EBSCO Platforms Roadmap:

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.

AI Insights Available in Usage Reporting

October 2025

AI Insights will be available in a newly introduced field in Standard Admin Usage Reports. The COUNTER report will include AI Insights usage as part of “Investigations”.

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.

Addition of Search Within Option to Topic Browse

June 2025

We will be adding the ability to search categories in topic browse for specific topics so that users don’t need to find the topic in the list manually by scrolling. This will be especially helpful for users who are browsing lengthy categories, such as the company categories in BSI or All Authors category in LitBase.

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.

GenAI Recommended Search Queries

August 2025

Recommended Search Queries uses generative AI to suggest relevant follow-up searches based on a user’s original natural language query. Designed to support diverse research needs, it helps users refine or expand their searches with targeted, novel suggestions. When available in EBSCO interfaces, library administrators can enable this feature in the Configuration module of EBSCO Experience Manager.

SAML SSO Authentication to EBSCO Experience Manager

April 2025

Library administrators will be able to configure and use their institution’s SAML Single Sign-On (such as OpenAthens, MS Entra, or Shibboleth) for access to EBSCO Experience Manager. This work will allow for more secure, standard authentication and role-based access control for EEM, an interface where product configuration is increasingly homed. Administrators can easily connect to their SAML Identity Provider using the setup wizard, and granularly manage permissions for administrative access.

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.

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

Migrate IP Authentication Self-Service Setup into EEM

May 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.

Custom Folder Download Report

May 2025

Enable personal users to request a report that includes their custom folder container information and custom folder contents

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.

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. All NoveList customers will be migrated to the new interfaces in June 2025.

Company Discovery Pages in new Business Search Interface

May 2025

We are excited to introduce “Company Discovery Pages,” a new feature in BSI designed to enhance your business research experience. This feature will provide comprehensive Company Discovery Pages for several thousand companies, consolidating various materials and artifacts into a single, intuitive view. Each page will include a Company Smart Panel which will include details such as headquarters, CEO, ticker number, employee count, and more when data is available. Additionally, researchers will see top competitors, industry reports, SWOT analyses, case studies, articles, videos, and more!

For those who previously used the Company Information portal in Classic BSI, the new Company Discovery Pages will serve as its enhanced successor, offering the same detailed company information with additional intuitive features. Please note that only the Company Smart Panel will be available in EBSCOhost.

Industry Discovery Pages in new Business Search Interface

May 2025

In addition to Company Discovery Pages, BSI will introduce another feature called “Industry Discovery Pages”. This feature provides another, singular overview of the top industries in the world today. Each page will include an Industry Smart Panel that offers an overview of the target industry. Additionally, researchers will discover links to related companies, industry reports from leading providers, relevant articles, and more!

VPAT Updates Available on EBSCO Connect

2024

Publication Finder and Full Text Finder are now available on Connect

NoveList Select for EDS/Ehost

April 2025

NoveList Select is now available in the latest versions of EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and EBSCOhost, enhancing these interfaces with detailed book recommendations, series titles in reading order, and other helpful information from NoveList to assist both library staff and users in finding great next reads with expertly curated read-alikes.

New Business Searching Interface (BSI) Now Available

January 2025

EBSCO’s new Business Searching Interface (BSI) offers a clean, modern look to
make business research more intuitive and efficient for Business Source subscribers. With improved navigation and a visually appealing design, the new BSI delivers a unique search experience. Students, faculty and researchers can easily browse leading business journals and magazines, search specific topics and easily locate country economic data, company profiles, industry information, and market research.

January-June 2025 will be an opt-in approach to customers. A full migration for all remaining customers will occur in early July 2025.

Links to Authorities in Left-Hand Navigation Pane

April 2025

Links to the following authorities are now available on the left-hand navigation pane of EDS, EBSCOhost, and Explora profiles when the relevant databases are enabled:

Publications authority

Subjects authority

Atla Scripture Search

CINAHL Headings

MEDLINE — MeSH 2024

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.