IHS Standards Expert: Searching and Monitoring - Easier than Ever
In the new IHS Standards Expert, searching and navigation is extremely intuitive. Search results are more precise than ever and are displayed in a way that helps you immediately discern the most relevant standards from the list.
As you view results, with a single button you can save a document to your "Favorites" folder for easy future access – and easy marking as a standard you want to 'watch' or monitor for updates. You can even save your searches, and set your preferences for default search filters and language.
Once you've found your standard, the version and details you want unfold before you. Historical results are filtered cleanly so you can see the most recent versions quickly – compare that to a generic search engine listing, which leaves you to sort through dozens of standards to find the right one.
Nomenclature is improved; it's easy for you to see what choices you have to dig into a standard further. References to other standards appear automatically in alongside the text of the one you're studying. Full-text searching is also easier and more integrated.
Setting alerts is easier and more flexible than ever. You can indicate who should be alerted for each individual standard on your watch lists.
Expert searching
- Easy, check-box options for the most common search filters: Active Status, My Subscription, Most Recent Revision and My Favorites
- Advanced search filters with one-click access and explanations of what the filter does.
- Set default search filters
Managing favorites
- Add an item to your Favorites list with one click
- Remove an item with one click
- Receive e-mail alerts when items on your Favorites list are revised
- Add personal notes to a favorite document – examples: specific pages you use in the standard, where hardcopy is located in the library, project/product the standard is used on
Alerts and watch lists
- Create Watch Lists to track documents associated with a particular project or compliance program.
- Add items to your Watch List easily
- Get alerts on selected, or all, items on a Watch List
- See all your Alerts in one place, under the Alert tab
- Define the time period you want alerts to cover, i.e. 30 days, 60 days, etc.
Personalization
- Automatic display of a personal dashboard showing a list and status of your Favorites, Saved Searches, Custom Lists and Alerts.
- "Recently Viewed Documents" is shown automatically
- Personal settings to match the way you work, including number of Results per page, number of documents to save in "Recently Viewed"
- Set DOD/ANSI display
For more on IHS Standards Expert advantages for you, choose a job role:
Standards-evaluating engineer
Design engineer
Compliance engineer
Safety engineer
Materials engineer
Standards developer
Source management
Standards manager
Librarian
View-for-use roles
Manufacturing engineer
Quality control
Quality assurance
Operations Management
MRO manager
Engineering manager
IT manager
Executive Management