Explore what’s new in study and acquire this summer

On 31 July, our summer release went live. It brings transformative smart study features previously exclusive to study+ over to the Kortext study platform and provides key enhancements to our acquire platform. 

Kortext study 

We’ve expanded our offering to students by moving two of the features previously only available to study+ users over to our free-to-use study platform. 

These features include: 

• Workbooks
  All users can now create, organise, and share notes outside of the eReader within the ‘Workbooks’ section of their library.
  No more flipping through different notebooks or leafing through piles of paper to find what you need. It is now easier than ever to store your notes, highlights and web links in one handy digital space. 

• Videos
  Within its home in the Collections tab of the bookshelf, the Kortext video collection is updated daily and provides educational and current affairs content. 
  Use the search bar to look for a topic of interest and filter results by publication date and subject to find the content you need. Perfect for visual learners and for those who benefit from using multiple formats for their learning materials. 

Kortext acquire 

Our updates to acquire this summer refine and streamline the user experience so librarians can search for, locate and compare pricing with more efficiency when creating order baskets. 

Updates include: 

• Enhanced pricing visibility with three-point pricing
  In response to customer feedback, title pricing now displays the digital list price (DLP), the applied discount and the final price all in the same window throughout acquire. 
  This update ensures improved price comparison for users, with a more accurate and refined depiction of discounts across the platform.

• Filter search by price range
  In the top right of the ‘Search Kortext’ tab, along from the search bar, use the new ‘Price range’ filter to select upper and lower price boundaries using the purple slider. Once selected, search results will only show titles within the boundaries set.

• Filter search by format
  Within the Kortext eReader, display options and customisable settings vary between EPUB and PDF titles. If your institution favours a specific format for their digital titles, speed up the order process by refining your search results by format to easily locate the content required.  

• Table of contents now shown in the book details
  Ensure the book contains exactly the content you need for your students and faculty by previewing the table of contents within the book details page on acquire. These details are pulled directly from metadata provided by the publisher so you can see an overview of the title before you add to your order basket.

We’re proud to work with institutions to continue to unlock ways that we can improve our platforms to drive student engagement and streamline content acquisition. 

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