ENCompass e-Reference System

Spring 2003ENCompass WG: Eli Brown, Karen Calhoun, Adam Chandler, Sarah Chandler, John Cline, Nan Hyland, George Kozak, Marty Kurth, Paul McMillin, David Ruddy, Ed Zieba

Why Change?• Migrate existing

functionality• Shift to new

server• Enhance with new

functionality• Development

partnership with Endeavor

E-Reference Functions and MoreEXISTING• Search e-Reference

metadata• Go to database from

search results• Browse by subject• Authenticate users

for restricted resources

PLUS• Search at article

level• Simultaneous search

across multiple databases

• Reference linking• Search for e-journal

titles

Project Status• May Anti-Slavery Collection in production

May 2002• ENCompass e-Reference in production May

2003 (week of May 19)• Run in parallel with existing e-Reference

over the summer• Mainstreaming support over the summer• Project Web site, FAQs, and feedback form

– http://www.library.cornell.edu/cts/encompass/

Demo

http://encompass.library.cornell.edu:20028/

ENCompass e-Reference Demo—Screen Shots

May 8, 2003