Bibliographic databases, books and interactive electronic resources publisher CABI, UK, has launched a new and improved version of its database platform, CAB Direct. Designed and built by Semantico, the new version of CAB Direct includes CAB Abstracts and Global Health, two bibliographic databases in life science information.
The new CAB Direct is projected to provide a better experience for students and researchers as they search for important life science information. While the content has not changed, the new design is seen to improve its discoverability, saving researchers time and effort. Other enhancements include MyCABDirect, a personalised area where users can set up e-mail alerts and RSS feeds based on their search results, share information and save important searches; faceted searching, where users can finely filter information to fit their research needs based on CABI's indexing terms and metadata; capability to view full text at the search results level; improved user experience through a more intuitive interface; and suggestions for spelling variations.
The new CAB Direct is fully Shibboleth compliant. It will also abstract snippet views at search results level; save searches to social book marking sites; and provide COUNTER compliant usage statistics.
Semantico not only contributed design and build to the project, but also user research and testing, and deployment of its new marketing tool, FragR, a fragment editor that allows easier communication via the platform.
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