| VuFind |
Classic / WebVoyage |
| VuFind is well suited for "discovery" & narrowing large search sets. |
WebVoyage is better suited for known-item searching. |
| VuFind has a more modern look-and-feel. |
WebVoyage allows more sophisticated, library-savvy searching. |
| VuFind makes titles searchable if they were in the catalog as of 6:45PM yesterday. The very newest records cannot be searched in VuFind. |
WebVoyage makes titles searchable as soon as the library adds them to the catalog. The very newest records can only be searched in WebVoyage. |
In VuFind, the user may select the specific copy to request or use the "request first available" feature.
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In WebVoyage, the user selects the title to request, then the system selects an available copy at random. |
VuFind is more compliant with accessibility standards than classic WebVoyage. Users who rely on screen readers and other adaptive technologies will have an easier time with VuFind than with classic WebVoyage.
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"Classic" WebVoyage (version 6) is less compliant with accessibility standards than VuFind; "tomcat" WebVoyage (version 7) is more compliant with accessibility standards than version 6. |
| VuFind links to Google Book Search for "previews" of books' content. |
WebVoyage does not link to Google Book Search. |
| VuFind displays the user’s library’s SFX button (which might say "Find it," "Get it," "More," etc.) for any title where electronic full text would be available to the user, even if the title is in another library's catalog. |
WebVoyage displays the SFX button in individual libraries' catalogs only. The SFX button that displays is for the title's owning library, irrespective of the user's affiliation.
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