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01/12/2023
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Elsevier's ScienceDirect platform has released some new functionalities to improve the overall research experience of the platform!

 

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Autosuggest
 

Autosuggest is now available via ScienceDirect Search which provides a smoother search experience by conveniently connecting users to relevant search terms. Behind the scenes, the autosuggest algorithm is based on commonly occurring words & phrases found within a corpus of Scopus abstracts, combined with the frequency of those terms within the same abstracts. You can find this new functionality using Advanced Search:

An example of the autosuggest feature in the ScienceDirect database.


Topics Homepage

At the bottom of the page for ScienceDirect, you can select Browse by Topic, users can now search/browse through a page of Topic Tiles to explore specific subject areas or to get up to speed on new topics in a particular area. The topic pages can also be shared directly as a starting place for research discovery.

You simply select one of the tiles, and you'll be taken to a page with a brief description of the subject and a list of relevant subject terms:

A screenshot of the ScienceDirect Topics homepage

 



We'd love to hear your feedback about this enhancement — Go visit ScienceDirect and let us know what you think!

 

01/05/2023
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January 2nd is National Science Fiction Day, and is meant to honor the genre's history and the many creators of Sci-Fi.

Gale blog writer, Jennifer Stock, created a post to highlight Black science fiction writers and how you can explore Gale Literature to learn more about these notable creators who have contributed to this popular genre. You can read the full post on Gale's Blog and use the Gale Literature: Person Search to start learning about some of these authors. 
 

 

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