How commercial next-generation library discovery tools have *nearly* got it...
In Huddersfield (again – I’m barely away from the place!), yesterday, at a CILIP UC&R (University, College and Research Group) Yorkshire & Humberside [catchy name] training event on...
View ArticleNotes on: EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)
The EBSCO Discovery Service is EBSCO’s own next-generation resource discovery system, built on the already-very-familiar EBSCOhost database platform. EBSCO’s particular ‘angle‘ for EDS is that its...
View ArticleFind it @ Lincoln: looking forward to a new EBSCO discovery service in the...
Following long, looong discussions, we have finally chosen a next-generation library discovery service for the University of Lincoln Library. After reviewing the four major commercially-available...
View ArticleEBSCO information day / Discovery update
I was south of the river (Thames, not Witham) yesterday for an EBSCO information day. As I blogged recently, we’ve just signed up for the EBSCO Discovery Service (which we’re branding as “Find it @...
View ArticleI Am Collecting A Collection
As part of the setup process for our forthcoming EBSCO Discovery Service (“Find it at Lincoln”), we’ve been rationalising the location and collection codes which display on our library catalogue (HiP)....
View ArticleList of search limiters/facets for library holdings in ‘Find it at Lincoln’
Following on from my last blog post about collection codes (heady stuff)… here is a list of what will be the search options that allow a user of ‘Find it at Lincoln’ to filter their search results—of...
View ArticleSearch limiters in Find it at Lincoln
Find it at Lincoln uses limiters to allow you to refine searches to particular types of item. We’ll make changes to our limiters in response to user feedback and as we learn more about how to get the...
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