This document summarizes upcoming improvements to the ProQuest user interface focused on simplifying the research experience. Key goals include improving the search engine and results display, implementing a recommendation engine, standardizing metadata, and customizing document delivery. The interface will also be optimized for mobile access and include features like text and data mining tools, improved document viewing, and open web discovery of ProQuest content.

1. Evolving the research
experience in partnership
Stay ahead of user expectations Superior research outcomes
builds greater loyalty to the
library
Upcoming ProQuest User Interface improvements

2. Evolving the Research Experience:
ProQuest User Interface Improvements
Intuitive, Efficient, Customer Driven

3. Simplifying,
Unifying
1
Open Web
Discovery
2
Innovating3
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

4. Reading Experience
Enhancements to the ProQuest user interface will initially focus on making
the document viewing + results display simpler & easier to use.

5. Document View Today
Current Document View
=
Opportunity to improve
readability, interaction
and organization

6. New UX: Intuitive Document Viewing
Navigation Options More
Intuitive
A
Doc Title Much More
Prominent
B
More Intuitive OptionsC
Full Text Easier to
Navigate
D
Sidebar Navigation
Improves Research
Workflow
E

7. Search Results
Improved Search Results For Ease of Use

8. Search Results Display is More
Intuitive
Current Coming
Cleaner Results Layout
Consistent Sidebar
Navigation
Larger Search Field

9. Search Results Display is More Intuitive

10. Mobile Access
Responsive Design Benefits Mobile Users

11. 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

15. Accessing ProQuest from the
Open Web

16. Easy Access to ProQuest Content
ProQuest is committed to integrate with the researchers’
workflow regardless of access point
Open Web Access + IP Authentication =

17. • 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

18. • 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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