GetIt!
Question: When I’m searching for an online resource, I find catalog records for the resource, but it’s not intuitive that I need to go to the full record (click on the title) and then figure out how to link to the resource. Can you make it easier to access online resources?
Answer: When you perform a search in Smart Search, you first receive a list of brief records for your result set. The only time you need to go to the full record (click on the title) is if you want more information about the item. Smart Search is designed to get you access or access information as quickly as possible. In the lower right of each brief record is a link to make it easy to access your item. The list of access links includes:
Online access (GetIt) – provides online access to databases, digital images/collections, journal articles, web pages, etc.) Available in your library (GetIt) – provides access to the holdings list in the Libraries’ catalog, InfoHawk. This access link appears when the item is currently available for check out. The holdings list provides location information for the item. Checked out (GetIt) – provides access to the holdings list in the Libraries’ catalog, InfoHawk. This access link appears when the libraries own the item, but it is currently checked out by another user, or is unavailable at the moment. The holdings list, in addition to location information, also provides status information about the item (due date if it’s checked out; process status information; request and recall information). Check library holdings (GetIt) – again, this link provides access to the holdings list in the Libraries’ catalog, InfoHawk. This access link appears when the system is unable to determine whether or not the item is available. We may own multiple copies and one or more are checked out; the item may have multiple volumes; the item may be in processing somewhere in the libraries.
