The latest upgrade announcement comes from IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engine), the largest technical professional association, which, on Sat., Feb. 13, officially launched a "substantial upgrade" to the IEEE Xplore digital library (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org). Xplore first launched online in 1998 and had its last major redesign back in 2005. IEEE Xplore's more-robust search engine, intuitive user interface, sophisticated facets for refinement, and customizable features are designed to offer researchers a more-powerful tool for searches of IEEE's more than 2 million full-text technical documents.
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One academic librarian says he appreciates the fresh new look and the nice enhancements-"it's a very smooth transition to the future," in fact-but that the upgrade wasn't that big a deal, in his estimation. But one research librarian at a major corporation thinks the upgrade was an important and necessary move for IEEE. The old site was "more cumbersome to use" and involved "a lot of struggle for users," she says. The appealing interface and new features are great, but most important for her is the increased ease of obtaining quality results, enabled by the faceted navigation and refinement capabilities.
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