EBSCO New UI 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 2024 and...

Custom Limiters

October 2024

Library administrators can now create custom limiters according to field codes. The most popular custom limiters from the Classic UI will be pre-programmed and just need to be turned on

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhostExplora
Released
Filter Enhancements

Last updated Oct 4, 2024

COUNTER R5.1 Compliant Reports

February 2025

Reports & Statistics – COUNTER reporting will be upgraded to support release 5.1 Code of Practice to maintain industry compliance. Users will be able to access, generate and schedule COUNTER R5.1 & SUSHI server reports. COUNTER R5 & R5.1 reporting ability will live concurrently until EBSCO deprecates the R5 customer facing reports in June 2025.

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
COUNTER 5.1 Format Upgrades

Last updated Oct 1, 2024

Enhanced Package Metadata, Searching/Navigation and Customization

October 2024

Support management of package description, package URL, alternate package names, custom package display names in Global Knowledge Base/Holdings and Link Management. Enhanced package searching, navigation and organization in Publication Finder and Full Text Finder user interfaces

Full Text Finder
Coming Soon!
Full Text Finder Link Resolver Holdings and Link Management (HLM)

Last updated Oct 1, 2024

Collection Assessment 

October 2024

For those institutions that use Full Text Finder, library administrators can make more confident purchase, renewal, and upgrade decisions by leveraging the Collection Assessment tool within Holdings and Link Manager to perform package and title level comparisons of their holdings

Full Text Finder
Coming Soon!
Holdings and Link Management (HLM)

Last updated Oct 1, 2024

New Full Text Finder Link Resolver UI supports API Links (e.g. ThirdIron and Unpaywall)

October 2024

New Full Text Finder Link Resolver User Interface (FTF UI) supports third party API links such as ThirdIron links and Unpaywall API links to conditionally display on the FTF UI when the third party API returns a positive response.

Full Text Finder
Coming Soon!
Full Text Finder Link Resolver

Last updated Oct 1, 2024

Content Collections Topic Page

October 2024

Users of Points of View and Read It! on Explora will soon have a new Topic Page experience which highlights related content collections for Points of View Point/Counterpoint articles and Read It! comprehension tests.

Explora
Coming Soon!
Explora Enhancements

Last updated Oct 1, 2024

Publication Finder Search Box Builder

October 2024

The Publication Finder search box builder will move to the new search box module in EEM.

EBSCO Experience ManagerFull Text Finder
Coming Soon!
Publication Finder

Last updated Oct 1, 2024

New Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Form

October 2024

The new interlibrary loan (ILL) form is designed to seamlessly integrate with EBSCO’s New UI. This form has several enhanced features:
1. EEM Module: Easily create and manage ILL forms with the new EEM module.
2. Entitlement API Integration: Users will be informed about the availability of a copy through EBSCO full text, SmartLinks+, or Unpaywall before submitting their request.
3. EBSCO SSO Integration: Automatic population of user information with EBSCO Single Sign-On.
4. Multilingual Support: Access the form in all languages supported by EBSCO.

EBSCO Experience ManagerEBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
Authentication Globalization & Localization Integrations

Last updated Oct 1, 2024

Advanced Search Enhancements

October 2024

Times cited (SCOPUS)

EBSCOhost database field codes

PICOT search

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Sep 30, 2024

Related Content

October 2024

Users will be able to access related records from the full details and viewer screens so that they can easily navigate to content from the same volume of a publication, such as chapters within a book, articles within an issue and Points of View articles and other related content collections.

Explora
Coming Soon!
Viewer Enhancements

Last updated Sep 30, 2024

Results Page Updates

October 2024

Records on the results page in EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost will be numbered to make navigating results simpler and more intuitive. Users will also be able to select the number of results they see before the “See More Results” button appears. The default view will remain as 10 records, with options to view up to 50 records.

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Results Page

Last updated Sep 30, 2024

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

October 2024

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 Display Names, alternate names and database descriptions.

Full Text Finder
Coming Soon!
Full Text Finder Link Resolver

Last updated Sep 30, 2024

Support for New Package/Database Metadata

October 2024

EBSCO Global Knowledgebase is being populated with new package/database descriptions, alternate package/database names and package/database subjects that will be visible in Holdings Management (descriptions and alternate names will be searchable). Additionally, HLM Admins will be able to enter custom descriptions for packages/databases, add custom display names for packages, custom alternate names and affiliate additional managed subject headings to packages/databases.

Full Text Finder
Coming Soon!
Holdings and Link Management (HLM)

Last updated Sep 30, 2024

EBSCO Scholarly Graph

October 2024


The EBSCO Scholarly Graph (ESG) is a comprehensive network containing millions of bibliographic records of published creative works as well as the local holdings data from contributing libraries. The ESG captures how the metadata in these creative works link together, such as common co-authors between different works, articles focused on similar subjects, publishers and author affiliated institutions, backwards and forward citations, common synonyms, linked data and national library vocabularies, and much more. The ESG powers many of the EBSCO linked data features such as citation counts, author pages, open web discovery, and advanced researcher recommendations.

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
EBSCO Linked Data+

Last updated Sep 30, 2024

Citation Discovery by EBSCO

August 2025

The ability for users to explore citation counts and 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 late 2024.

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
EBSCO Linked Data+

Last updated Sep 27, 2024

AI and Citation Recommendations by EBSCO

August 2025

Users on EDS and EBSCOhost will be able to see suggested articles based on EBSCO’s rich record metadata, AI, and the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph.

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
EBSCO Linked Data+

Last updated Sep 27, 2024

People Pages Powered by Linked Data

August 2025

Users will be able to explore people pages, which showcase key metrics and works for researchers, powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph.

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
EBSCO Linked Data+

Last updated Sep 27, 2024

Media Placard

September 2024

The media placard is now available on EBSCO Discovery Service so libraries can highlight visual content from Flipster and CONTENTdm

EBSCO Discovery Service
Released
Integrations

Last updated Sep 19, 2024

Customize Publications Label

January 2025

Library administrators will have the ability to customize the text of the Publications label that appears in the lefthand navigation pane under Research Tools on EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCOhost, and Explora profiles

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhostExplora
Coming Soon!
Customization Publication Finder

Last updated Sep 16, 2024

Field Codes

July 2024

Field codes that are unique to certain EBSCOhost databases are now available from the Advanced Search page

EBSCOhost
Released
Search Enhancements

Last updated Sep 12, 2024