{"id":6327,"date":"2024-11-21T08:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T02:55:44","slug":"discover-library-search-mylibrary-and-ebscohost-databases-are-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2024\/11\/21\/discover-library-search-mylibrary-and-ebscohost-databases-are-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Library search, MyLibrary and EBSCOhost databases are changing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"138\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-750x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-750x138.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-300x55.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-768x141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-100x18.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover.jpg 1308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Discover (the main Library search), MyLibrary and the individual EBSCOhost databases are changing in January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=sso&amp;custid=s3027306&amp;groupid=main&amp;profile=ehost\">EBSCOhost databases<\/a> will change by 8 January. <a href=\"https:\/\/ezproxy.massey.ac.nz\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=sso&amp;custid=s3027306&amp;groupid=main&amp;profile=eds\">Discover<\/a> and MyLibrary (in Discover folders) follow on 27 January.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This change means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>They will look quite different<\/strong>, but will retain similar or enhanced functionality. You may need to look around for your favourite features. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2025\/02\/05\/improvements-to-discover\/\">the improvements<\/a> and take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2025\/01\/13\/search-tips-for-new-look-discover-and-ebscohost-databases\/\">search tips for new Discover<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Some folders\/saved items will not carry across to the new version.<\/strong> Articles, books and saved searches in the folders <strong>will<\/strong> transfer across automatically. The image below shows which items will or won&#8217;t transfer. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MyLibrary loans, requests and fees<\/strong> will transfer to the &#8216;Requests and loans&#8217; section of the new My Dashboard. See <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2024\/12\/18\/changes-to-mylibrary\/\">changes to MyLibrary<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Requesting an item will change<\/strong>, and we have an important message about delivery requesting. See <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2024\/12\/18\/changes-to-requesting-and-delivery\/\">changes to requesting and delivery<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Search alerts, journal alerts, persistent links <\/strong>to searches and a few other items <strong>won&#8217;t<\/strong> transfer. You will need to record details of these elsewhere to set up again after the change. You may also be able to convert these to saved searches, which will transfer across. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Custom and shared folders won&#8217;t transfer <\/strong>but can be exported to help with setting them up again<strong>.<\/strong> See <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2024\/11\/27\/export-discover-and-ebscohost-custom-shared-folders-before-the-january-change\/\">the instructions to save the contents<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Persistent links to searches you have saved elsewhere may no longer work<\/strong>. Again, record the details to set up again later or convert to a saved search.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions or would like help with transferring saved items please <a href=\"mailto:digitalservices@massey.libanswers.com?subject=New Discover question\">email us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-folders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-folders.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6339\" width=\"601\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-folders.jpg 602w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-folders-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/11\/Discover-folders-100x61.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Folders that will\/won&#8217;t transfer to the new Discover\/EBSCOhost user interface (UI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover (the main Library search), MyLibrary and the individual EBSCOhost databases are changing in January. The EBSCOhost databases will change by 8 January. Discover and MyLibrary (in Discover folders) follow on 27 January. This change means: If you have any questions or would like help with transferring saved items please email us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discover","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6327"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6425,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6327\/revisions\/6425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}