EBSCOhost Interface Enhancements Slide 2 Using Usability Studies
Slide 3 Leveraging our thesauri and usage Slide 4 Auto-searched
synonyms available to user Synonyms, Spelling, Autocomplete Slide 5
And spellchecker enhancements Autocomplete, now a user preference
Synonyms, Spelling, Autocomplete Slide 6 Making EBSCOhost a great
experience for ALL users Slide 7 Going Beyond 508 EBSCOhost 508/W3C
Compliant for handicap accessibility University of Illinois
Urbana/Champaign Center for Instructional Technology Accessibility
Hundreds of under-the-hood code changes to improve functional
accessibility Separate Text Only interface antiquated, retired on
12/31/07 Side benefit of changes big reduction in page byte size,
even faster page downloads than Text Only Slide 8 From a user As a
JAWS screenreader user, I noticed [the changes] I can now quickly
navigate through the EBSCO site. You have my grateful thanks.
Christie Gilson Doctoral Candidate University of Illinois at
Urbana/Champaign Center for Instructional Technology Accessibility
Slide 9 Extra steps to ensure compatibility with several assistive
technologies Navigation and text layout is not dependant upon
JavaScript, CSS, or HTML tables Keyboard only navigation Popular
web site readers, text-to-speech software applications Speaking to
other software vendors who require partnerships such as Kurzweil
Educational Systems Slide 10 ALL users Slide 11 Asian languages
Slide 12 All interface labels within EBSCOhost Slide 13 Including
subject search and other screens Slide 14 HTML Full Text
Translation Slide 15 Slide 16 EBSCOhost Mobile Today we have
DynaMed PDA and EBSCOhost Text-Only Coming in 2008 EBSCOhost Mobile
will be a true wireless access Interface for all EBSCOhost
databases Slide 17 Image QuickView Slide 18 Thumbnails on the
Result List, first 4 or Show all >> Slide 19 Also in Folder
view Slide 20 Article Detail (a.k.a., full record) Slide 21 Image
Detail Title and Caption Source with Illustration page number How
to Cite help link Slide 22 Slide 23 Photos Slide 24 Slide 25 Tables
Slide 26 Graphs Slide 27 Scientific Illustrations Slide 28 Image
QuickView (IQV) 3,344 full-text journals will be included Only
journals with native PDFs will be included (although not all native
PDFs will have IQV) Currently 821,421 images are available via IQV,
but by June 2008, this figure will be 2,056,178 Initially, no
separate limiter on the interface for IQV, but it is coming in 2009
Slide 29 Database Total FT Titles Total IQV Titles Academic Search
Complete5,5451,501 Academic Search Premier4,5141,360 Business
Source Complete3,0311,029 Business Source Corporate2,902939
Business Source Premier2,333758 CINAHL Plus with Full Text54478
Communication & Mass Media Complete318146 Computers &
Applied Sciences Complete692313 EconLit with Full Text427227
Education Research Complete944405 Image QuickView Statistics By
Database Slide 30 Database Total FT Titles Total IQV Titles
Environment Complete636321 Humanities International Complete732289
International Security & Counter-Terrorism Reference
Center407183 LISTA with Full Text18269 Literary Reference
Center424103 MasterFILE Premier1,753193 MEDLINE with Full
Text1,297149 Science & Technology Collection828353 SocINDEX
with Full Text610308 SPORTDiscus with Full Text394174 Image
QuickView Statistics By Database Slide 31 Image QuickView Try It!
Slide 32 Visual Search Slide 33 Main Goals of Visual Search 1.0:
Allow users to explore search results and understand their
relationships without forcing users to read every result and make
those deductions Add an interactive and fun element to the
EBSCOhost interface Visual Search 1.0 Issues: Usage very low Java
applet complications Unacceptable reliance on a since discontinued
partnership Now, two new Visual Search options that build upon
original visual search goals, and offer more features Slide 34
Visual Search Option 1: Columns Slide 35 Columns! Highlighted
breadcrumb trail Easy flow Scroll results within Subject Clusters
Slide 36 Visual Search Option 2: Blocks Slide 37 Blocks! Compass
navigation Click Subject Clusters to narrow Relevancy indicator
Slide 38 Blocks! Zoom in to see more detail Drag/drop blocks to
Collect Articles You Are Here map Slide 39 Group, Sort, Filter
Display Controls Display Choice Slide 40 Visual Search We recommend
using Relevancy Ranking Sort as your profile default Coming Soon:
All limiters and search options More than 250 results Slide 41
Introducing EBSCOhost 2.0 A redesigned EBSCOhost Coming in July
2008 Slide 42 Why do a redesign? Customers have requested a Simple,
Google-like interface EBSCOhosts 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 Slide 43 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 Slide 44 Slide 45 Power in the Result List Narrow by
Subject Cluster Date Slider Limiters Dynamic Folder ListRelated
Images Narrow by Source Type Narrow by Database Slide 46 Related
Images Hover your mouse over the image thumbnails to preview Click
to see bibliographic record Slide 47 Related Results from NewsBank
Slide 48 Hover your mouse over the article preview icon Slide 49
Expand / Collapse side panes Slide 50 Advanced Search New two
column limiter display Slide 51 When selected, Search History
displays above the Result List Slide 52 More functionality
available when the user needs it Slide 53 Click Choose Databases
for a display of available databases Mouse over preview icons for
detailed descriptions Select All! Slide 54 Click More Options for a
display of available limiters Slide 55 Click Preferences for Now
more preference options! Permanently save preferences to My
EBSCOhost Slide 56 Multi-Database searching access to Authority
Files (Subjects, Publications, etc.) Slide 57 Current advanced
searcher functionality unchanged Slide 58 Slide 59 Slide 60 Todays
persistent links become the new URL... and easier to copy.
Bookmarkable! Slide 61 Articles, Searches and Publications now
Bookmarkable Slide 62 Introducing SmartText Searching Slide 63
Starting with this article... Slide 64 Paste the entire article
into the Search box Slide 65 A relevant result list! Slide 66
SmartText Explained We analyze each word thats 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
Slide 67 Lastly, EBSCOhost 2.0 offers an improved Article Detail
(a.k.a., Full Record) and improved citing... Slide 68 Article
Detail More prominent Full Text links Easy copy persistent links
Similar article results Icons for Print, Email, Save and Cite!
Slide 69 Displays all citations formats Easy copy to clipboard
function Link to Export bib managers Slide 70 EBSCOhost 2.0 Coming
July 2008 Slide 71 Thank You
