Commerce Research and Learning Skills:

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Commerce Research and Learning Skills Introductio
n to SuperSearch
Ann Wallis amwallis_at_unimelb.edu.au
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This session will cover

• What is SuperSearch
• How to access SuperSearch
• Finding resources on SuperSearch
• an electronic journal
• an electronic database
• an article
• on a topic across multiple databases

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What is SuperSearch?

• A tool that gives access to electronic resources
  journal articles, data, information
• One single interface to search, retrieve and view
  results for your research
• SuperSearch can be accessed via the Library
  homepage or your Student portal wherever you have
  internet access

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SuperSearch features

• Multi Database Search (live, simultaneous
  searching across several databases returning
  results in a single format)
• Find e-Journal
• Find Database
• My Stuff (personalise features such as save
  searches, results, alerts)

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Multi database search

• How to find journal articles for an assignment on
  economic forecasting in Australia
• Search individual database for the same
  assignment (Business Source Premier)

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Find an e-journal

• Locate the electronic issues of the journal MIS
  Quarterly.
• Is this article available in electronic format
  Morehouse, J, O'Meara, B, Hagen, C Huseby, T
  2008, Hitting back strategic responses to
  low-cost rivals, Strategy Leadership, vol. 36,
  no. 1, pp. 4-13

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My stuff

• My Marked Records save, email and export records
• My Databases create your own lists of databases
  to search
• My e-Journals bookmark your favourites
• My Searches and Alerts view search histories and
  create alerts
• Preferences customise settings and views

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My Marked Records

• Click on tab
• Select My Marked Records
• To save results to a folder, click on save as
• Name the folder, eg., forecast records will
  be added to this folder
• Reselect Basket and clear the records by
  clicking on the Delete button

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My Databases

• Databases can be added to the My Database list
• from Resource Sets OR Subject Sets OR Find
  database
• Click on to add to My databases
• Select tab
• Select My databases to view list
• Click on to create a folder.
• Name folder, eg., History Roman and Save
• Click on arrow to add databases to New
  Folder

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Search Alerts

• Create a Search Alert
• Go to and select Previous
  Searches
• Click to add to My Searches and Alerts
• Go to and click on My Searches and
  Alerts
• Click on icon to set up details of your
  alert
• A pencil icon will appear when completed
• Alerts can be edited or deleted once submitted

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My E- Journals

• Click on tab
• Select My E-Journals
• Note View Options Brief View citation details

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Help

• Help links on SuperSearch
• SuperSearch FAQs
• Ask Library staff for assistance
• Book a consultation online
• http//www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/learn/consult/
• Hands-on tutorials can be booked through
• http//buffy.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/infolit/libcl
  ass

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Questions?