Friday, July 22, 2011

PowerSearch

Cengage/Gale will be implementing an enhanced version of their PowerSearch
interface, used for most Cengage/Gale databases available through NOVELny,
on August 1, 2011.

Enhancements include:

- Search Assist with "Did You Mean?" functionality
- Trending topics, suggested phrases, publication recommendations
- Sidebar with recommendations and limiters for every search
- Read Speaker will read non-English documents out loud in their native languages
- Translation of all foreign language documents into English
- Users can personalize their search experience by creating user accounts

Complete information on the enhancements is available at http://www.gale.cengage.com/powersearch/enhanced/

Two free webinars covering the enhanced PowerSearch have been scheduled:

July 28, 9:00 am - 9:45 am
August 8, 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm

Information on how to participate in the webinars is available at:
http://novelnewyork.org/training.php#online