Enhanced Coverage Information Now Available from EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., U.S.A., April 13, 2006 – The EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service (EJS) Reader Site now features streamlined functionality and includes coverage data for e-journal content hosted at the publisher site.

From within EJS, end users can now quickly identify the extent of publisher-hosted content in addition to the coverage to which they have access rights. EJS calculates an institution's access rights using a sophisticated algorithm that evaluates the customer's order history, the publisher's access model and the content available at the publisher site.

Streamlined functionality includes a simplified journal listing with intuitive icons to indicate which journals are on subscription. A simple drop-down menu provides filtering options to limit searches to all titles, full text, pay-per-view or citations/abstracts only. A revamped journal home page clearly identifies the content to which a user has access and the content that is available at the publisher site. It also provides the ability to browse volumes and issues, and view tables of content.

"These improvements simplify the operation of EJS and provide clear access choices to improve the end user experience," said EBSCO's Chief Strategist of E-Resources Oliver Pesch. "It allows them to more quickly and more accurately locate the content they need."

About EBSCOhost^® Electronic Journals Service
EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service Enhanced handles electronic journal access and management needs and includes extensive features to help with e-journal management tasks such as: tracking the registration status of e-journals, authentication assistance to facilitate both on-campus and remote access to e-journal content, automatic management of e-journal URLs and much more. EJS Enhanced serves as a consolidated gateway that allows users to search and link to (OpenURL supported) more than 13,000 journals and 7.3 million articles. EBSCO provides durable URLs for every journal, table of contents and article in EJS Enhanced. No URL maintenance by the library is required.