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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
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 GilsonDoctoral CandidateUniversity of Illinois at Urbana/ChampaignCenter for Instructional Technology Accessibility
Extra steps to ensure compatibilitywith 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-speechsoftware applications
• Speaking to other software vendors who require partnerships such as Kurzweil Educational Systems
EBSCOhost MobileToday we have DynaMed PDA and EBSCOhost Text-Only
Coming in 2008 – EBSCOhost Mobile will be a truewireless access Interface for all EBSCOhost databases
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
9392,902Business Source Corporate
227427EconLit with Full Text
78544CINAHL Plus with Full Text
405944Education Research Complete
313692Computers & Applied Sciences Complete146318Communication & Mass Media Complete
7582,333Business Source Premier
1,0293,031Business Source Complete1,3604,514Academic Search Premier1,5015,545Academic Search Complete
Total IQV
Titles
Total FT
TitlesDatabase
Image QuickView – Statistics By Database
1491,297MEDLINE with Full Text
308610SocINDEX with Full Text 174394SPORTDiscus with Full Text
353828Science & Technology Collection
1931,753MasterFILE Premier 103424Literary Reference Center 69182LISTA with Full Text 183407
International Security &Counter-Terrorism Reference Center
289732Humanities International Complete321636Environment Complete
Total IQV
Titles
Total FT
TitlesDatabase
Image QuickView – Statistics By Database
Visual Search
• 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 EBSCOhostinterface
• 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 uponoriginal visual search goals, and offer more features
Visual Search
• We recommend using Relevancy Ranking Sort as your profile default
• Coming Soon:– All limiters and search options
– More than 250 results
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
Click “Choose Databases” fora display of available databases
Mouse over preview iconsfor detailed descriptions
Select All!
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!