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SuperSearch is a tool that allows you to search muiltiple databases at once. This guide explains how to use the four modules in SuperSearch to find information resources.
Last update: Aug 14th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.library.uwa.edu.au/supersearch  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Personalising SuperSearch

My SuperSearch offers a number of personalisation features associated with your login. Specifically, you can save sets of records, create favourite sets of resources, and set up regular alerts.

 

My Articles

My Articles is a facility that allows you to save and store records found while searching SuperSearch.
Click on the Add button to add a record to My Articles. To access records stored on My Articles, click on My SuperSearch and you will automatically be taken to My Articles. You can view the record, delete it or move it.

 

My Resources

Use the My Resources area to create personalised sets of resources to search individually or as a Quick Set. You will see these sets each time you log into SuperSearch.
To create a new resource set use Find Resource to locate resources you wish to add and click the Add button to select them.
Next go to My Resources in My SuperSearch and the selected resources will be available here on a clipboard that can be organised into sets.
To create a new set, click on the folderFolder icon in the left hand column and name the set. Move resources from the clipboard to the folder by using the back arrow button.

View and search your set of resources by going to Quick Search.

 

My History

You can save previous SuperSearch searches to My History so they can be run in future.
To save a search to My History: click on Previous Searches in the Multi Search module. Select a previous search by clicking on the Add button to save it to My History. You can view and re-run your saved searches in My SuperSearch - My History.

 

Alerts

Once you have saved searches to My History you can set the search to run automatically at a chosen time, by setting up an alert.

To create an alert go to My History in My SuperSearch and click on the Alert button next to the relevant search. You will be asked to enter the alert name, your email address and how often you want the alert to run

 

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