EBSCO Discovery Service™
EBSCO Discovery Service is the core collection of locally-indexed metadata that serves as the foundation of EBSCO’s Complete Discovery Solution.
Access More Content Faster
By creating a unified index of an institution’s information resources, EBSCO Discovery Service is able to provide users with an easy, yet powerful means of accessing all of that content through a single search. This is achieved by harvesting metadata from both internal (library) and external (database vendors) sources, and creating a pre-indexed service of unprecedented size and speed. Although the resulting collection can be massive in size and scope, the fact that it is indexed locally (on the EBSCOhost® servers) allows for exceptionally fast search response times. As no two institutions are the same, EBSCO Discovery Service offers a vast array of customization options with regard to both the underlying collection of metadata as well as the front-end delivery of search results. All of this functionality is based upon the powerful EBSCOhost search experience familiar to researchers worldwide.
Unparalleled Depth of Indexing and Potential for Expansion
EBSCO Discovery Service will enable users to search a wide-ranging collection of metadata and link quickly to the content to which they have rights. EBSCO Discovery Service provides much deeper indexing than any other discovery solution, including author-supplied abstracts, keywords, and affiliations for many of the titles included. Overall, the service includes searchable metadata associated with tens of thousands of journals, magazines, books and other sources, and additional resources/databases from other information partners – bringing together more content partners than any other Discovery service. Furthermore, for customers subscribing to other EBSCOhost database, the Discovery experience becomes supremely deep and comprehensive as these resources can vastly expand access to content for the researcher. As a result of the combination of these resources, this will be the world's highest quality, most comprehensive discovery experience for journals, magazines, books and other sources.
Customized Search Experience
Taking customization to a new level, EBSCO Discovery Service will provide the features, functionality and power of EBSCOhost within a customizable framework. Libraries can customize the discovery/search experience through use of a wide variety of open integration options including:
- Web Services Integration
- Harvestable Content
- Persistent Links, RSS Feeds, and other Bookmarkable Content
- Skinnable Interface Design (colors, logos, etc.)
- A variety of content “widgets” derived from the powerful EBSCOhost technology
In particular, the skinnable interface option allows libraries to adjust branding components including colors, logos and search pages to create a unique starting point geared to their users' needs. If EBSCO Discovery Service™ is of interest,
EBSCOhost® Integrated Search™
may be of interest as well.
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| EBSCO Discovery Service Features:
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Fast, simple access to all of the library’s full-text content (electronic and print) including journals, books, magazines, special collections and more | |
Much deeper indexing than any other discovery solution | |
A wide-ranging collection of metadata for tens of thousands of journals & magazines and millions of books, videos and music CDs | |
Indexing metadata from EBSCOhost databases (if subscribed to by the institution), including Academic Search, AGRICOLA, America: History and Life, Business Source, CINAHL, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Historical Abstracts, SPORTDiscus, and many more . . . | |
The local loading of an institution’s complete OPAC records for integration with all other indexed content | |
The ability to locally index additional institutional repositories of records/content | |
Customizable search experience through the use of open integration options |
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| EBSCO’s Complete Discovery Solution provides access to an institution’s entire collection via a single, customizable entry point. This is accomplished through a combination of key elements including:
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EBSCO Discovery Service™—The Core Collection of Locally-Indexed Metadata | |
EBSCOhost Integrated Search™—Extending the Reach of the Discovery Solution by Incorporating External Resources | |
EBSCO A to Z®—Institutional Web-Based Resource Locator Tool | |
EBSCO LinkSource®—Powerful Item-Level Linking Solution |
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U.S. & Canada