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Search and Discover
Nelson Public Libraries’ new online catalogue, Discovery Search, is one of the most exciting innovations the libraries have embraced in recent years and gives the public the ability to “Discover” a huge range of resources from right across library collections.
Searching the catalogue and Libraries' online resources
In fact, it can seem a little overwhelming at first. A simple search for a book title might bring up hundreds of results because the Discovery Search will search across physical resources as well as databases, and through journal articles, book reviews and so on.
Searching Libraries' shelves only?
If you’re wanting to search for items just from the library shelves, there are options that can limit your search:
- simply tick “catalogue only” under the Search options on the Discovery Search home page.
Alternatively, once you get to the results page you can limit the search at this stage through the search panel on the left-hand side, for example, by publication date, library branch or “catalogue only”.
Personalised accounts
Creating a personalised account is a great option if you want to:
- Save preferences
- Organize your research with folders
- Share your folders with others
- View others' folders
- Save and retrieve your search history
- Create email alerts and/or RSS feeds
- Gain access to your saved research remotely
- simply click on Login for full access and then 'Login to EBSCO' tab at the top right corner.
Requesting an item?
Want to request an item to be put aside for you? It’s easy to do by clicking “Request this item”.
You’ll need to enter your full library card barcode number and PIN to continue if you haven't logged in initially.
Need help with searching?
We hope you’ll enjoy exploring and making Discoveries of your own.
Talk to library staff if you’d like further help, email library.ref@ncc.govt.nz or telephone 546-8100 and ask for extension 8414.
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