Introducing…

EBSCOhost 2.0A redesigned EBSCOhost

Coming in July 2008

Why do a redesign?

• Customers have requested a“Simple, Google-like interface”

• EBSCOhost’s main interface was last redesigned 5 years ago (August 2002) – a lot more is possible today

• Usability studies with end users have shown excellent opportunities for improvement

Goals of EBSCOhost 2.0

• Create a really simple basic search screen

• Take advantage of modern techniques available on familiar web sites

• Expose great functionality that exists today but is hidden or underutilized

• Make the simple basic search screen fit in well with all of EBSCOhost

• Improve overall EBSCOhost usability

Power in the Result List

Narrow bySubject Cluster

Date Slider

Limiters

Dynamic Folder List

Related Images

Narrow bySource Type

Narrow byDatabase

Related Images

• Hover your mouse over theimage thumbnails to preview

• Click to see bibliographic record

Related Resultsfrom NewsBank

Hover your mouse overthe article preview icon

Expand / Collapse side panes

Advanced SearchNew two column limiter display

When selected, Search Historydisplays above the Result List

More functionality availablewhen the user needs it

Click “Choose Databases” fora display of available databases

Mouse over preview iconsfor detailed descriptions

Select All!

Click “More Options” fora display of available limiters

Click “Preferences” forNow more preference options!

Permanently save preferencesto My EBSCOhost

Multi-Database searchingaccess to Authority Files

(Subjects, Publications, etc.)

Current advanced searcherfunctionality unchanged

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http://www.clevelandclinic.org/

Today’s persistent links becomethe new URL... and easier to copy.

Bookmarkable!

Articles, Searchesand Publications

now Bookmarkable

Introducing SmartText Searching

Starting with this article...

Paste the entirearticle into the

Search box

A relevant result list!

SmartText Explained

• We analyze each word that’s part of the query for how unique it is

• We apply a weighting to each word

• We issue a search using those weights as relevancy controls

• We are considering future enhancements to let users control those weights themselves

Lastly, EBSCOhost 2.0 offersan improved “Article Detail”

(a.k.a., “Full Record”)and improved citing...

Article Detail

• More prominent Full Text links

• Easy copy persistent links

• Similar article results

• Icons for Print, Email, Save and

• Cite!

Cite!

• Displays all citations formats

• Easy copy to clipboard function

• Link to Export bib managers

EBSCOhost 2.0

ComingJuly 2008

Thank You