[OPLINTECH] Explora to replace Searchasaurus, Kids Search, and Student Research Center

[Stephen Hedges]

Next Tuesday (right after the holiday) we plan to remove Searchasaurus,
Kids Search, and Student Research Center from http://ohioweblibrary/ebsco.
This is being timed to coincide with the end of most school years, and is
coordinated with INFOhio and OhioLINK. EBSCO will not disable these
interfaces until June 30, so if you are using direct links from your
website to these interfaces, they should still work until then.

The new Explora interface will remain. FYI, I have attached a spreadsheet
comparing the databases we have included in our Explora interface and the
databases that were included in Searchasaurus, Kids Search, and Student
Research Center.

If you have questions, please contact http://support.oplin.org.

--
Stephen Hedges, Director
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
2323 W. Fifth Ave, Suite 130, Columbus, OH 43204
st.hedges at gmail.com  |  614-728-5250


On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Stephen Hedges <hedgesst at oplin.org> wrote:

> If you highlight the Searchasaurus, Kids Search, or Student Research
> Center resources from EBSCO for your patrons, please be aware that these
> three resources will be replaced by EBSCO's new "Explora" on June 30.
>
> More information about Explora is available at:
>   http://www.ebscohost.com/us-high-schools/explora
>
> http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/search.php?keyword=explora&interface_id=&document_type=&page_function=search
>
> --
> Stephen Hedges, Director
> Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
> 2323 W. Fifth Ave., Suite 130, Columbus, OH 43204
> 614-728-5250  ::  hedgesst at oplin.org
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  Good Explora FAQ:
http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=7509
  Explora Promotion Kit
http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=7518

  Databases searched in Explora interface (=ehpl):
Academic Search Premier (aph)
American Heritage Children's Dictionary (dch)
Biography Reference Bank (brb)  **
Columbia Encyclopedia (umh)
ERIC (eric)
Health Source - Consumer Edition (hxh)
Literary Reference Center (lfh)
MAS Ultra - School Edition (ulh)
Middle Search Plus (mih)
Newspaper Source (nfh)
Primary Search (prh)
Professional Development Collection (tfh)
Science Reference Center (sch)
Topic Overviews Public Libraries (tol)
TOPICsearch (tth)
Vocational and Career Collection (voh)
    ** not enabled yet, EBSCO Support ticket #1732530
    
Our URL: http://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora
(points to http://oplin.org/auth?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/Community.aspx?authtype=ip%26authpid=explora)

Explora will replace these interfaces:

  Searchasaurus
Middle Search Plus (mih)
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (funk)
American Heritage Children's Dictionary (dch)
Academic Search Premier (aph)
ERIC (eric)
Newspaper Source (nfh)
Primary Search (prh)
Professional Development Collection (tfh)

  Student Research Center
Academic Search Premier (aph)
Middle Search Plus (mih)
Vocational and Career Collection (voh)
TOPICsearch (tth)
ERIC (eric)
Newspaper Source (nfh)
Professional Development Collection (tfh)
MAS Ultra - School Edition (ulh)
Columbia Encyclopedia (umh)
Science Reference Center (sch)
Health Source - Consumer Edition (hxh)

  Kids Search
Academic Search Premier (aph)
Middle Search Plus (mih)
TOPICsearch (tth)
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (funk)
ERIC (eric)
Newspaper Source (nfh)
Primary Search (prh)
Professional Development Collection (tfh)
American Heritage Children's Dictionary (dch)
Science Reference Center (sch)