Native Discovery and Third-Party Integration

Enhance the user search experience with customizable discovery that seamlessly integrates with your library’s current platform.

A Definitive Discovery Experience

Designed to adapt to your library and your community’s needs—and to integrate with your library’s discovery interface, regardless of whether or not your library uses the Enterprise discovery platform—CloudSource delivers a discovery experience that is intuitive and powerful.

CloudSource for Enterprise Discovery Users

Effortless Implementation

For libraries using Enterprise, CloudSource is delivered as a new search target, and styling is inherited from your library’s existing theme. For libraries that do not use Enterprise, a library-branded discovery application is included with your CloudSource package at no additional cost.

Infinite Possibilities

Distinctive display options (bento boxes, rivers), informational widgets, and easy integration with third-party resources give patrons unprecedented access to the rapidly expanding global body of open content. The effortless combination of customizability and accessibility ensures they can navigate it with confidence.

Search Box Integration

CloudSource can be integrated into the library’s main search box, providing an easy way for users to access results in a powerful discovery interface.

External Search Source

Most discovery solutions offer the ability—via apps and widgets—to include searching of external search sources. CloudSource can be presented with a search box that will redirect the search to CloudSource in a separate tab or window.

Custom Link

Many discovery solutions offer the ability to configure custom links to CloudSource OA results within the results. Keep in mind, however, that many discovery vendors will not display results from hybrid journals unless the library subscribes to that journal. CloudSource OA offers comprehensive aggregation of all open access articles—including gold, hybrid, and other types of OA journals.

Link Resolver

A link to CloudSource can be configured within most link resolvers. Once configured, the resolver page will show a link to CloudSource for the selected resource.

A-Z Databases

Descriptive CloudSource entries can be easily added to your library’s A-Z list of databases. Our implementation team provides a “quick-start” package of content for this purpose.

Features

Fine-tuned relevancy surfaces the best hits at the top of the list.

Facets for filtering help you refine your search and find exactly what you’re looking for.

Resource stats allow you to immediately view an article’s format, peer-reviewed status, license, metrics, and web buzz.