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More than 100,000 institutional subscribers representing millions of end users have brought peak usage of EBSCOhost to more than 60 million searches in a single day, making it the most-used premium research platform in the world. By using EBSCOhost as the foundation for the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), the entire library collection becomes available through a fast, familiar, full-featured experience that requires no additional training. Additionally, unprecedented levels of interface customization let the EDS experience truly become “your own”.

Some highlights of the Discovery search experience include:

• Single search box access to the entire collection  
• Guided Style Advanced Search screen with drop-down list of fields in which to search for specific terms
• Expeditious Result List display
• Result List limiters and facets in the left-hand column help to consolidate user refinement actions
• To the right of the Result List, search/content expansion tools: Related Information, access to integrated search (EHIS) connectors, and widgets
• New checkbox design allows users to select multiple source types, clusters and content providers/databases
• "Breadbox" tracking enables easy removal of all user refinements, including limiters and expanders
• CustomLinks: article-level linking to link resolvers, publisher direct links, ILL and more
• Book jacket image catalog enhancement
• "Available in Library" collection limiter (fit to your collections/subscribed services)
• Simple and Advanced Search Screen options
• Various Limiters,including:
  [View Screenshot: Limiters]
  • Full text (electronic & print)
  • Peer-reviewed
  • Date Slider
  • Catalog-only Limiter
• Facets (e.g., subjects, sources, authors, etc.)
  [View Screenshot: Facets]
• Open Integration features, including:
  
  • Skinnable Interface (colors)
  • Branding Options
  • Tool Bar Customization including link wording and destination
  • Importable & Exportable Widgets
• Persistent Linking & Bookmarkable URLs
• Enhanced Relevancy Ranking
• Citation Formatting (including APA, MLA, etc.)
  [View Screenshot: Citation]
• Bibliographic Export Feature
  (to popular bibliographic management tools)
  [View Screenshot: Export Bibliographic Record]
• Available on your Mobile Device
• Search Box Builder tool to make an EDS simple search box available on any web page
• Ability to limit searches to available full text (electronic & print)
• Full-featured user experience (EBSCOhost^®)
• Full-text searching
• Guest/non-authentication access
• Much More…