EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that Columbia College Chicago, the largest private arts and media college in the US, has selected the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The college expects that EDS will help improve return on investment and increase productivity by simplifying the research process and providing an enhanced experience for users.
According to the college, students found the large number of resources available through the library website daunting, and they wanted more streamlined information from the library. EDS is expected to provide a search experience that is similar to the ways students currently conduct searches online, while exposing more of the college's resources to students. A familiar interface is seen as another advantage for users because students can immediately utilise EDS for their research needs with minimal instruction.
In addition to the single search box capability and ease of use of EDS, the college is also said to appreciate the ability to create profiles. This functionality allows users to search sub-collections of different subject areas so users can limit their searches to Arts & Entertainment Resources, for example.
EDS seeks to create a unified, customised index of an institution's information resources, and an easy, yet powerful means of accessing all of that content from a single search box-searching.
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