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Product Update for EBSCOhost
January 11, 2006New EBSCO Kids Search Interface
Now Available
INFOhio relays this abridged message from EBSCO Publishing.
Dear EBSCO Publishing Customer:
We recently introduced the brand new Student Research Center (SRC) interface for
secondary school (6-12) students, to offer a powerful alternative to the existing EBSCOhost
interface that supports middle and high school-focused EBSCO databases, such as MAS
Ultra and Middle Search Plus.
We are excited to announce that the second phase of the Student Research Center,
known as Kids Search, is now available to our Searchasaurus (K-8)
customers, at no additional charge. You now have the interface and its associated
databases, to which you already subscribe, added to your account. Note that you may
continue to use the existing Searchasaurus interface with its databases, while
you become accustomed to the many new features of Kids Search.
Important features and functionality included with Kids Search:
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A completely new, graphically-rich look and feel |
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The interface facilitates searching by topic, enabling users to easily
enter keywords, or select topics or subtopics to search, from the Basic Search
screen. |
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Users don't need to choose a database to search, because all databases in
the profile are searched automatically. |
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Results can be sorted by Relevance, as well as by Date. |
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Certain source types will be default set to sort by Relevance. |
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Users can filter results by source type. |
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Users can add search results, images, or persistent links to searches to
the Folder. |
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Users can build Web pages using the Page Composer program located
inside the Folder. |
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Certain HTML full-text records for state and country reports will be
enhanced to display associated images, maps and graphics. |
Sincerely,
Marcie Brown
Customer Support Communications Manager
EBSCO Publishing
10 Estes Street
Ipswich, MA 01938
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