Many students use Library Search to find books and articles, but there are a few handy features that can save you time throughout the semester. To access these features, log in to Library Search with your Bond account.
Get email alerts for new resources
Interested in getting emailed whenever the Library purchases or gets online access to resources in your field of study?
Start by logging in to Library Search, search for your chosen keywords, click the 'Save and export all' option and then 'Save this search'. In the green bar at the top of the page, click the option to enable email notification. You'll receive a weekly email whenever new resources are added to Library Search which match your keywords.
Even if you don't want to set up an alert, saving your search means anytime you want to rerun the search, all you have to do is log in to Library Search and go to the Saved Searches page in your account.
Build your own research collection
Found a useful article but don't need it right away? Save books, articles and other resources to your account. Every search result in Library Search will show a bookmark icon. Once you've logged in to Library Search, clicking the bookmark will save the item to your account. After saving items, you can click on user menu in the top bar and then select 'Saved records' to view them, making this an efficient way to work through your search results.
From your saved records, you can also add labels to each item, which allows you to group and filter the results to different topic areas, subjects or even specific assignments. It's totally up to you.
Find your forgotten searches in your search history
Forgot what those magic keywords were that you used in a previous search? Logging in to Library Search means all your diligently curated keyword searches are automatically saved. The filters or advanced search options are retained in the history too.
Find your forgotten keywords by going to your collection and clicking on user menu in the top bar and then select 'Search history'.