managing content in ebsco discovery service: action guide for surviving and thriving
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Managing Content in EBSCO Discovery Service
Regina Koury and Charissa BrammerIdaho State University Library
NASIG 31st Annual ConferenceJune 10th, 2016Albuquerque, NM
About ISU
• A Carnegie-classified doctoral research and teaching institution.
• 14,371 students.• Migrated from Primo to EDS in 2014.
Image from: http://www.isu.edu/about/
Embracing New Technology!
• John Hubbard (2014) “From OPAC to Search Engine: Making the Case for Discovery [Discovery Tools Now and in the Future]”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWqoaBMepJ8&feature=youtu.be
EDS=OneSearch
Placement on library page.
Wording on what content is searched.
Profiles• Two profiles: Main and IHSL (Idaho Health Science
Library)
Managing content in EDS: Main
• Library Catalog (Voyager ILS) holdings• EBSCO Admin: subscribed and free databases• Full Text Finder: Electronic + Print Journals
Managing content in EDS: IHSL
• Library Catalog (Voyager ILS) holdings• EBSCO Admin: selected databases• Full Text Finder: Electronic + Print Journals
Library Catalog: Suppressed items
• Run a full rebuild of the catalog, excluding certain locations and suppressed items.
Library Catalog: EBSCO eBooks
Library Catalog: EBSCO eBooks
Library Catalog:Bound With
First Title
Library Catalog:Bound With
Widgets/Apps
• Still not able to search the EDS search interface, so a widget/app is used for:
IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts) Therapeutic Research Center: Natural Medicines
Widgets/Apps: ClinicalKey
• First unable to be searched so EBSCO created a widget/app.
• In 2016, EBSCO was able to make ClinicalKey content searchable using EDS interface, so widget was removed.
Research Starters
AP Videos
Related Images
Managing content in EDS:Subscribe to:
EBSCO Discovery Service Content Update Newsletter: [email protected] Partners Listserv: [email protected]:EBSCO Blog: https://www.ebsco.com/blog EDS Wiki: (need to register first): http://edswiki.ebscohost.com/EBSCO_Discovery_Service_Wiki
Full Text Finder
• Easiest portion of content to manage.
Customer Service
• Great with their engineering team, lately had snags with general support. Hoping this is just due to changing roles.
What’s next
• NISO ODI (Open Discovery Initiative): http://www.niso.org/workrooms/odi/
• Christopher Brown (2015) “Web-scale Discovery Tools and the Backgrounding of Government Information: http://www.slideshare.net/cbrownlibrarian/webscale-discovery-tools-and-the-backgrounding-of-government-information
Thank you!Regina Koury
Assistant University Librarian, Discovery & Resource Services
Charissa BrammerElectronic Resources Librarian