Rapid Access Search™

The larger the library, the more important a fast, effective search function becomes. getAbstract's state-of-the-art Rapid Access™ search enables everyone in your organization to locate relevant knowledge in getAbstract's 5,000+ summaries with as little as two clicks. Truly information at your fingertips!

Rapid Access™ begins with a zero-time connection to getAbstract. A dedicated URL for your company provides a direct, instant link to the library. No separate, hidden silos of knowledge.

Because getAbstract has the world's largest summary library, you are likely to find an array of titles relevant to your interests. Alternative offerings from more limited libraries can often serve up just one or two books – or sometimes none – hardly enough to satisfy your learning goals. Moreover, getAbstract uses a relevancy search to present you with the most pertinent book summaries first.

Rapid Access™ employs advanced Web 2.0 mechanisms to speed up your expert-knowledge exploration. When you hover over a book cover, dynamic book previews appear giving you at-a-glance information about the book's relevance. So, without leaving the Web page, you can discover which book summaries best meet your learning goals.

Rather than employing a static category tree which groups books in broad, one-level buckets, getAbstract employs Web 2.0 dynamic cascading menus so you can explore the library quicker with greater precision.

All these capabilities give your people the information they need in the most time-saving and hassle-free way. This is one reason why getAbstract customers report much higher usage than with competitors' offerings.

Rapid Access Search in Action

Let's say you are responsible for logistics at your company and want to read up on supply chains. With getAbstract's Rapid Access Search, you instantly see summaries sorted by relevance. So on the very first page, you will find several summaries that meet your needs (on right).

Moreover, you can use the getAbstract book ratings to guide you, as well as the "bestseller" label to indicate which books are most popular.

Finally, to get to the next level of detail, you simply hover over the book to get an instant pop-up description, without leaving the Web page you are on.

Now, imagine you are the CLO, and the CEO wants you to provide him or her with the latest information on supply chains. You can offer strong, relevant recommendations in a matter of minutes, demonstrating a responsiveness not possible with other systems.

Other limited libraries with only hundreds of book summaries present two problems when searching for relevant knowledge. Either they don't find any summaries at all, or they offer lists of books that have very little relevance.

After a couple of such experiences, users quickly decide to look elsewhere for the knowledge they need to do their jobs.