There are 6 menus in the main page.

  1. Search
  2. Browse Catalogue
  3. Search History
  4. Bookmarks
  5. User Guide
  6. Logout

These menus are located in the upper section of the main page. The main page will look similar to the samples shown below (variations depend on the individual collection). In addition, the main pages of certain collections feature a browse menu on the right side of the page. This menu can be used to browse by topic.

1. Search



This facility allows users to search for publications using key words or phrases applicable to that publication. Users can also opt to narrow their search by entering the Book Title, Author’s name, Contents of the book or Chapter name, or all 5 fields if desired. If no field is chosen, the search will default to the Contents field.

 

You can browse all books in the collection here.

 

 

In the Browse Catalogue page each book is displayed showing the publication’s cover, title, author, publisher, year published and ISBN number. By clicking on a book title you can open that book and browse by chapter or page by page.


MARC records for all books in the collection can be downloaded via the “download MARC records for this collection” link at the top of the page.

 

 

 

This option allows users to view a maximum of 30 search histories for that particular PC. Searches can be carried out again using previously searched words or by combining the searched words with new terms or in combination with field checkboxes. Users can also save particular searches to their hard disk for later use by clicking on the Floppy Disk icon to the right of the search result. Users can also load the saved search by clicking the “Load Saved Query” button and selecting previously saved files.

Users can bookmark a page or chapter for future reference by clicking the checkbox to the right of the chapter or page heading and can later access all bookmarks from this menu.

This option links to the pages you are currently viewing.

 

To logout from current site user is accessing, you can click this menu.

 

 

 

 

After searching a word or phrase, search result will be displayed in two frames.

 

Left frame displays –

  1. The number of books and pages found for a particular searched word or phrase
  2. Highlighted search words found in context
  3. Icons for bookmarking a page and checkboxes for selecting multiple pages to bookmark

Right frame displays –

  1. Result list navigator at the top to browse books in the search result.
  2. Option to view more or less search result detail in the left frame
  3. A facility to refine the current search result and search box

 

 

 

 

When users click on a page in a search result or on a book title in the Browse Catalogue page, a detailed view of the page/book will be displayed as below. There are two frames in the Detail View Page.

In the left frame:

  1. Table of Contents tab: The default display in the Detail View Page, it shows the Table of Contents of the book and the page being viewed (indicated by a small red arrow). The page displayed may be either a page containing a searched word or phrase or simply the first page of the book, depending on how the user arrived at the Detail View Page.
  1. Details tab: Users can click on this tab to display detailed information on the book, including the book’s title, author(s), publisher, year published, ISBN number and MARC record download link for that particular book.



  2. Search Results tab: This displays search result information within the book the user is currently viewing, including searched words highlighted in red. (To view the main search results, users can click on the Back to Main Search Results button in the right frame of the Detail View Page).
  1. Bookmark Icon: User can add the page currently viewing to bookmarks by clicking this  bookmark icon.
     

    2. In the right frame:

  2. Back to Main Search Results: Click this  button to return to Main Search Results page.
     
  3. TOC: Users can select this option to switch the display between full page view and view with Table of Contents included. In other words, it can be used to hide the TOC on the left frame.
     
  4. Search: Click this  button to open and close Search Box at the lower corner of left frame.
     
  5. Page Navigator: Click these buttons to go to the next page or return to the previous page.  
     
  6. Searched words or phrases appear in highlights in the PDF frame.