A new interface for all InfoTrac databases and PowerSearch is coming. While others were focusing on launching the one search box with complicated limiters and advanced Boolean logic, we listened to users and they asked us to create an environment where they can window shop for information. We tried the "one search box" thing for the past six years — not a new concept, and not always the most useful way to find information. After all, you don’t always know what you are looking for. And that’s why, after thousands of interviews and the feedback of more than 70,000 locations using PowerSearch, we’re ready to make a change.
Right now, we’re just going to tease you with this quick Flash tour. It just shows some preliminary screens. We’ll reveal the new screens to you and all the new features in the next couple of days.
- The release will not be automatic, so that we don’t interrupt your year with a new interface.
- You can migrate at your own leisure starting early this Fall.
- We’ll also be launching a support site with all the documentation and training you need.
Here are some of the new features you can expect…
- A new Homepage that allows users to browse key content, customizable by you or the user
- Users can create their own accounts and manage marked items, alerts, preferences
- Results lists that bring multimedia to the forefront
- Enhanced Publication browsing, with cover images for periodicals and eBooks
- An enhanced Subject Guide, with the ability to filter subject terms by numerous facets
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Yes, this will apply to all InfoTrac databases — including General Onefile and Academic Onefile.
Will this apply also to all the PowerSearch-enabled databases? General OneFile, for example?
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