Summer 2012 Release
SciVerse will be presenting a number of enhancements after Sunday, August 26, when the new release will take effect. Read through our blog entries to see what improvements you can expect to experience product by product.
Improved User Experience
| ScienceDirect: | Efficient and effortless access to relevant information thanks to a new design for journal article and book chapter pages as well as improved user experience for e.g. RSS feeds, image search, and many other features and functionality |
| Scopus: | Easy updates with Alerts Features functionality improvement |
| Hub: | Faster and friendlier search capability through several new features |
Shibboleth upgrades
With this release, Shibboleth will undergo a significant upgrade. Federation and IdP operators who experience issues after the release should read this additional information.
Service Advisory
ScienceDirect, Scopus and Hub will be unavailable due to scheduled release improvements on 25 August during the following times:
New York: Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM EDT until Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 2:30 AM EDT (UTC-4 hours)
Singapore: Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 7:30 PM SGT until Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 2:30 PM SGT (UTC+8 hours)
Corresponding UTC (GMT): Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 11:30 until Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 06:30
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Keep an eye out!
Elsevier continues to invest in ScienceDirect, Scopus, Hub and Applications and the next release is scheduled for November 2012.
To keep abreast of what’s new on the SciVerse products, subscribe to our product news RSS feeds. For receiving the latest on ScienceDirect issues, subscribe to support news RSS feeds.
Please note that ScienceDirect enhancements are also applicable to Journals Consult users.
