EBSCO Discovery Service has no bias toward content from any provider. Search results are prioritized by:
- Match on subject headings from controlled vocabularies
- Match on article titles
- Match on author keywords
- Match on keywords within abstracts
- Match on keywords within full text
How EDS Ranks Value
- Recency/currency — Recently published content is scored higher
- Document type — For example, articles are considered more valuable than book reviews
- Document length — Documents of a more substantial length are more valuable
A Search Experience That Users Expect
EBSCO Discovery Service anticipates user intent, providing relevant results when a user searches for a publication name, database name, popular topic or library hours.
EDS search is further enhanced through autocomplete, autocorrect and superior support for all major languages.
