EBSCO Platforms Roadmap:

EDS, EBSCOhost, Explora, EBSCO Mobile, and EBSCO Platforms

This roadmap provides an overview of new user interface work already completed or expected to complete in 2025. It has been...

New NoveList Interfaces

June 2025

We are pleased to announce new versions of the four NoveList interfaces that are modern, accessible and mobile friendly. The new NoveList experience will offer reading inspiration via trusted reading recommendations, curated book lists, and more.

EBSCOhost
Released
NoveList

Last updated Jun 20, 2025

EBSCO eBook Reader: Reintroduction for Android

2026

The EBSCO eBook reader, currently only available for iOS, will be reintroduced for Android devices after a long anticipated update by Adobe

EBSCO Mobile
Coming Soon!
EBSCO Mobile App Enhancements

Last updated Jun 17, 2025

eBook Landing Page

2026

Customers will be able to enable a landing page for their EBSCO eBook collection in new UI, supporting a browse experience and highlighting particular content in the library’s eBook collection.

EBSCO eBooks
Coming Soon!
EBSCO eBooks Enhancements

Last updated Jun 17, 2025

Improved Display for Run and Re-Run Searches

July 2025

There will be improvements to displaying run and re-run searches, including the ordering of combined searches, on the Search History tab

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 12, 2025

Guided Style Search Boxes Maintained on Results List

October 2025

There will be an option for search boxes to be maintained on the result list when a user begins their search from the Advanced Search page.

EBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 12, 2025

Search History Displayed on the Results List

October 2025

There will be an option to see your search history directly on the results list

EBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Results Page Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 12, 2025

Default Citation Style

October 2025

Library administrators will be able to set a default citation style for individual profiles

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Customization

Last updated Jun 6, 2025

Date Filter Enhancements

October 2025

Users will have a custom date range option for the date quick filter and the date picker will only require the year, not a full 8-digit format such as MM/DD/YYYY

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Filter Enhancements Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 6, 2025

Bulk Delete from Search History

October 2025

Users will have the ability to bulk delete items from their search history

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 6, 2025

Improvements to Combined Search

October 2025

The combined search icon will be redesigned to make it more intuitive

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 6, 2025

Search Alert for a Combined Search

October 2025

Users will have the ability to create a search alert for a combined search

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 6, 2025

Edit the Query of a Search

July 2025

Users will be able to edit the query of a search via the Saved Search modal or from My dashboard

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 6, 2025

Download Search History

July 2025

Users will be able to download their search history into multiple formats

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 6, 2025

Clear Find Field Setting

June 2025

The Clear Find Field setting in EBSCOadmin is now honored in the new user interface

EBSCOhost
Released
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jun 6, 2025

Custom Folder Download Report

May 2025

Enable personal users to request a report that includes their custom folder container information and custom folder contents. The rollout for this functionality started on May 2, 2025 and completed on May 28, 2025.

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Released
Dashboard Enhancements

Last updated Jun 2, 2025

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.

EBSCO eBooks
Coming Soon!
Accessibility

Last updated Jun 2, 2025

Nichigai Cover Images

June 2025

This integration displays book cover images from Nichigai on the results and detailed record pages in the new EBSCO Discovery Service and Publication Finder user interfaces when a cover image is not already available.

EBSCO Discovery ServiceFull Text Finder
Coming Soon!
Integrations

Last updated Jun 2, 2025

Topic UI Translations

June 2025

We will create and maintain a translation workflow for the customizable text within certain Topic Management (TM) components. Specifically for Referencia Latina & Salud en Espanol, search strings will be stored and returned/executed in Spanish, with the availability of an icon or button to toggle the Spanish translations on/off.

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
Viewer Enhancements

Last updated Jun 2, 2025

Option to Set Display to Show Full or Abbreviated Abstract on Results List

May 2025

Library administrators can change the default display to show the full or abbreviated abstract on the results page using a setting in the Configuration module of EBSCO Experience Manager. Users still have the ability to show the full or abbreviated abstract in the user interface.

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhostExplora
Released
Results Page

Last updated May 30, 2025

Renaming Related Items to Publication Contents

May 2025

The Related Items feature found on the detailed record and in the PDF and HTML viewers will be renamed to Publication Contents to better reflect what this feature is showing to end users – other articles included in the same issue (serials) or edition (monographs) as the record the user is currently on.

EBSCO Platforms
Released
Viewer Enhancements

Last updated May 30, 2025