IPSWICH, Mass. — January 19, 2007 - EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) is pleased to announce the release of the redesigned Searchasaurus™ interface.  Since its inception nearly ten years ago, Searchasaurus has been offering an age-appropriate research environment for use in elementary schools and children’s rooms in public libraries.  The newly revised interface builds upon the greatest attributes of the original version while incorporating fresh new ideas including those offered by EBSCO’s customers, advisory boards and software council.

The revised Searchasaurus, with its enhanced graphical design and brighter colors, is sure to not only grab the attention of its user base, but also provide an intuitive search experience for its intended audience. This new interface provides young researchers with simple options to begin their exploration whether through topical navigation or keyword searching. An enhanced spell-checker will ensure the most accurate results, while helping students to become more proficient with their vocabulary. In addition, the start page now provides easy access to a large library of pictures, a Visual Search feature, as well as a “Top Searches” section for users to quickly find information on popular research topics.   

Searchasaurus supports popular children’s databases from EBSCO including Primary Search™, Middle Search® Plus and the Encyclopedia of Animals™.  Content comprising these databases includes the most-used children’s magazines, encyclopedias, books, images, photos, maps, flags, and more.  Search results offer a wonderful combination of text and graphics for students to gain the most benefit from each record retrieved through Searchasaurus.

For more information on EBSCO’s databases for young researchers, visit: www.ebscohost.com/schools

About EBSCO
EBSCO Publishing is the world’s premier database aggregator, offering a suite of more than 200 full-text and secondary research databases. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports and various other publication types from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). The company’s product lines include proprietary databases such as Academic Search™, Business Source®, CINAHL®, DynaMed™, Literary Reference Center™, MasterFILE™, NoveList®, SocINDEX™ and SPORTDiscus™ as well as dozens of leading licensed databases such as ATLA Religion Database™, EconLit, MEDLINE®, MLA International Bibliography, PsycARTICLES® and PsycINFO®. Databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world. For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@epnet.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.

For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
(800) 653-2726 ext. 594