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EBSCO host 2.0. GOLD/GALILEO ANNUAL USERS GROUP CONFERENCE August 1, 2008 . Clean. Powerful. Intuitive. Basic Screen “Search Modes”. Smarter Results Improved results page gives more power to the end user…. Narrow your results… by Source Type…. Narrow your results… by Subject….

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  1. EBSCOhost 2.0 GOLD/GALILEO ANNUAL USERS GROUP CONFERENCEAugust 1, 2008

  2. Clean. Powerful. Intuitive.

  3. Basic Screen “Search Modes”

  4. Smarter ResultsImproved results page gives more power to the end user…

  5. Narrow your results…by Source Type…

  6. Narrow your results…by Subject…

  7. A navigable “Breadcrumb Trail” of recent search clusters appears above the Result List…

  8. Users can now remove terms from anywhere on the Trail…

  9. Users can also start a brand new search using any term on the Breadcrumb Trail…

  10. Search on Eclipses…

  11. Use the slider to quickly limit results to particular date ranges

  12. Click “Search Options” for a display of available limiters

  13. Search Options

  14. Related Images from EBSCO’s Image Collection appear as part of appropriate result sets.

  15. Image Quick ViewProvides thumbnail images directly on the Result List

  16. Article Detail (a.k.a. “full record”)

  17. Image Detail Includes: Title & Caption, Source with Illustration page number, How to Cite help link

  18. Image Quick View (IQV) • All EBSCOhost journals with native PDFs will have IQV on an ongoing basis by 2009 • Only journals with native PDFs will have this feature (i.e., scanned PDFs do not include IQV) • Initially, no separate limiter on the interface for IQV,but it is coming in 2009 • In total, EBSCOhost will provide IQV for 9,182 journals and 3,766,000+ images as of January 2009

  19. Collapse panes to hide or show options…

  20. Improved Relevancy Ranking Sort by date or relevance, level of relevance is graphically displayed…

  21. Preview articles by hovering over the icon…

  22. Links to Full TextAdd to Folder directly from preview window

  23. Add to Folder or Remove from Folderfrom Result List - Folder displays recently added items…

  24. Print Delivery Options

  25. Email Delivery Options

  26. Save Delivery Options

  27. Add to Folder Delivery Options

  28. Export Delivery Options

  29. Cite Delivery Options

  30. Displays all citation methods…

  31. Users can also export tospecific bibliographicmanagement software…

  32. Improved access torelated articles…

  33. Today’s persistentlinks becomethe new URL...and easier to copy. Bookmarkable!

  34. Articles, Searchesand Publicationsnow Bookmarkable

  35. IntroducingSmartTextSearching

  36. Paste an entirearticle or documentinto the searchbox and retrieve arelevant result list

  37. SmartText Explained • Search any text from any article or document, including: • articles within EBSCOhost • content from other documents or websites • The system analyzes each word in the query for how unique it is • Then, a weight is applied to each word • Then, a search is initiated using those weights as relevancy controls • We are considering future enhancements to let users control those weights themselves

  38. Visual Search

  39. Visual Search

  40. Advanced Search

  41. Advanced Search with Results

  42. When Selected Search History Appears Above the Result List

  43. Click “Choose Databases” for a display of available databases – Mouse over preview icon for description

  44. Click on Detailed View to get to Title Lists and Database Explain File (More Information)

  45. EBSCOhost 2.0

  46. Thank You

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