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General Search

A guide to using ECU's General Search discovery system.

Highlights

Search results are filtered by default to only resources available through the ECU library

You will see only print books in the library, videos, full-text ebooks and full-text articles in journals, magazines, conference proceedings etc.

To see more results, you must remove the filter.

WHAT TO DO
  1. Click on "all filters" to expand the filter panel on the right
  2. Under Active filters, click on the X next to "Available in Library Collection" to remove the filter
  3. Click Apply

You can get access to resources not available through the ECU library through InterLibrary Loan or visiting our partner libraries.

Applied filters will remain by default when you modify your search terms


WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Here is a scenario to explain:

  1. You search "art history" and filter for Full Text Results and Past 5 Years.
  2. You add "asia" to the search terms in the search bar.
  3. When you run your new search of "art history asia", the Full Text Results and Past 5 Years filters will "stick" and apply to this new search.
 
WHAT IF DON'T WANT FILTERS FROM MY FIRST SEARCH TO STICK?

You can:

  • Unlock the sticky filters in the right filter panel
  • Start a new search altogether by clicking New search in the left nav bar

 

How to unlock sticky filters

STEPS
  1. Click on the all filters button to open the right filter panel
  2. Click on the lock icon
  3. In the drop down, click on remove filters between searches
  4. Click anywhere on the screen outside the right filter panel to close the panel
  5. Edit your search terms and hit enter

You should see the number in the brackets next to "All filters" change to "0".

You can now filter for only print books after conducting your initial search.

 
WHAT TO DO
  1. Enter your search terms and hit search
  2. Click All filters
  3. Click on the check box next to Print Books
  4. Click Apply

The results will show only physical books that you can take off the shelves and hold in your own hands.

The results will include:

  • Books
  • Exhibition catalogues
  • Artist's Books
  • Special Collections books

Explore related concepts to your search terms and construct effective search queries

 

WHAT TO DO
  1. After running your initial search, click on Concept Map in the left nav bar
  2. Choose between map or grid layout
  3. Click on a related concept
  4. Click on explore concept to bring it to the centre of the concept map
  5. Click on add to search to add the term to the Search builder in the right nav bar

Access databases not in General Search quickly!

 
WHAT TO DO
  1. Click on Continue your search in the left navigation sidebar
  2. Click on Art Design & Architecture Collection for more articles and abstracts OR
  3. Click on Other databases not in General Search for a list of other databases to search in

 

A gif demo of how to find other databases to search in. In the left navigation sidebar, click on Continue Your Search. Onn the left hand side is a link to the Art Design and Architecture Collection from ProQuest. Click on this link. It will carry over the latest search query that you use. On the right is a link to the list of all databases not in General Search.

Directly copy and share URLs in the address bar!

Browser URLs are now stable — they will not time out.

You can now share links to:

  • Articles / books / other resource records
  • Search results
WHAT TO DO:
Copy the URL from the address bar. That's it.


Note: Search results links capture the search logic. The results may be different if you run the search a month later, as new publications are added.

 

WHAT IF I WANT NICER LOOKING LINKS?

For nicer looking links, use the Share button on a record.

  1. Click on the three vertical dots in the top right-hand corner of a record
  2. In the drop-down, click on Share
  3. Click on Create link
  4. Click on copy to clipboard

The Dashboard is in the left navigation sidebar. In it, you will find:

  • Projects: Create collections of resources
  • Saved: View your bookmarked resources and saved searches
  • Recent Activity: Search and recently viewed history
  • Alerts: Search alerts for new additions to a saved search query
The Library is exploring automatic MyEBSCO account creation using your ECU log-in. This will be opt-in only. Check back for updates closer to the launch date of Dec 16.

 

TEMPORARY INSTRUCTIONS

Create a MyEBSCO account using your ECU email to log into My Dashboard.

 

 

Where Did Things Go?

Q: Where did the "Format" facet/filter go?
  • Format is now called Source Type in the new interface
Q: Where did the AskAway Chat Help box go?
  • Click on the blue-and-white chat icon in the lower left corner of the window
  • AskAway will open in a new tab
Q: Why don't Research Guides show up in search results anymore?
  • Research Guides no longer show up at the top of search results
  • Scroll down the search results page
  • A Related Resources button will show up
  • Click on the Related Resources button
  • Any relevant Research Guides will be linked to
Q: What happened to the search results that we can get via InterLibrary Loan?
  • On the search results page, click on All filters
  • In the right sidebar, uncheck "Available in Library Collection"
  • Click on Apply

This will expand your search results. You can request the articles or books via Interlibrary Loan.

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