February
2006
Tidbits: 
special edition!
- Cool tool for Firefox users
- Finding the right format (audiobooks)
- Saved searches and email alerts
- Adieu
Cool tool for Firefox users
Search InfoSoup from the search tool in your Firefox brower! The search
tool resides in the upper right corner of your browser and, right now, probably
looks like this: 
You can enter a search and go off to Google quickly and easily to find what you need. Now you can do the same, only instead of Google, try searching InfoSoup by installing the InfoSoup search tool! Once it is installed click on the down arrow next to the Google icon, and you'll see that InfoSoup has been added to your search tools.
Now you'll be able to select InfoSoup and enter a search to find materials. It's that easy! Learn how to install the InfoSoup search tool to get started.
Finding the right format (audiobooks)
Audiobook users are usually pretty particular about the format they want their audiobooks to be in. Older cars may only have a cassette player, while newer cars may only have CD players, and some want books to load on their mp3 players.
InfoSoup's Find Audiobooks search page makes it easy for folks to find exactly the format they're looking for. You can search for ALL formats, tape only, CD only, mp3 only, or Overdrive titles all from one spot.
Check out the other special search pages on the InfoSoup homepage under "I'm Looking For..." for additional quick search access to specific material types and formats.
Saved searches and email alerts
Do you have favorite authors or subjects you like to keep up on? Save a search that zeroes in on your favorite thing, then ask InfoSoup to send you an email when an item is added to the catalog that fits in your saved search. Here's how:
- Log in to your patron account by clicking on the My Account link at the top of any InfoSoup page.
- Click on the orange Search Catalog button.
- Perform your search.
Example: author search for Abrahams Peter - Click on the Save Search button in the grey search box on the results page.
- Return to your account by clicking on the My Account button at the top of the page.
- Click on the My Saved Searches button.
- Click in the Mark for Email box next to the search you saved.
- Click on the Update List button.
That's it! In the example above, when a new item is added to the catalog with Peter Abrahams as the author, I will receive an email giving me information about the new title with a link to the catalog so I can place a hold if I so choose.
This is a great way to keep up on authors or subjects without having to do repeated work to find new items. Try it today and tell your patrons about it!
Adieu
Farewell until next time from the library system where all the computers are fast, all the books are worth reading, and all the librarians are above average!
This issue of Tidbits was written by Beth Carpenter, Web Services Manager for the Outagamie Waupaca Library System. Please send any comments or questions about this issue to Beth.
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