My Stuff Help
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
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).
- The simple (single) pane view enables you to see the list of records in the selected folder.
- The advanced (double) pane view enables you to move records from the basket to other folders and vice versa.
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:
- Select a folder in the Select folder field to view the contents of another folder.
- Click the Title to see the record's Full View.
- Click the database name to go to the database's Web site. If possible, the same record is displayed in the database's native interface.
- Click
, to use Source It / SFX which provides access to a range of relevant electronic resources, such as the full text of articles or holdings information in your library's OPAC.
- Click
(delete) to remove this record from your basket or the selected folder.
- Select the checkbox of a record or select all the records by clicking the check box in the top left corner. You can then perform group functions on the selected records by clicking Selected on the tool bar.
Use the following options as required:
- Click
to create a new empty folder
- Click
to rename a folder.
- Click
to save the folder under a new name.
- Click
to erase all the content of the folder.
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:
- Select a folder in the Select folder field to view the contents of another folder.
- Click a Title to see the Full View of the record.
- Click the database name to go to the database's Web site. If possible, the same record is displayed in the database's native interface.
- Click
, to use SFX which provides access to a range of relevant electronic resources, such as the full text of articles or holdings information in your library's OPAC.
- Click
to remove this record from your basket or the selected folder.
- Select the checkbox of a record or select all the records by clicking the check box in the top left corner. You can then perform group functions on the selected records by clicking the Selected option on the tool bar.
Use the following options as required:
- Click
to create a new empty folder
- Click
to rename a folder.
- Click
to save the folder under a new name.
- Click
to erase all the content of the folder.
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.
- Select a folder in the Select folder field to view the contents of another folder.
- Click
, to use Source It / SFX which provides access to a range of relevant electronic resources, such as the full text of articles or holdings information in your library's OPAC.
- Click
, to save the results to a file on your PC. A record format window is displayed from which you can select the format of the file to be saved. The options are as follows:
- Standard: Saves the file as a standard text file in a format similar to that displayed on the screen.
- MARC1 format: Saves the file with MARC21 cataloging tags.
- Citation manager: Saves the file in the format of the ISI Citation Manager that is installed on your computer: EndNote, ProCite or ReferenceManager.
- Click
, to email the record.
- Click
, to see the full text without going through the SFX menu. This option only appears when the article's full text is available.
- Click
to remove this record from your basket or the selected folder.
- Click
to create a new empty folder
- Click
to rename a folder.
- Click
to save the folder under a new name.
- Click
`to erase all the content of the folder.
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
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:
- You can define the entire basket as a new folder
- Or you can create a new folder and copy selected records from the basket to this folder
To save the basket as a new folder, click
and enter a name for the new folder.
To create a new folder, click
and enter a folder name.
To copy records from the basket to another folder:
- 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
).
- Click the split icon
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
) now, if you have not done so earlier.
- 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
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
in the Find Database results list. Once you click the
, 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:
- You can define the entire database clipboard as a new database set
- Or you can create a new database set and copy selected databases from the database clipboard to this set
To save the database clipboard as a new folder, click
and enter a name for the new database set.
To create a new database set, click
and enter a database set name.
To copy databases from the database clipboard to a database set:
- In My Databases, click
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.
- You can now copy records from the database clipboard into this database set, by clicking
.
Use the following options as required:
- Click
to rename a database set.
- Click
to save the database clipboard or database set. You can assign it a new name.
- Click
to remove this database from the database clipboard or database set.
- Click
to erase all the content of the database clipboard or database set.
- Click
to copy a database from a database set to the database clipboard.
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
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:
- Click the e-journal name to go to the e-journal's Web site.
- To display more information about the e-journal, click
.
- Click
to remove this e-journal from My e-Journals.
- Click
, to use Source It / SFX which provides access to a range of relevant electronic resources, such as the e-journal's Web site or holdings information in your library's OPAC.
- Click
to erase the content of My Journals.
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:
- Click the e-journal name to go to the e-journal's Web site.
- To display more information about the e-journal, click
.
- Click
to remove this e-journal from My e-Journals.
- Click
, to use Source It / SFX which provides access to a range of relevant electronic resources, such as the e-journal's Web site or holdings information in your library's OPAC.
- Click
to erase the content of My Journals.
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
to store a query in My Searches and Alerts to save it across sessions.
You can perform the following operations in this window:
- Click "query" to run the search again and see the latest search results. The results that are displayed when you run it again are retrieved afresh from the databases, and are therefore the most up-to-date.
- Click in the Databases column to see the list of databases that are searched.
- Click
to define this search as an Alert . If the query has already been defined as an Alert, the
icon is replaced by
.
- Click
to edit the Alert.
- Click
to remove this search from History.
- Click
to empty your History.
Adding an Alert
A number of fields must be filled in on the Alerts form. Mandatory fields are indicated with an asterisk.
- Assign a title to help identify the Alert.
- 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).
- Indicate how often the Alert should run.
- Lastly, select the databases in which to run the Alert.
- 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.