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...

Bulk Export

January 2025

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

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Released
Search Enhancements

Last updated Feb 4, 2025

Migration of Saved Searches to New UI

February 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

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhostExplora
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jan 31, 2025

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 Jan 31, 2025

EBSCO Linked Data Beta Program

February 2025

The EBSCO Linked Data Beta Program will allow customers to try EBSCO’s exciting new features for New UI powered by the new EBSCO Scholarly Graph.

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
EBSCO Linked Data+

Last updated Jan 31, 2025

New UI URL Builder

2025

Library administrators will 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.

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
EBSCO Configuration

Last updated Jan 31, 2025

Business Searching Interface Option in Search Box Builder

January 2025

This update introduces a new feature for the Search Box Builder in EEM, tailored specifically for the Business Searching Interface (BSI) on the New UI. As your BSI profiles transition to the New UI, you will now have the capability to create search boxes using the enhanced builder.

EBSCOhost
Released
EBSCO Configuration

Last updated Jan 31, 2025

Koha eResources API CustomLink

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.

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
Integrations

Last updated Jan 31, 2025

Get It Now API CustomLink

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

EBSCO Discovery ServiceFull Text Finder
Coming Soon!
Integrations

Last updated Jan 31, 2025

ORB Cover Images

2025

This integration displays book cover images from ORB 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 Jan 31, 2025

PressReader Relevant Highlight Placard

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.

EBSCO Discovery Service
Coming Soon!
Integrations

Last updated Jan 31, 2025

Add Video Element to Topic Browse Landing Page

January 2025

This work will enable the video panel to show to users at the bottom of the Topic Browse Landing Page (if applicable) in Explora. With a video element on the topic browse landing page, users are presented with an additional content type to search for relevant information. This is in addition to the ‘Video’ tab found at the top of the results list and/or the video panel at the bottom of the results.

Explora
Released
Explora Enhancements

Last updated Jan 31, 2025

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.

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jan 24, 2025

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.

EBSCO Discovery Service
Coming Soon!
Patron Empowerment & Catalog Actions

Last updated Jan 24, 2025

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.

EBSCO Experience Manager
Coming Soon!
Authentication

Last updated Jan 24, 2025

Situational Placards on Result List

January 2025

Situational placards will be made available in Biography Reference Ultimate and Literary Reference Ultimate which mimic the existing exact match placard functionality, but for topics from the topic browse experience. These placards utilize different search logic for each placard and provide users with relevant starting information about popular topics while increasing visibility of the topic pages/browse experience via the search result list.

Explora
Released
Explora Enhancements

Last updated Jan 24, 2025

Title + Abstract Field Code

July 2025

A new field code (search tag) will be added to select databases that will search both the Title and the Abstract simultaneously: MEDLINE, CINAHL, APA databases, Academic Search databases, Health Business and SPORTDiscus and some EDS partner databases

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jan 24, 2025

Filter Only Searching in the New UI

January 2025

Ability to use just filters to search without needing to enter a search term

EBSCO Platforms
Released
Filter Enhancements Search Enhancements

Last updated Jan 21, 2025

Customize Publications Label

January 2025

Library administrators now 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. The default label is now Publication Finder.

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhostExplora
Released
Customization Publication Finder

Last updated Jan 21, 2025

Run SmartText Search when Query Returns No Results

July 2025

The New UI will honor the EBSCOadmin setting “Run SmartText Search when Query Returns No Results” 

EBSCO Platforms
Coming Soon!
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jan 10, 2025

Search History

January 2025

The Dashboard’s Search History allows researchers to combine multiple searches with the Boolean Operators AND, OR, NOT. Searches in the Dashboard will display pertinent metadata, such as Filters, Search Modes & Expanders, Databases and Interface

EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCOhost
Released
Search Enhancements

Last updated Jan 7, 2025