September 2011 Release ScienceDirect
Through September 2011, Elsevier launched several highly anticipated enhancements to its SciVerse platform. Your search, your way is the the meaining to give users more control over how they search as well as offer new ways for users to find more relevant results for their research.
What does this mean for SciVerse ScienceDirect?
Discover more related articles
Coming soon- We’ve added a pop-up window which may offer up to three related PDF articles. The related PDF articles are based on shared keywords with the PDF article the user has just viewed. This is offered in addition to the current Related Articles feature which can be accessed on the right hand side of the article page. Both aim to help users to easily extend their research.
Behind the scenes – modernizing the platform
Elsevier is investing in bringing ScienceDirect to a new quality standard with a migration to a modernised content repository. Users will not notice big changes – but this milestone in our modernization will enable Elsevier to introduce exciting new improvements in updates throughout 2012, including the upcoming redesigned article page* and more applications.
What is the effect of the modernization:
• Articles with many references load faster with the introduction of dynamic link resolution.
• Users enjoy the readability improvements as full-text HTML articles render more accurately, with many detailed improvements to the typographical presentation of the text. We have particularly improved:
o table layout and spacing
o list presentation
o formulae presentation and special character rendering to improve consistency
o take advantage of the features of modern browsers
o enhance readability.
• Major Reference Works indices and glossaries are standardized with the same look as book indexes.
• Green and white entitlement indicators do no longer appear in the “hover” box that pops up over related articles and reference works. Users can still see entitlement indicators by clicking on the “View more related articles” and “More related reference work articles” links.
*To learn more about the upcoming redesigned article page, go to http://www.articleofthefuture.com/ and have your say on the prototypes.
Notification:
- Please note that from now, ScienceDirect will no longer be actively supporting Internet Explorer version 6 (IE6), released in 2001. IE6 users are still able to access full-text articles on ScienceDirect but may come across some inconsistencies on how the site display. Therefore, we recommend you upgrade to the latest relevant IE version to continue to benefit from an optimized user experience.
Keep an eye out!
More new tools and improvements are in the pipeline for the next release due to go live December 2011.
