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Chapter 6. FOR AUTHENTICATED USERS
Your Favorite Resources
Use the Your Favorite Resources function to select and save your favorite resources from a list of all resources available through your library. You can also choose to hide resources in the Resources menus. Each time you log into the system, your favorite resources are automatically selected in the Resources menus. If you make changes to the Resources selected for a given search, you can restore your favorite resources by clicking the Reset button.
NOTE: Changes to Your Favorite Resources do not take effect until the next time you log in to the system.
To select or modify your favorite resources:
-
Select
Your Settings – Your Favorite Resources from the Your Account
menu
(see Using Your Account
for details).
- The Your Favorite Resources screen displays. The screen lists all resources available to you through your library.
Your Favorite Resources Screen
- Resources are organized under source headings (category groupings) such as My Library, Union Libraries, Web Resources, etc.
- To expand a source heading, click the Expand Source Heading icon
for the desired heading. To collapse a source heading, click the Collapse Source Heading icon
for the desired heading.
- To expand all source headings, click Expand All. To collapse all source headings, click Collapse All.
- Use the checkboxes to select/unselect your favorite resources:
NOTE: Checkboxes are not available for web links.
- A checkmark
indicates the associated resource is selected (will be included
in your favorite resources). - An empty checkbox
indicates the associated resource is not selected (will
not be included in your favorite resources). - A checkbox with a minus sign
for a source heading indicates that one or more but fewer than all
individual resources under the heading have been selected. - Clicking a checkbox repeatedly will toggle it on and off.
- To select an individual resource, select the checkbox
for the desired
search source.
- To select all resources within a source heading, select the checkbox
for
the desired source heading. The checkboxes for all resources under the source
heading are selected automatically.
- To select all resources, click Check All. To unselect all resources, click Clear All. To return to your previously saved selections, click Reset All.
NOTE: The maximum number of resources that can be selected for any single search was established when your library's system was installed, according to the requirements specified by your library or consortium. If you select more than the established maximum number of resources as your favorite resources, a warning dialog displays. Click the OK button on the warning dialog to close the dialog. The last resource you selected is automatically deselected.
- A checkmark
- Click a Hide Resource
icon
to hide a resource in the Resources menu. Click a Show Resource icon
to
show a hidden resource. - When all desired changes have been made, click the Save Resources
button to save your changes.
- The confirmation message “Your Favorite Resources have been saved” shows briefly at the top of the screen.
- Click the
Home
button
in the banner to return to your library’s “Home” page.