Libraries Australia Search FAQs
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Libraries Australia Search
What is personalisation?
If you wish to save your searches or create alerts you need to create a personal login. This will allow you to
- choose your own user-id and password
- save records and queries into a personal folder
- create alerts in a personal folder
- specify which search screen will display at login
- customise default databases for searching
- choose up to three libraries as “my libraries”
What are Alerts?
The Alert function is an option only available for users with personal accounts. Dependant on the level of access your library has allowed, you may not see this option. If you would like to use Alerts, please speak to your librarian.
Alerts allow you to save your search query so that the search will be run again automatically either weekly, monthly or every 3 months. Your alert search then looks for newly added or changed records that match the search query and sends search results to you by email. The maximum number of alerts per account is 100. Libraries Australia users can change this amount by emailing the Libraries Australia Help Desk.
How do I create an Alert?
You can create an Alert from the Saved Queries or Search History screen. Select the query you'd like to save and click on the blue 'Save as Alert' button (on the far right hand side of the screen).
You must then give the Alert a name and a brief description and select the frequency and length of time the alert should run. The email address you must supply is the address you'd like to send the query results to (once the Alert has run).
You can also select the format in which the results will be sent, for example: Brief text - no holdings, MARC - all holdings. Once you have filled in all the details, press the 'Save' button, and your Alert will be scheduled to run.
When successfully saved, you will be taken to the Alerts Tab, where you can review the Alert and edit it if required.
How do I edit my alert search?
From the "Alerts" screen click on the "Edit" button. You will see the Edit Alert screen with all the information you originally entered on the Create Alert screen. You can now edit the data. Click on the "Save" button when you have completed your changes.
My alert has expired, how do I renew it?
If the time you specified for your alert to run, eg a month, has now expired, and you want your alert search to continue for another month, click on the "Renew" button and the alert will be renewed for the same period of time. If you wish to change the time period, click on the Edit button, change the time period and then click on the "Save" button.
I no longer need one of my alert searches?
Click on the "Remove" button and the alert search will be removed from your display of saved alerts. If you do not have access to the "Remove" button, contact your library and ask them to remove the alert search for you.
What are the charges for using an Alert?
There is no charge for using Alerts.
Libraries Australia Manuals
Where can I get a manual from?
Manuals are available to download for free from http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/manuals/
Need more help?
You can contact Libraries Australia Help Desk by phone or through the forms of the Libraries Australia site:
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/contactus.html

