EBSCO Platforms Roadmap:

Title + Abstract Field Code

March 2025

A new field code (search tag) has been added to select EBSCOhost databases: XB searches both the Title and the Abstract simultaneously in Academic Search (all versions), CINAHL (all versions), Medline (all versions), Health Business (all versions), SPORTDiscus (all versions), APA PsycInfo, PsycBooks, PsycTherapy, and PsycExtra. APA PsycArticles and PsycTests will receive it by July 2025. Command line searching with XB is supported by some EDS partner databases as well.

XB will appear in the Field Code drop-down list when searching applicable individual databases in an EBSCOhost profile. In multi-database EBSCOhost searches and any EDS profile, only common field codes will display, excluding XB. Note that typing XB into a command line search for an unsupported database will treat XB as a keyword search which will provide skewed results. We recommend using XB only in single-database searches.
 

Migrate IP Authentication Self-Service Setup into EEM

April 2025

Configuration of IP authentication will move from EBSCOadmin to EBSCO Experience Manager. Administrators will benefit from self-supported IP configuration in a modern and intuitive UI.

Related Items

March 2025

Related Items, previously only available on select Explora interfaces, has been added to all interfaces including EDS and EBSCOhost. This feature shows on both the detailed record and in the full text viewer and lists all other articles included in the same issue or edition of the record you are currently viewing, serving as a way to navigate through articles and chapters in a given issue.

New UI URL Builder

March 2025

Library administrators now have the capability to generate New UI URLs for their EBSCO products, including database-specific URLs. This new feature will be integrated into the Search Box Builder within EBSCO Experience Manager.

Koha eResources API CustomLink

March 2025

Streamline eResource access in Koha catalogs, especially in consortium environments. It dynamically verifies eResource availability for specific library sites and seamlessly inserts access links into the New UI’s “Access Options,” tailored by item type and library location code.

Get It Now API CustomLink

March 2025

Get It Now from Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) complements your interlibrary loan (ILL) services by providing library patrons with the immediate fulfillment of full text articles from non-subscribed journals through a cost-effective and easy-to-use service integrated within Full Text Finder and/or EBSCO Discovery Service

PICOT Search Enhancements

March 2025

The PICOT guided search tool has been updated in the following ways: Descriptive text has been added that helps busy medical users understand how to run a PICOT search, with a link to an updated Connect page; a “Clear all” button was added to clear all PICOT search boxes; and the Boolean operator inserted between “Intervention” and “Comparison” changed from OR to AND, so the search string displays on the Advanced Search page as follows: Population/Problem AND (Intervention AND Comparison) AND Outcome AND Time. Users are welcome to modify this prior to running the search, by manually changing the search query on the Advanced Search page.

The PICOT tool is disabled by default. However, customers or EBSCO Support can enable it via the Configuration module in EBSCO Experience Manager.

References Powered by Linked Data

August 2025

The ability for users to review References by article is coming to EBSCO! Powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph and data partners. Customers who are interested in learning more can participate in the EBSCO Beta Program launching in summer 2025. Send an email inquiry to ai@ebsco.com

People Pages Powered by Linked Data

August 2025

Users will be able to explore people pages, which showcase key metrics, co-authors and works for researchers, powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph. Customers who are interested can participate in the EBSCO Beta Program launching in spring 2025. Send an email inquiry to ai@ebsco.com

Citation Discovery by EBSCO

August 2025

The ability for users to explore citation counts and citing article relationships is coming to EBSCO! Powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph and data partners. Customers who are interested in learning more can participate in the EBSCO Beta Program launching in spring 2025. Send an email inquiry to ai@ebsco.com

Advanced Scholarly Recommendations

October 2025

Enhance the student research experience with EBSCO’s upgraded recommendation engine, which now leverages semantic similarity and an academic citation network powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph. Version 1, launched late 2023, has been adopted by over 200 libraries. With the upcoming release of version 2, we anticipate even greater impact on our users, researchers, and libraries, and researchers.

Migration of Saved Searches to New UI

March 2025

Upon the institution migrating to the new UI, all active personal users will incur a migration of their saved searches, ensuring those users can view and manage these saved searches alongside those which were saved within the new UI

Configurable Option to Allow Holds on Specific Copies or Volumes

March 2025

Library administrators for EBSCO-hosted FOLIO libraries with Patron Empowerment will be able to hide the option for users to place holds on specific copies or volumes when a title has multiple items.

AI Natural Language Search Mode

March 2025

Natural Language Search (NLS) allows researchers to search using everyday language in question or statement form. At the time when NLS is supported in EBSCO interfaces, library administrators can choose to enable NLS as an optional search mode using their EBSCO Experience Manager configuration. When enabled in a given interface or profile, end users can opt to utilize NLS to find highly relevant results in response to a natural language query.

European Accessibility Act-Related eBook Enhancements

June 2025

EBSCO eBooks users will soon have access to the following new functionality to align with requirements of the European Accessibility Act: accessibility metadata displayed for every EBSCO eBook in the new UI; an EPUB limiter for eBooks in new UI; line, word, and character spacing controls for EPUB formatted eBooks; text-to-speech functionality for PDF and EPUB formatted eBooks; and a user-facing remediation request form for EBSCO full text content to request an alternate format.

PressReader Relevant Highlight Placard

February 2025

For customers using both EBSCO Discovery Service and PressReader, this integration allows PressReader results to appear directly in the new EBSCO Discovery Service user interface. Users can then link to the PressReader website to access full text or explore additional results.

Publication Finder Offers Search & Browse of Databases in Addition to Publications

February 2025

Publication Finder customers will have the ability to enable a new set of functionality (opt-in, this will not be enabled automatically) that offers users the ability to search and browse for selected and visible databases in addition to the currently offered publication search and browse. This will also tie into new functionality being made available in Holdings Management to set custom package Display Names, alternate package names and package/database descriptions.

Enhanced Package Metadata and Customizations

February 2025

EBSCO’s Global Knowledgebase is being populated with new managed package descriptions, alternate package names, package subjects, and package-level URLs that will be searchable in Holdings Management.  Additionally, Holdings Management Administrators will be able to create a custom package display name, add alternate package names and descriptions, and associate additional managed subjects to packages; users can also add package URLs to their custom packages.

CINAHL Result List Segments

February 2025

Segmented search results have been added for CINAHL Complete, CINAHL Plus, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, and CINAHL Ultimate. This shows result list segments for “All results,” “Evidence-based care sheets,” “Quick lessons” and “Videos” when one or more of these databases is selected for searching in EBSCOhost.

Bulk Export

January 2025

Bulk export from results list (up to 25,000 items) in the following formats: RIS, CSV, BIBTEX, and XML