iFind Reading has several ways of importing content into your Reading Lists:
To add an item to your Reading List whilst in iFind Reading click on the Add button, then choose Search the library.
Here you can search the all library’s resources (including articles) using ‘Simple Search’ or ‘Advanced Search’.
Once your results appear, you can drag and drop items into the Reading List
Or select an item and additional options will display, select a List section, and click Add.
Cite it! is an easy way to add resources to your Reading Lists.
You can add resources to your collection as you browse, and manage them later, including resources not available on iFind, such as YouTube Clips.
To install the cite it! tool, click on the settings icon in the top right corner of the Reading Lists screen and select Cite It!
Then follow the instructions to drag and drop the Cite It! tool into your bookmarks/favorites bar.
You will then see it appear in your bookmarks bar.
To add an item you are currently looking at to your reading list, click Cite It! on from your Bookmarks and a pop-up appears with the item’s details. (You may need to manually edit some fields if the source data is not complete)
You can add the citation either to your Favourites in iFind Reading, making it available to add to your lists later; or directly to your reading list by clicking List and selecting the list, and then section within the list.
Favourites is your own personal library of citations. You can use Favourites to save resources that you would like to access later. These resources can be anything from a book, a journal article, a YouTube video, a webpage, etc.
You can access your favourites by selecting the Favourites tab on the Left side navigation panel. This button opens your favourites in the main part of your screen. Here you can add and delete items from your favourites.
In Favourites, click on the Add button, then Search the library to add items. You can also add items to your favourites using the Cite it button in your browser.
To keep track of the items in your favourites, add tags to your readings and then filter by them. Tags and Private Notes in your favourites are private and will not be visible if the item is added to a Reading List. Any tag with more than one word needs to be joined by a hyphen or underscore.
iFind Reading Lists are used by the Library to identify resources required for the library collection. Academics can recommend purchase of items not currently available in the Library by adding resource details to Reading Lists, tagged either as Essential or Recommended. The Library will investigate availability and determine if the item can be purchased in line with budgetary consideration. The Library will purchase e-versions of resources as a default.
You can provide additional information by clicking on an item and adding a note.