Description of Advanced Alma Queries and examples of advanced search queries in the NZ to locate shared electronic collections.
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- Must use Electronic Collection or Electronic Portfolio to locate e-collections in Alma, not All Titles, Electronic Titles or Collection.
- In the NZ, can use the Facets and Advanced Search to narrow down the search results
- Click on Expand:All in the NZ to see list of libraries in Available For in either the Electronic Collection or Portfolio search results
- Locate Electronic Collection
- Search by Electronic Collection > Electronic Collection Name > ECOLLECTION_NAMEEnter in name of e-collection
- If searching for all of the EBSCO resources, enter in EBSCO or EBSCOhost
- If searching for a specific name of an EBSCO resource, can leave EBSCO off of the e-collection name
- Search by Electronic Collection > Electronic Collection Name > ECOLLECTION_NAMEEnter in name of e-collection
- NZ Electronic Collections
- Search by Electronic Collection and Electronic Collection Name and then click Advanced Search and
- Choose Electronic Collection: Collection Available Only For in Electronic Collection section > equals > Choose Campus from dropdown list
- This will list the active e-collections for your library
- If you want to weed out the OA e-collections to look at only subscribed collections first, Add a condition to the Advanced search: Free > Equals > Not Free in dropdown and then click Search
- If you want to weed out the Database-only e-collections (no portfolios), choose Electronic Collection Type > Not Equals > Database
- Opt-in Electronic Collections in the NZ for a specific library
- Search by Electronic Collection and Electronic Collection Name and the click on the Advanced Search
- Choose Electronic Collection: Internal Description > Contains Keywords > Opt-in
- Add condition, Electronic Collection: Collection Available Only For in Electronic Collection section > equals > Choose Campus from dropdown list
- ECC Electronic Collections in the NZ for a specific library
- Search by Electronic Collection and Electronic Collection Name and the click on the Advanced Search
- Choose Electronic Collection: Internal Description > Contains Keywords > ECC
- Add condition, Electronic Collection: Collection Available Only For in Electronic Collection section > equals > Choose Campus from dropdown list
- IZ Full Text e-collections
- Search for a list of full text e-collections in the IZ. The Advanced search conditions will narrow down the results to the available full text e-collections.
- Choose Electronic Collection > Electronic Collection in the IZ and then choose Advanced search
- Locate Electronic Collection: Service Type > equals > Full Text and the second condition is Availability > equals > Available
- Search for a list of full text e-collections in the IZ. The Advanced search conditions will narrow down the results to the available full text e-collections.
- Electronic portfolio search
- Choose Electronic Portfolio > Choose search option from dropdown list > enter in search term
- In the NZ can narrow down results to specific library by choosing the library name under Facets
- Choose Electronic Portfolio > Choose search option from dropdown list > enter in search term
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