EBSCO® has
partnered with Groxis to deliver an innovative visual search feature as part of EBSCOhost®,
the renowned database platform for corporations, hospitals, schools,
government agencies, universities, libraries and other institutions
worldwide. Through this partnership, EBSCO becomes the first major content aggregator to implement visualization technology into the aggregated database search experience.
As the world’s premier provider of more than 150 research databases,
EBSCO serves tens of thousands of institutions representing millions
of end users — each with individual needs. With the Groxis visual
search fully integrated into the company’s online tool set, EBSCO provides
a powerful complement to the basic and advanced search functionalities of
EBSCOhost,
further catering to the preferences of their users. With visual search,
EBSCO users can explore large data sets in a single graphical results
map.
The Grokker visual search feature on EBSCOhost allows users to dynamically filter results by keyword, publication date and full text, to pinpoint specific articles and records without having to reframe their query. Future enhancements to both the visual interface and the dynamic filtering options are already underway.
