Save Your Discovery and Catalogue Settings
The University of Melbourne is moving to a new library system.
If you have saved searches, saved records, a browsing history you’d like to keep, or books on request or hold, follow the relevant steps in this guide before 22 June.
Books currently on loan are automatically listed in the new library system.
You need to follow these instructions before 22 June. After this date you will no longer be able to access your saved searches, records, borrowing history or book requests or holds in the old system.
Save my ‘Saved Searches’ in Discovery
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Start at the Library Home page on the Discovery tab, and click the Advanced Search link.
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Click Saved, then the Searches tab.
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Click your saved search, then copy the search logic.
For more complex searches, click Advanced Search to easily view and copy the logic.
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Paste and save your search logic in Word, OneNote or other preferred text app. You'll refer to this in the next step.
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From 29 June access the new library search and manually rebuild your search by referring to the information you saved in the previous step.
Save my ‘Saved Searches’ in the Catalogue
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Start at the Library Home page on the Catalogue tab, then click on the Catalogue link.
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Click Login, select University Login, and log in to your account.
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Click Preferred Searches to view your saved searches.
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Click on your saved search, then copy the search logic.
Look for Search box terms and Limits (date, format, location).
For more complex searches, click MODIFY SEARCH to easily view and copy the logic:
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Paste and save your search logic in Word, OneNote or other preferred text app. You'll refer to this in the next step.
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From 29 June access the new library search and manually rebuild your search by referring to this information you save in the previous step.
Save my records in Discovery
For best long-term use, export to a reference manager such as EndNote, Zotero, or a RIS file.
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Start at the Library Home page on the Discovery tab, and click the Advanced Search link.
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Click Saved, then the Records tab.
If you organised your saved records into folders, first click Projects and open the folder:
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Select your saved records and click Export.
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Select your preferred export format and save the file.
Save my records in the Catalogue
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Log in to your library account and navigate to My Lists.
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Click to open a list.
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Export your records:
- Select the records you want to include in the export
- Select your preferred list format
- Enter your email to receive the exported list
- Click Submit.
Save my borrowing history in Catalogue
To save your borrowing history, you must have previously enabled ‘Borrowing History’ in Catalogue.
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Log in to your library account and navigate to Borrowing History
Option 1: Use your Browser’s Print, Export as PDF, or Save as PDF function (usually found under the ‘File’ menu) to save the reading history record.
Option 2: Use your mouse to Select (highlight) the list of items in the Reading History, then copy and paste into your preferred app, for example, MS Word, Google Docs, Excel (recommended for sorting), Notes.
Save my book requests or holds in Catalogue
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Log in to your library account and navigate to the Holds/Requests section
Holds/Requests are only displayed in the menu if your account has one or more holds or requests.
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Copy or make a note of your listed requests and holds.
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From 29 June access the new library search and follow these steps to manually add the save information in the new system:
- Find the record using Library Search
- Click Request to open the REQUEST form.
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Complete the relevant information, then click Send Request.
