Encore

Encore is a new front end for our catalog. The Web 2.0 features include thumb prints of the book covers, tagging, did you mean, etc. The front end offers a single search box. For more advanced searching at the beginning you need to go to Voyager. You are directed to Voyager for up-to-date holdings information, place holds or use your account. Encore is a decent discovery tool. Also, since it more closely resembles what web users see on at bookstore websites, a good way to introduce our catalog to first time users. However, I think experienced Infokat users may get easy frustrated since the discovery tool does not always handle known items particular serials well.