[OPLINLIST] EBSCO Explora changes

[Stephen Hedges]

EBSCO has now completed creating profiles for Expora, Explora Primary
Schools and Explora Secondary Schools within each library account. We have
tested the shortcut links to these resources and they now seem to work
inside the libraries as well as outside:

http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora
http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora-primary
http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora-secondary

If you have any trouble with these links, please get in touch at
http://support.oplin.org and we will get it fixed.

Stephen Hedges
Director, Ohio Public Library Information Network
2323 W. Fifth Ave Suite 130, Columbus 43204
614-728-5250

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Stephen Hedges <stephen at oplin.ohio.gov>
wrote:

> Well, I made another mistake -- the new links to Explora Primary Schools
> and Explora Secondary Schools won't work within a library until EBSCO
> copies those "profiles" to every library's account. I'll let you know when
> that process is complete.
> --
> Stephen
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Stephen Hedges <stephen at oplin.ohio.gov>
> wrote:
>
>> Typo on the link to the EBSCO landing page, it should be
>> http://ohioweblibrary.org/ebsco.
>> --
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Stephen Hedges <stephen at oplin.ohio.gov>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> When I talked to the EBSCO folks at the OLC Convention, I learned that
>>> the new Explora interface actually comes in three flavors: one for public
>>> library users, one for primary school (K-5) students and teachers, and one
>>> for secondary school (6-12) students and teachers. The point of all three
>>> is to pre-select EBSCO databases for searching/browsing so the user does
>>> not have to go through the EBSCOhost "Choose Databases" screen. (And the
>>> interface is also prettier than EBSCOhost.) The fact that the Kids Search,
>>> Searchasaurus, and Student Research Center interfaces are being
>>> discontinued at the same time that Explora is being released is a
>>> coincidence; Explora is not intended to just replace those three
>>> discontinued interfaces.
>>>
>>> Accordingly, we have renamed the previous statewide "Explora" interface
>>> to "Explora Public Libraries" and added interfaces named "Explora Primary
>>> Schools" and "Explora Secondary Schools." These three interfaces now appear
>>> on our EBSCO landing page at http://ohioweblibrary/ebsco and also have
>>> direct links listed below:
>>>
>>> http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora
>>> http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora-primary
>>> http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora-secondary
>>>
>>> Attached is a spreadsheet detailing which EBSCO databases are searched
>>> in each interface. The greyed-out databases at the bottom of the list are
>>> not compatible with Explora searching and must be accessed through the
>>> EBSCOhost interface.
>>>
>>> If your library purchases other EBSCO databases and wants to customize
>>> its own Explora interface to search them, too, the list of databases that
>>> are compatible with Explora searching can be found at
>>> http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?topic=996&id=7517.
>>>
>>> Reminder -- EBSCO is providing four training webinars for using Explora:
>>>
>>> Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 9:30 – 10:10 am
>>>
>>> https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t497a70654776cf95dd05dca25c3f26c1
>>>
>>> Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 1:00 – 1:40 pm
>>>
>>> https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?MTID=tb7aba00d37858cf0b4740d6d029dd23b
>>>
>>> Friday, November 6, 2015 from 10:00 – 10:40 am
>>>
>>> https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?MTID=tbff9aa20b59072d7d71d01c223f00b9c
>>>
>>> Tuesday, November 10, 2015 from 2:30 – 3:10 pm
>>>
>>> https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?MTID=tec5f8489a7fdeafc019fb1c006dfcfb2
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>> --
>>> Stephen Hedges
>>> Director, Ohio Public Library Information Network
>>> 2323 W. Fifth Ave Suite 130, Columbus 43204
>>> 614-728-5250
>>>
>>
>>
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