OPPIE search and discover tool debuts

You can now can search for journal articles and other documents faster and more efficiently with a new search and discovery tool the Research Library has released May 6, 2008.

Called OPPIE, it will replace SearchPlus as the Research Library's primary search tool in the coming months. It is being released as a "perpetual beta," which means additional functionality and new services will be added every two to three months.

The initial functionality includes:

· Basic, fielded, and cited searching
· Full record display
· Facets, which allows you to narrow your search by date, document type, and database
· Times cited counts
· Ability to limit search to LANL authors only
· Record marking across searches
· Permalinks
· LinkSeeker links to full text articles and related information.

Features to be added in the near future include:

· Search history
· User accounts and preferences
· Results sorting
· Alerts
· De-duplication, which eliminates redundancy
· Browse
· Tagging/ social features
· Additional output options.

"I am excited about releasing OPPIE, because it is an implementation of theoretical ideas that have been proposed by leaders in information science," said Research Library Director Miriam Blake. "OPPIE is faster, has a better design, and is less expensive than SearchPlus, so it is a major achievement for the library."

Try OPPIE today at http://oppie.lanl.gov .