Evolving the research experience in partnership

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Upcoming ProQuest User Interface improvements

Evolving the Research Experience: ProQuest User Interface Improvements

Intuitive, Efficient, Customer Driven

Simplifying,Unifying

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Open Web Discovery

2Innovating3

Goals

• Ongoing improvements to responsive design

• Ongoing Search improvements including an improved search engine

• Recommendation engine• Standardized metadata for consistent

results

• Customized hard drive delivery of content

• Cloud-based access to key content for text and data mining in the digital humanities

• Full TDM environment• Full API development

• Google Scholar, Summon, ExLibris, OCLC Discoverability

• Refworks Integration

• Improved authentication• Improved Document view • Customized XML gateways• Ebooks, Pivot, Refworks

Interoperability

• Mobile interface• Initial roll out Design Framework –

ebooks, History Vault

• Full API development• OA Content and integration

Platform Focus

• Delight users’ experience of library resources• Empower users with research success and productivity (task completion)

Simplifying,Unifying

• Design Framework on key products• Declutter UI• Improved authentication• Improved Document view• Ongoing improvements to responsive

design• Search results page improvements

Reading ExperienceEnhancements to the ProQuest user interface will initially focus on making

the document viewing + results display simpler & easier to use.

Document View Today

Current Document View =

Opportunity to improve readability, interaction

and organization

New UX: Intuitive Document Viewing

Navigation Options More IntuitiveA

Doc Title Much More ProminentB

More Intuitive OptionsC

Full Text Easier to NavigateD

Sidebar Navigation Improves Research Workflow

E

Search ResultsImproved Search Results For Ease of Use

Search Results Display is More Intuitive

Current Coming

Cleaner Results LayoutConsistent Sidebar Navigation

Larger Search Field

Search Results Display is More Intuitive

Mobile Access Responsive Design Benefits Mobile Users

Responsive design = New Design framework across all ProQuest products provides a consistent, mobile enabled experience.

Key Areas of Emphasis:• Adjust display according to the size• Remove non-essential functions to

make the design cleaner • Emphasis on improved ease of use

On the Go Access

Accessing ProQuest from the Open Web

Easy Access to ProQuest Content

ProQuest is committed to integrate with the researchers’workflow regardless of access point

Open Web Access + IP Authentication =

• Go to: http://www.proquest.com/productupgrades• Please contact us if you have questions or would like to share feedback.

Learn more about the redesigned ProQuest interface

• This presentation references potential future features and functionality of ProQuest services.

• Subject to user feedback and testing, any unreleased features and functionality referenced in this presentation may not be released or delivered.

• Your feedback is welcome and encouraged. Please submit your feedback at http://support.proquest.com/contactussubmitcase

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