Database Enhancements

EBSCOhost
New features:
Enhanced PDF Viewer – several features have been added to enable navigation of open PDFs, including: TOC column with instant access to citations with title, author and subject detail; hyperlinked access to full text issue contents, by article or chapter titles; hyperlinked thumbnails to illustrations. See “Inside this work” in the left panel of an opened PDF.
Three Additional User Interface Languages – Dutch, Romanian and Slovenian have been added to the list of languages into which users can translate the user interface screens
Subjects on Result List Items – individual records within the Result List now display subject headings

OvidSP
A Try it now! button has been added to show enhancements:
New Work Productivity Tools – New search filters, a “widget” approach to results management, numerous new citation management options, and more.
My Workspace – Create work projects and organize research materials into a dedicated area.
Ovid Toolbar – A downloadable tool to save research material to My Workspace while you’re working outside OvidSP
Additional Interface Display Enhancements – A new main search page design for more effective search and browse navigation, “drag-and-drop” customization features, consolidation of features and pages, and more.

See screenshots
There will be dual access to both versions of the platform until June 30, 2010.

Deirdre

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