PAC ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 4. MANAGING RESOURCES
Configuring the Resources Menu
The Resources menu is shown on Search screens and lists all resources available to the current user, based on the access level of the user (guest, patron, staff). The Resources menu may be configured to suit the specific needs of your library's guests, patrons and staff members. Each library within a consortium or collective retains complete control over the content and arrangement of the Resources menu for their library. The Resources menu is configured using the Display Sources option from the Search Resources screen (see Adding and Editing Search Resources for details).
To configure the Resources menu, you must:
- Define Resource Headings to categorize your search resources (see Working with Resource Headings).
- Select the resources you wish to include in the Resources menu, and assign them to the appropriate user levels.
- Enter authentication information for resources requiring Library Authentication (see Adding or Editing Authentication Information).
- Assign each selected search source to one or more source headings.
- Configure the default resources.
- Arrange the sort order of source headings in the Resources menu (see Arranging Resource Headings for details).
- Arrange the sort order of resources within each source heading.
Additionally, you may delete local-level resources (Z39.50 sites you have defined for your library) that you no longer wish to make available to any user level.
Access to features and functions necessary to configure the Resources menu is available from the Search Resources screen (see Adding and Editing Search Resources for additional information).