Five Ways Ei Products support you
Ei products beyond the capabilities offered by less sophisticated sources by putting smart search technologies and reliable content at engineers’ disposal. Search results are presented in a way that speeds up the reviewing process and helps engineers make intelligent choices.
1. Search
Ei products provide the tools to powerfully search across trustworthy and comprehensive data sets. Because the Ei web platforms offer search across structured data, engineers can search for topics or concepts, authors, companies, affiliations and more. Database records are categorized and enhanced with additional information, which makes it easier and more consistent for engineers to find the information they are looking for. They can be confident in the results they find.
2. Guide
Traditional search engines help you find what you know you’re looking for, but they are not the best tools to help you explore the available information. Engineering Village, for example, offers faceted search results, to display contextual information about search results. Key concepts and counts of the occurrence of the search term in the results set are displayed, giving engineers much more depth of content in at-a-glance overviews. Engineers will not only see how to intelligently refine their searches, they’ll instantly identify related topics and potential areas of inquiry. They can find valuable information they may not have known they were looking for.
3. Analyze
Ei web platforms present counts and summaries of results to help engineers make sense of data. They can determine the leading topics that are published about a certain technology, see where in the world activity is highest, track changes over time and monitor the activity of competitors. With a deeper understanding of the technological landscape, they can make better decisions on which solutions to pursue and actions to take.
4. Alert
There will always be topics that engineers need to track in the latest publications and patents. Ei products provide users with alerts on everything from the broadest to the most specific search. Alerts are delivered the way engineers choose to receive them: via email or - on Engineering Village - via Really Simple Syndication (RSS). RSS results are an excellent option for users who wish to share results among a group, re-publish to an intranet page, or who simply don’t want to clog their email boxes. Either way, the most current results are delivered directly to the desktop.
5. Link
Once engineers have identified documents you need, they’ll want to get hold of them. Ei web platforms have extensive options for users to link to full-text documents on the web. The platforms can also integrate with document delivery suppliers and local holdings, to ensure that engineers acquire the documents they need.