LIVIVO: Das neue ZB MED-Suchportal Lebenswissenschaften

LIVIVO is the new interdisciplinary search portal for life sciences, developed by ZB MED – Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences. LIVIVO contains 45 quality proved data bases in the subject areas of medicine, health, and nutritional, environmental and agricultural sciences. Open access publications are as well integrated as research data. The intelligent search technology uses specialist ontologies from the life sciences for an easier research. Its user-friendly interface design is based on usability studies and user surveys. The article describes the development of new the search portal, shows some of its features and offers a glimpse into the future of LIVIVO