Using Library Search

1. To find a journal article, you will type the word/s you want to use into the Library Search bar.
2. From here you will go to the filters found on the right-hand side of the results under ‘Refine your results’.
3. Go to the ‘Content Types’ filter.
4. Click ‘Show More’ and select the word ‘Articles’.

Now all the results that appear will be journal articles that contain that word or words.

From here, if you want to see peer-reviewed journal articles, you will click ‘Peer-reviewed Journals’ under the ‘Show Only’ filters. This will filter the results so only peer-reviewed journal articles are shown.

1. To find an ebook, type the word/s you want to use into the Library Search bar.
2. From here, you will go to the filters found on the right-hand side of the results under ‘Refine your results’.
3. Go to the ‘Content Types’ filter.
4. Click ‘Show More’ and select the word ‘Books’.

Now all the results that appear will be books that contain that word or words. 

From here, to ensure all books are electronic, you will select the ‘Full Text Online’ filter under the ‘Show Only’ filters. This will filter your results so only ebooks appear in the results.

1. To find a specific resource type such as videos or newspapers, you will type in the word or words that you want to use the Library Search bar.
2. From here you will go to the filters found on the right-hand side of the results under ‘Refine your results’.
3. Go to the ‘Content Types’ filter and click ‘Show More’ to bring up all the content types. 
4. Select the content type you want. For example, if you want videos, you will select videos.

Once you have done that, all your results that appear will be of that content type only.

If you have done a search and would like to limit your search so only online resources appear, you will:

1. Go to the filters found on the right-hand side of the library search results under ‘Refine your results’.
2. After that, click the ‘Full Text Online’ filter under the ‘Show Only’ filters.

Now all your results that appear will be online resources.

Once you have finished searching, if you would like to save that search so you can run it again later, you will:

1. Make sure you are logged in.
2. Click the ‘Save query’ option that is beneath the Library Search bar and above the results. Now your search should be saved to your ‘Saved Searches’.

To access your saved searches you will:

1. Go to the pin icon that appears in the top-right corner of the Library Search page.
2. Click on the pin icon. This should take you into your ‘Saved Items’.
3. From here, click ‘Saved Searches’ to see the searches you saved.

If you would like to run that particular search, you will click on the search itself (e.g. if you searched ‘flowers AND grass’, you will click on that).  

That particular search should now appear in the Library Search bar and bring up the results. 

1. Firstly, make sure you are logged in.
2. Then, go to your full name. This should appear in the top-right corner of the Library Search page.
3. Click on your full name and select ‘My Library Card’.  

Now you can view your Library Card and see what loans, requests, fines + fees, and blocks + messages you have.