The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US, a technical professional association for the advancement of technology, has announced the launch of IEEE Xplore Mobile. The new mobile version of IEEE Xplore incorporates enhancements based on user feedback collected from a beta test period that began in June 2009.
Users can now conduct a basic search from the IEEE Xplore Mobile home page, then refine it by searching within the results or by using subject filters. A predictive type-ahead feature, that suggests searches as you type, is available for mobile devices that are JavaScript-enabled. All results that one would find on the classic IEEE Xplore for abstracts and citations are displayed ten at a time by relevancy. Users can then decide to read or e-mail the abstracts to a remote computer.
Users with proper subscription can view the full-text of an article by e-mailing the link to any e-mail address, then viewing the article directly from the main IEEE Xplore Web site when they are on their personal computer. Non-subscribers can purchase the articles or subscribe to the IEEE Xplore digital library. Some users at subscribing institutions will be able to access full-text PDF documents using a Wi-Fi-enabled mobile device.
The growing popularity of using mobile devices for Internet access was a key motivation driving the development of the mobile version. Another impetus for the mobile search option was the popularity of IEEE content. According to IEEE Publications Staff Director, Anthony Durniak, IEEE Xplore users now conduct an average of 200,000 searches a day and make more than seven million downloads a month. IEEE Xplore Mobile gives users the ability to perform searches of over two million technical documents with any mobile device connected to the Internet.
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