EBSCO had announced upgrades to their EBSCOhost interface, including the addition of RSS feeds for search alerts and persistant links to statistical reports.
Enhanced EBSCOadmin Password Security:
In keeping with our goal to protect your account information from unauthorized use, we will institute the use of Strong passwords for accessing EBSCOadmin. Strong passwords will expire one year from the date on which they are created. The number of days remaining for each EBSCOadmin Strong password you create under EBSCOadmin Security will be shown beside it, in the Password expires in "X" days column.
An EBSCOadmin Strong password is defined as one which:
contains a minimum of six characters
contains both upper and lower case letters
contains at least one numeral, from 0-9, or at least one symbol from the following: ! $ % ^ * ( ) _ + = ? | ] [ { }.
Once this enhancement is implemented, any new administrators you create under EBSCOadmin Security will be assigned a temporary (effective for fifteen days) password, which will be sent to them via email. The message will include a link to EBSCOadmin, where the user will be able to create their own new, Strong password. Guidelines on what constitutes a Strong password will be included in the password setup screen.
I forgot my password:
This feature will allow EBSCOadmin users to automatically retrieve forgotten passwords without having to contact EBSCO's Technical Support staff, using the "secret question" option in the Change Password setup screen. We highly recommend that all EBSCOadmin users who want to take advantage of the Forgot my Password feature go to the Change Password section in EBSCOadmin and fill in the appropriate information. Users who do not complete this section will not be able to take advantage of the feature and thus will be pointed to EBSCO's Technical Support department if they click on the Forgot my Password link.
For detailed instructions on how to enable this feature, please see this FAQ: http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=2824. >
Persistent Link to Statistical Reports:
As we move toward the latest in RSS feed technology, usage reports scheduled in EBSCOadmin for automatic delivery to specified email addresses will include a persistent link to the HTML view of the report, in addition to the current HTML attachment now offered.
Visit EBSCO's Support site often as your resource for User Guides and Help Sheets, Macromedia Flash tutorials, Top Stories and FAQs: http://support.ebsco.com. If you need assistance at any time, please communicate with our Technical Support staff by clicking on the Email Support link (http://supportforms.epnet.com/CustSupport/Customer/email_support.aspx) along the top toolbar.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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