Guide to using Library Search

Library Search can:

• save items into your Favourites
• save your search (including active filters) to allow you to quickly run it again
• send notifications when new results become available for your saved searches.

Your saved items, searches and search history are associated with your logged in username, which may change based on your membership type. If your membership type is changing, copy the search details to re-create the saved search.

When you are logged in, you can save an individual item by clicking on the Save item to Favourites icon on the item in the results list or on the top right corner of the full item page.

You can select and save multiple items to your Favourites from the results list.

1. Log in, then: 
   • select checkboxes beside each item
   • select the checkbox at the top of the results list to select all results shown on the page
   • select the checkbox at the top of the results list and then select to Choose Top 50 (this appears only on the first page).
2. Click on the Save item to Favourites button (the pin icon) at the top of the results list.
3. A Save to favourites popup box will appear, use any existing label or create a new label.

To view your saved items:

1. Go to the top of the Library Search results page.
2. Click Go to Favourites (pin icon), or
3. Click your name and choose Favourites from the menu.

You can search through your saved items by exact title, author, and existing labels. Add new labels to saved items:

• Single items: click the Add Labels button on the item.
• Multiple items: click the numbered checkbox beside items. Then click the pencil icon.
• All items: click the checkbox at the top of the list. Then click the pencil icon.

You can then select from existing labels, create new labels, or remove already assigned labels.

Save a search to run it repeatedly from Favourites within Library Search, and also set an email alert.

1. Log in to the Library from the Library home page, or within Library Search.
2. Do your search and apply filters.
3. Click Save search or create alert.

4. A blue notification banner will appear at the top of the screen for a short time. Click Turn on alert for this saved search.

5. An Alert settings popup will appear, with your account email prefilled.
6. You can add an optional Email alert name (255 character limit). This will appear in your Favourites > Saved searches, and will also be used as the subject line on Saved search alert email notices.
7. Save to confirm.

You can also set the alert later via Favourites > Saved searches, or if the banner display disappears before you click on it.

Emails alerts are sent weekly (around 8am on the same day of the week the alert was created), when you have chosen to activate alerts from a Saved search. The new results may include newly published items or older items that have been recently added to Library Search.

Access your previously saved searches and set an alert

1. Log in to the Library.
2. Go to your Favourites (pin icon) or click on your name at the top right.
3. Choose Favourites from the menu.
4. Select the Saved searches tab. The saved search shows the various filters that were used.
5. Click on the title of the Saved search to run it again.
6. Click on the alert icon to turn alerts on. A notification banner will popup confirming the action. You can click on Change alert settings in the banner, to adjust the prefilled email and set an optional email alert name.

Change the email alert name

1. Click the alert icon to turn off the alert and then click it again to turn it back on. This activates the notification banner.
2. Click Change alert settings in the banner to edit the email alert name. This may reset the day of the week in which you receive the weekly alert email.

Turn off an alert

1. Click the alert icon to turn off an alert, or
2. Click the pin icon to delete the Saved search.

Note that a deleted Saved search cannot be restored, but can be recreated using the steps above to Save a search and set an alert.

Another method for saving a search is by QR code, which you can also share with others.

1. After doing your search, click on the QR code icon (top right).
2. A popup will appear with a Copy link option or you can scan the QR code with your device.
3. If choosing to Copy link, the display will show that the link was copied successfully.
4. Click Close to remove the popup.

When not logged in, searches in your current browser session are saved temporarily in Favourites Search history for that session.

When logged in, your latest 100 searches are saved automatically in your Favourites Search History and are used for Previous search suggestions.

You can choose to prevent your searches being saved or being used for search suggestions. These disabling options are available in your Library account, in the Details and settings section:

• Allow my search history to be saved (last 100 searches)
• Allow my saved search history to be used for search suggestions

You can also choose to delete searches saved previously at any time. This can be done in your Favourites Search history by specific searches, or for all of them at once, by selecting the top checkbox to mark all searches and then the bin icon to delete.