps users refine or expand their searches with targeted, novel suggestions. When available in EBSCO interfaces, library administrators can enable this feature in the Configuration module of EBSCO Experience Manager.

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EBSCO Platforms
RELEASED
Search Enhancements AI
Last Updated: 23 January 2026
Bulk Delete from Search History on Dashboard/Recent Activity
November 2025

Dashboard users now have the ability to bulk delete searches saved in their Recent Activity/Search History. 

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EBSCO Discovery Service EBSCOhost
RELEASED
Search Enhancements Dashboard Enhancements
Last Updated: 20 November 2025
Improved Smart Panel Functionality with Diacritic Searching
October 2025

We improved discoverability of Smart Panels for topics with diacritics in their names so that Smart Panels can be returned on the result list with or without any given diacritic in the Smart Panel's topic title

Explora EBSCOhost
RELEASED
Explora Enhancements Search Enhancements
Last Updated: 28 October 2025
New Version of EBSCO Integration with Clever SSO
October 2025

Clever is a portal-style single sign-on system used by schools and school districts. EBSCO built a new, more straightforward integration with Clever that will be more sustainable and easier to set up.

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EBSCO Platforms
RELEASED
Authentication
Last Updated: 31 October 2025
Search History Displayed on the Results List
October 2025

There is now an option to see your search history directly on the EBSCOhost results list

EBSCOhost
RELEASED
Results Page Search Enhancements
Last Updated: 3 December 2025
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