6 October – IEEE recently released several features to its IEEE Xplore® digital library, which powers IEEE online subscriptions for organizations and individuals. Features available through IEEE Xplore 2.5.3 include full-text PDF stamping, full-text PDF banner and integration of medical subject heading (MeSH) terms, all commonly requested by IEEE Xplore customers.

Both the PDF stamping and PDF banner make the source of the article more prominent to users. Full-text PDF stamping will produce a stamp on each downloaded PDF containing the date, time and institution name, while full-text PDF banner will produce a Web banner at the top of the PDF including the institution name, enabling users to link back to the IEEE Xplore homepage.

Additionally, the new integration of MeSH Terms from Medline—the article index terms created by the National Library of Medicine—will make IEEE biomedical information easier to find for searchers