Friday, April 07, 2006

EBSCOhost - Improved Features

I learned about these recent changes by stumbling upon them, but couldn't find the words to describe all of the wonderful new features. My thanks to Sue, a staff member in the Bosler Data Den, for pointing me to an article in Information Technology Today.

The revision adds:
  • clustering of search results,
  • RSS feeds for Journal alerts (my favorite - no more waiting for shared professional journals…skim them online in my aggregator!),
  • expedited access to full text,
  • grouping of databases by subject for federated (cross-file) searching,
  • alternative citation format outputs,
  • improved personal account maintenance,
  • context-sensitive help, and
  • a new Visual Search option from its partner Groxis

Check out the article, check out EBSCOhost in POWER Library and look for classes to come at CCLS!

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