South Dakota Library Network MetaLib User Interface South Dakota Library Network 1200 University, Unit 9672 Spearfish, SD 57799 www.sdln.net

© South Dakota Library Network, 2012 ©Ex Libris (USA), 2011 Modified for SDLN Version 4.x

MetaLib User Interface Using MetaLib MetaLib may be used at two different levels: guest users and logged on users. Guest users have limited access to the databases as well as minimal personalization privileges. Services not available to guest users either do not appear as options on the screen, or appear with a locked icon At any time during a session if the user logs on, all current work is retained and can then be saved.

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MetaLib User Interface To access MetaLib MetaLib may be accessed via the SDLN web site: www.sdln.net

Click Search Databases 3

MetaLib User Interface To access MetaLib Type your search terms in the box and click Go: 4

MetaLib User Interface To access MetaLib At this screen, if you are outside the library, you must login by clicking the padlock 5

MetaLib User Interface To access MetaLib Enter your library card barcode, password, select home library from the dropdown list, click Login: 6

MetaLib User Interface Quick Search Once logged in, you will see the Quick Search page 7

MetaLib User Interface Quick Sets Clicking a Quick Set name opens a window displaying the resources in the set, a short description of the Quick Set, and the number of databases included. Each resource name is hyperlinked to its native Web interface. In addition, clicking the INFO button next to a resource displays a description of the resource.

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MetaLib User Interface Select Quick Set The search defaults to using the Newspaper quick set, select the set you want to search 9

MetaLib User Interface Click Go to search After selecting the General Quick Set, click Go to search 10

MetaLib User Interface Quick Search Summary The Quick Search Summary page appears during the execution of a Quick Search and updates the user with the ongoing status of the search 11

MetaLib User Interface Results list – Table View Records are presented in a tabular format, including ranking Relevance, Author, Title, Year, and Database Name. 12

MetaLib User Interface Results list – Brief View Record fields are displayed in citation format 13

MetaLib User Interface Results list – Full view A single full record displays on the page 14

MetaLib User Interface Icons in Full view Add to Basket Allows you to add the document to your own basket Save Record Allows you to save the document on your computer Send To Allows you to email the document View Original Format Provides the original machine readable record for the document 15

MetaLib User Interface Extending the retrieved result set MetaLib retrieves the first 30 records from each database. If you wish to extend this initial set, click “retrieve more” on the tool bar. The system fetches another bulk of records, resorts the extended sets, and displays them on the screen.

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MetaLib User Interface Extended result set Additional items retrieved will have a new icon 17

MetaLib User Interface Topics and Facets Also, in Table and Brief view, you will see Topics and Facets, including: • Topics • Authors • Journal Titles • Databases • Subjects You can narrow your search using these links.

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MetaLib User Interface Save Documents Select documents you would like to save, then click the 19

MetaLib User Interface Retrieve saved documents Click My Space 20

MetaLib User Interface My Space / e-Shelf 21

MetaLib User Interface Find Database – by Title Another way to search is to Find Database: 22

MetaLib User Interface Find Database – by Title Type a search term in the search box and click Go 23

MetaLib User Interface Find Database – by Title You retrieve databases containing your search term: 24

MetaLib User Interface Save Databases To save databases, click on the 25

MetaLib User Interface Search Native Interface By clicking on the link for Regional Business News, the single database opens: You can then search the native interface 26

MetaLib User Interface Find Database – using Locate The Locate function allows the user to search for databases by specifying values for title, vendor, or any word. Category and file type options also exist.

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MetaLib User Interface Find Database by Category You can also choose databases by category, Select a category and click GO 28

MetaLib User Interface Find e-Journal You can also search for individual journal titles. Selecting find e-journal takes the user to the SFX A-Z list. Searches can be performed for all e-journals within the statewide databases.

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MetaLib User Interface MetaSearch MetaSearch allows the user to select databases they wish to search.

MetaSearch provides options to search Quick Sets, My Databases (if you have saved databases), Categories or Locate.

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MetaLib User Interface MetaSearch Click the dropdown menu at Quick Sets to find Categories 31

MetaLib User Interface MetaSearch Choose General 32

MetaLib User Interface MetaSearch Then Choose All (Category – General – All) You can search these databases all at once 33

MetaLib User Interface MetaSearch Results are returned with the same views, Table, Brief, Full 34

MetaLib User Interface MetaSearch You can also get results for each database 35

MetaLib User Interface Save Documents Select documents you would like to save, then click the 36

MetaLib User Interface Creating Folders for Saved Documents Click on My Space to see saved documents, then click Advanced to work with the documents 37

MetaLib User Interface Creating Folders for Saved Documents You will see your basket, to make a folder for this session, click 38

MetaLib User Interface Creating Folders for Saved Documents Select your documents and click copy to folder 39

MetaLib User Interface Creating Personal QuickSets The databases selected when using Find Database are saved to a clipboard under My Databases: Click to create a new set 40

MetaLib User Interface Creating Personal QuickSets 41

MetaLib User Interface Creating Personal QuickSets Once your set is created, click to add Databases to the set 42

MetaLib User Interface Save Searches To save previous searches to History, go to MetaSearch, click previous searches, then click 43

MetaLib User Interface History • To view History, click My Space, History Queries can be reactivated by: clicking the query • clicking the databases that were searched • define the query as an Alert • or remove the query from the list 44

MetaLib User Interface Preferences The user can set search preferences which will be saved from session to session. Preferences that can be defined include: • Default views for database lists and result lists • Number of results per page • Language will always be English • Portal will be the library you logged into 45