Colleagues/
Houston , We Have Reached The Tipping Point >>>
/Gerry
Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) November 10, 2009 -- EBSCO Publishing
(EBSCO) is bringing its EBSCOhost® databases to users—even if users are on
their smartphones. EBSCO has released EBSCOhost® Mobile™ allowing researchers
to access their EBSCOhost® databases via smartphones and other handheld
devices.
EBSCOhost Mobile allows us to provide users with a platform
that makes the power of EBSCOhost, and its content, highly accessible on the
most popular smartphones and mobile devices.
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All databases and services currently available on the
EBSCOhost platform will be available via EBSCOhost Mobile. The EBSCOhost
interface is the most-used research platform currently available in more than
100,000 libraries around the world. Since the interface is the basis for EBSCO
Discovery Service™, EBSCOhost Mobile is poised to dramatically impact mobile
searching.
EBSCOhost Mobile provides a convenient way for customers
using mobile devices to find quality content. The main EBSCOhost Mobile screen
offers a number of options including choosing which EBSCOhost database(s) to
search plus setting search options, accessing field codes and specifying
preferences.
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Many of the existing EBSCOhost features such as search
modes, limiting to full text, date ranges, peer-reviewed content or by
publication are available. Users will also be able to search images from their
mobile devices.
The result list is scrollable and available data includes
citations, Image Quick View™ and access to full text articles. The result list
also features a relevancy indicator and users are able to email results.
Clicking into a result replicates the EBSCOhost user
experience providing researchers with information including author information/affiliation,
links to the source, document type, subject terms, NAICS/Industry codes along
with the abstract, ISSN, Accession Number, persistent links, images, links to
full text, etc.
The interface has been designed with a lower resolution, simplifying
the interface by removing folders and some other more advanced features for
increased speed and user convenience.
In addition to providing access to smartphone users, EBSCOhost
Mobile will also work on desktops helping libraries with low bandwidths since
it uses only a fraction of the bytes compared to a traditional EBSCOhost
search. EBSCOhost Mobile will also open up access to research databases to
researchers in remote locations who are only able to access via satellite
links.
Access To The Full Press Release Available At
[ http://tinyurl.com/yaxooqv
]
BTW: As Always > I Am Greatly Interested In Other A&I
/ eBook / Etc. Mobile Initiatives / Please Report As A Comment On The Blog
Entry
!!! Thanks A Million !!!
!!! Thanks To Kathleen McEvoy / Public Relations Manager /
EBSCO Publishing / For The Heads Up !!!
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying
The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed
Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace
/Gerry