Find What Matters, Faster
Dynamic Discovery transforms how researchers connect with scholarly content on the Silverchair Platform. It delivers more relevant results more quickly while strengthening publishers’ brands and showcasing the full value of their collections. Built on advanced RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) technology, Dynamic Discovery understands researchers’ questions in context. Instead of relying on perfect keywords, users can ask questions naturally and receive the most relevant articles, books, and conference papers with clear explanations of why each source was selected.
Publisher Benefits
- Drives Platform Traffic: All full-text access happens on your platform, reinforcing your brand and increasing usage metrics
- Preserves Access Control: Respects your subscription boundaries while creating new purchase opportunities
- Reveals Collection Value: Surfaces relevant content that might otherwise be overlooked in traditional searches
- Cross-Collection Discovery: Enables connections across journal, book, and proceedings content
- Usage Intelligence: Provides insights into researcher interests and content utilization patterns
Researcher Benefits
- Intuitive Discovery: Find relevant sources without complex Boolean searches or specialized vocabulary
- Time Efficiency: Quickly identify the most relevant sources from large collections
- Transparent Relevance: Clear explanation of why each source was selected
- Contextual Understanding: The system understands research questions in context
- Seamless Access: Direct pathway to full text for entitled users
Use Cases
- Enables discovery across journal portfolios spanning multiple subject areas
- Surfaces relevant older content that might otherwise be overlooked
- Creates connections between related research across different journals
- Drives authenticated users directly to the version of record
- Enhances discovery of book chapters and conference proceedings alongside journal content
- Improves discoverability of highly specific content within longer works
- Strengthens member value through improved content discovery
Seamless Platform Integration
Dynamic Discovery is designed to work as a complementary tool alongside your main Silverchair-hosted platform:
- The widget appears prominently on your Silverchair platform
- Available to authenticated users based on your access rules
- Consistent branding with your main platform
- One-click access to the discovery experience
- Seamless return to main platform after discovery
``Dynamic Discovery represents a fundamental shift in how researchers engage with scholarly content. By leveraging AI-powered discovery while ensuring all access occurs directly on publishers' platforms, we're simultaneously enhancing the researcher experience and strengthening the value proposition of our publishing partners' content collections. This solution reflects Silverchair's ongoing commitment to developing technology that both advances scholarship and supports the business objectives of our client community.`` —Will Schweitzer, Silverchair CEO