What is a Discovery Service?

• Pre-harvested metadata (not federated search)

• A single search box– Databases– Journals– eBooks– Catalogues

• A google-like search experience

What can be discovered?

• Content from:

– Britannica

– WorldBook

– Gale Cengage

– Oxford Press

– EBSCO

– And more…

Benefits

1. Students find relevant content faster than before

2. Your Library will have a greater ROI

- Expose all areas of your varied collection

- Increase usage

• University of North Florida had a 247% increase in usage for ScienceDirect

EDS Increases Usage

• Bournemouth University had a547% increase in ScienceDirect link-outs

Summary

• Discovery: It’s all about relevant results• Content – largest number of publisher partners

• Superior searching – relevancy algorithm finely turned

• Implementation

• Discovery Service Engineer, complete customization, authentication, branding, widgets and development.