IScientia - IVS nv proudly announces the general release of Silverplatter's WebSpirs 5.0.

The most prominent features of ERL 5.0 are the new linking options.
Below is a summary of the new features:

Improved Search Interface – WebSPIRS 5.0
Based on the results of usability testing, the WebSPIRS 5.0 search interface been redesigned. 
Users will enjoy improved navigation and faster performance. 
Other improvements include.

	Configurable display options and custom limits.
	Improved thesaurus navigation
	Default search modes for different groups of users – Advanced Search, Automatic Subject mapping, Thesaurus
	Personal SDIs – Personal user names and password ensure private and confidential SDI requests.

Links to Full Text – extended feature of SilverLinker
Add links to your local full text collection or links to publishers not yet included in the SilverLinker database.  This is an extended feature of SilverLinker.

Links to holdings – enabled by new LinkWizard feature. (Links to PDF)
Now enable multiple links to holdings – link to your local collection, union catalogue or national library catalogue.

Multiple DD links – enabled by new LinkWizard feature. (Links to PDF)
Create your own links to document delivery and inter-library loan services. This is in addition to SilverPlatter default links to British Library, CISTI, BiBSYS, PICA, etc. Customer defined links can be either email or web-based.

Links to related Internet resources – enabled by new LinkWizard feature. (Links to PDF)
Create meaningful links to related free and subscription-based resources available the Internet. This includes resources such as pre-prints, subject gateways, Internet search engines, drug and genome information, portals, chemical structures, knowledge management systems, third party databases etc. SilverPlatter will provide some default templates with links to relevant resources, and customers will be encouraged to share their templates with other ERL customers.

Configure Links to Full Text
Librarians decide on the most efficient route to full text and can configure system to bypass links to document delivery when holdings are available, or bypass holdings link when full text is available electronically.

Authentication options

IP Filtering
IP Filtering allows a user to connect to WebSPIRS without entering the username and
password. The user must have a known IP address. This will enable a user to input the URL
and arrive at the database selection screen instead of a login screen. WebSPIRS 5
remote/off-site users can use the same URL and they will be prompted for a username and
password. 

Referring Page 
WebSPIRS 5 supports the referring page authentication. Subscribers must provide secure
URL(s) from which users will be coming. As long as users come from the designated URL(s),
they will be automatically logged into WebSPIRS. 

Database selection options 

Database specific URL(Jumpstarting) 
We can provide URLs that will bypass the database selection screen and display the search
page with a specific database family ready for searching. Ex:
http://webbeta.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start.ws?customer=c1234&databases=S(MEDS)
This URL can reside on the customer's own web server and provide direct access to one or
more database(s). 

Configuration options 

	SDI Options
	Enable or disable SDIs.
	Set the maximum # of records in the baseline SDI.
	Include record numbers.
	Include database name.
	Set the default number of days before a new SDI expires.

	Display options
	Change the default number of records to display. Default is 10.
	Enable sorting by default.
	Change the display of record field labels - none, short, long or both. Default is none.
	Change the default field listings to display.

	Limit Field Options
	Specify custom limits per database.

	Search History
	Show history by database.
	Require personal username.
	Set expiration time.

	Print options
	Maximum records to print at one time.
	Include record numbers.
	Include search history.

	Save options
	Enable or disable the saving of records. Enabled by default
	Include record numbers.
	Include search history.

	Mail Options
	Enable or disable e-mailing records.
	Set maximum records.
	Set maximum KBs per message.
	Include record numbers.
	Include search history.
	Set default subject name.

	Linking Options
	Change the text wording for the full-text prompts.

	Miscellaneous Options
	Clear marked records after printing, saving or mailing.

	Logout Option
	Direct the logout to go directly to a specified page.