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Quick-Start Guide for the New QuickSearch User Interface

Publication Finder 

Publication Finder has also received a new look along with QuickSearch. In addition to BrowZine, Publication Finder is one of the tools you can use to browse the SRSU Library's collection of journals and other publications. Below, you can view the features of the new Publication Finder. 

Search/Browse Screen

Results Screen

Publication Finder results screen

  1. Use the Search Home link to browse list of all the titles arranged alphabetically. You also search for publications using search feature on that feature. When you find the title you want, follow the links underneath its name to explore the title, including viewing full text or click ‘more’ link to view additional metadata for that title.

  2. Use the Browse Databases link to view list of databases and other sources of electronic full text. Click on a given database link to see the list of titles from that database in your institution's collection.

  3. Use the Browse Subjects link to browse a list of subject areas covered by the titles in your collection. Click a subject category to view a list of all titles in that category present in your collection.

  4. Use this drop down to focus the publications search (see item [6]) by one of: title name; ISSN/ISSBN; Publisher or, Subjects.

  5. Use this drop down to specify the desired search behavior. (see item [6])

  6. This text box is where you enter keywords to quickly search for publications. Searching by title name is made easy by the responsive auto-complete feature which displays titles containing your search terms as you type. When the desired titles appears in the list, simply click the publication name to initiate a search.

  7. Use these hyperlinks to jump to browse the publication list alphabetically. For example to see all the titles whose names begin with “A”, click on the “A” link.

  8. Use this section to refine your results by applying various filters.

  9. Click this link to see more metadata describing the publication.

  10. Use this link to access the Full Text for this publication.

  11. This is a limiter feature to limit your search results prior to doing your search. The resource types you want to include and even the labels are configurable as mentioned in the customization section below.