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My Marked Records (eShelf)

To access, click My Stuff in the menu and then My Marked Records .

SuperSearch allows authenticated users to keep selected records in their personal My Marked Records area (eShelf) for future use.

Records are added to the basket, which is the default My Marked Records (eShelf) folder, by clicking the add-to-basket Add/Mark symbol function in a results list. You can also create new folders, name them and move records into them from your basket or from another folder.

My Marked Records (eShelf) records can be displayed in three views: Table View , Brief View and Full View .

The My Marked Records (eShelf) display has two views - simple (one pane) or advanced (two panes).

To switch from one view to the other, click "advanced" to go to the advanced double pane view, and click "simple" to return to the simple single pane view.

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My Marked Records (eShelf) Folder Table View

Table View displays the records in a table, one row for each record. Table View provides the following options:

Use the following options as required:

Note: In order to move records from one folder to another you need to copy them from the first folder to the basket and then copy them from the basket to the second folder.

My Marked Records (eShelf) Folder Brief View

Brief View provides citation information, in addition to the information provided in the Table View . Brief View provides the following options:

Use the following options as required:

Note: In order to move records from one folder to another you need to copy them from the first folder to the basket and then copy them from the basket to the second folder.

My Marked Records (eShelf) Folder Full View

Full View provides the all the record's information. It shows a page for each record.

Note: In order to move records from one folder to another you need to copy them from the first folder to the basket and then copy them from the basket to the second folder.

The Basket and Other My Marked Records (eShelf) Folders

The basket is a My Marked Records (eShelf) folder. You can use it as your only folder, or you may create other folders in your My Marked Records (eShelf), assign them names, and copy records from your basket to those folders.

The add-to-basket function Add/Mark symbol appears per record in the various result lists. The basket is retained from session to session for authenticated users, but if you choose to work as a guest your basket is deleted when the session ends.

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To save the basket as a new folder:

There are two ways to create a new folder:

To save the basket as a new folder, click Save As symbol and enter a name for the new folder.

To create a new folder, click Create new folder/set symbol and enter a folder name.

To copy records from the basket to another folder:

  1. Make sure to have a folder name in the Select folder field at the top of the My Marked Records (eShelf) window (either select a folder or create a new one by clicking Create new folder/set symbol).
  2. Click the split icon Split screen symbol to split the window. The basket appears on the right and the folder that you created or selected appears on the left. Note that you can create a new folder (using Create new folder/set symbol) now, if you have not done so earlier.
  3. Select records in the basket to be copied by clicking on the checkbox to the left of each record or on the check box at the top of the list to select the entire list.

Use the arrow to move the selected records from the basket to the selected folder. Note that you can move records from any folder to the basket by clicking the Go/Perform action symbol arrow. Use this option if you wish to move records from one folder to another: first move the records to the basket, then select another folder and move them from the basket to the other folder.

My Databases

To access, click My Stuff in the menu and then My Databases .
SuperSearch allows authenticated users to create lists of selected databases, assign them a name, and use them in Resource Sets and MetaSearch .

Find Database enables you to locate a specific database from those made available by the institution. You can add databases to a database clipboard by clicking Add/Mark symbol in the Find Database results list. Once you click the Add/Mark symbol, it changes to . You can also add databases from the MetaSearch database list in the same way.
In My Databases you can now copy these databases from the database clipboard to one or more database lists which can later be selected during a search.

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To save the database clipboard as a database set:

There are two ways to create a new database set:

To save the database clipboard as a new folder, click Save As symbol and enter a name for the new database set.

To create a new database set, click Create new folder/set symbol and enter a database set name.

To copy databases from the database clipboard to a database set:

  1. In My Databases, click Create new folder/set symbol to create a new empty databaseset or select an existing database set in the Select set field at the top of the My Databases window. The database clipboard appears on the right and the set that you created or selected appears on the left.
  2. You can now copy records from the database clipboard into this database set, by clicking Copy database to set symbol.

Use the following options as required:

Note: to copy databases from one database set to another you can copy them from the first database set to the database clipboard and from there to the second database set.

My e-Journals

My e-Journals enables you to browse your personal e-journal list and access individual e-journals or obtain SFX services for them.

E e-journals are added to My e-Journals by clicking Add/Mark symbol in the Find e-Journal list.

My e-Journals can be displayed in two views: Table View and Brief View . You can toggle between the different views.

Note : If you have authenticated yourself, you can set your preferred view as part of your preferences .

My e-Journals - Table View

Table View displays the e-journals in a table, one row for each e-journal. Table View provides the following options:

My e-Journals - Brief View

Brief View provides availability information, in addition to the information provided in the Table View . Brief View provides the following options:

My Searches and Alerts (aka History)

To access, click My Stuff in the menu and then My Searches and Alerts .

My Searches and Alerts, aka History, enables you to store a search that you have executed previously, in order to run it in the future. You can also schedule the search to run automatically, at an interval of your choice, by defining it as an Alert. An Alert notifies you by email when new records that match the search criteria are added to the specified databases. The email notification includes a link allowing you to rerun the search and see the new records.

SuperSearch stores all the searches from the current session in Previous Searches . However, these searches are not saved at the end of a session. In Previous Searches you can click on Add/Mark symbol to store a query in My Searches and Alerts to save it across sessions.

You can perform the following operations in this window:

Adding an Alert

A number of fields must be filled in on the Alerts form. Mandatory fields are indicated with an asterisk.

  1. Assign a title to help identify the Alert.
  2. Enter an e-mail address to which a notification should be sent. Your e-mail address, as known to the system, is displayed by default. Indicate whether you wish to receive notification each time the Alert is run, even if no new items were found (Yes or No).
  3. Indicate how often the Alert should run.
  4. Lastly, select the databases in which to run the Alert.
  5. Click Submit .

Preferences

To access, click My Stuff in the menu and then Preferences .

Preferences enable you to personalize your SuperSearch environment.

You have the option to make the following selections and click Apply . Otherwise, SuperSearch will operate according to its default settings.

Display of : Enables you to select the default view of the Database List, the e-Journal List and the search results lists.

No. of results per page : Enables you to determine the number of search results that are displayed in each page.