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2 What is a Discovery Service? Pre-harvested metadata (not federated search) A single search box –Databases –Journals –eBooks –Catalogues A google-like search experience

3 What can be discovered? Content from: –Britannica –WorldBook –Gale Cengage –Oxford Press –EBSCO –And more…

4 Benefits 1.Students find relevant content faster than before 2. Your Library will have a greater ROI -Expose all areas of your varied collection -Increase usage

5 University of North Florida had a 247% increase in usage for ScienceDirect EDS Increases Usage Bournemouth University had a 547% increase in ScienceDirect link-outs

6 Summary Discovery: It’s all about relevant results Content – largest number of publisher partners Superior searching – relevancy algorithm finely turned Implementation Discovery Service Engineer, complete customization, authentication, branding, widgets and development.


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