The new version, apart from the Guided, Advanced, Author and Thesaurus search interfaces, introduces a number of features to help users of product related information: Customisable Homepages; Variable user rights; Current awareness; Multiple indexes per article; Links to full-article versions, according to subscriptions, and to various Related Resources that cite the literature
Other new features include: Study-specific indexing; Ability to effortlessly download a Related Resource, its relevant bibliographic records and all associated full-articles and other PDFs; Complete intra-operability with Pi2’s pipeline of downstream workflow tools; A new ‘Copy link’ feature which enables pinpoint linking into a client’s PLD from other client systems and documents; Enhanced custom thesaurus handling capabilities; and High performance and scalability to greater than1 million records.
Pi2 Solutions said that the launch of the Pi2 2010 PLD version to current clients will be completed in Q2 and new clients will automatically get the upgraded system. Demonstrations to prospective clients will feature the new system together with compatible Pi2 pipeline applications to assist users in their day to day workflow.