Fox Hunt underwent an upgrade this summer resulting in
several enhancements. The Fox Hunt
search still begins with a simple, Google-like search box on the Library
homepage, but the results display is now divided into three columns. The enhancements are seen in the new right
hand column. This new design saves the
searcher time by displaying dynamic information about the document currently
highlighted. By moving the cursor over
one record after another, the searcher can read a series of summaries and
abstracts without ever having to open a separate tab or document. In the case of a book, the table of contents
and links to book reviews are also provided.
Also in the right hand column are buttons for citing and
emailing. The Email button will send a
link to the full text article. The Cite
button allows the user to choose a citation format and then displays an easily copied
citation that can be pasted into a document.
The limiters are still available in the left hand
column. Searchers can limit results to
peer reviewed content, to various format types, by discipline, and they can
specify a publication date range with the date slider. The book/ebook format limiter has been
enhanced. When it is checked additional
limiters such as “author”, “genre”, “region”, and “time period” become
available.
Fox Hunt now has a responsive design web architecture which
means that it will adapt to all sizes of screens, from desktop to
smartphone. The Search box now features
predictive text. Midway down the search results
page are links to possible related searches.
Finally the searching algorithms were enhanced to present the most
relevant documents at the top of the results display.
