Getting Started Training Session for Students

Before we start You will need: Your username and password to access your Baobab account Access to the Internet Access the Baobab Platform by typing the following into the search bar: https://koha.baobab-ebooks.com/ For the facilitator– ‘Access the Baobab Platform by typing the following into the search bar: https://koha3-20.baobab-ebooks.com/’ ** this might not be the way your library accesses the site – is it linked to the universities library site?

Home Page Browse Your Library - allows you to browse titles that you have access to within your library. Log in to your account to be able to borrow titles Subject areas – click to search by subject

Logging in to your account Fill in your username Fill in your password

Your account Basic search box – start your search here by putting in a keyword Your pages Summary of presently borrowed titles

Basic Search

Basic search box – start your search here by putting in a keyword Home Page Basic search box – start your search here by putting in a keyword Facilitator’s Notes: Once logged in you will be able to search for and read any of the titles available to you. There are several criteria by which you can search. By title – if you know the title of the book you’d like to look at By Author – if you know the author of the book you’d like. Bare in mind that some surnames (family names) are common so you might need the initial too. By keyword – if there isn’t a specific title you’d like to search for but a particular term ie accounting, education (these are quite broad terms so will bring back a higher number of results) By subject - if there isn’t a specific title you’d like to search for but a particular subject area ie accounting, education Let’s start with the broadest search method – By subject Baobab categorises titles into subject areas– the main subject areas are listed in the left column of the page. These titles may or may not be available to your library – depending on whther they have purchased the title or not. If there is a title here which you would like your library to purchase – Make a Purchase Suggesiton once logged in to your account. Another way of searching for a subject (but only those titles available to you) you can type the search criteria into the search bar (once logged in). Ensure that ‘Your Library’ is selected from the drop down box and press ‘Go’ As en example we will search for ‘Education’ How many results does it show? What’s the first result?

Number of results found Basic Search Output Refine your search by: Author Item types Topics Note! Results show only the books currently available within your library. To search the whole catalogue, uncheck Your library here by clicking [X] Search results Number of results found

Title Information Title, author Borrow / Quick Look Scope and content

Advanced Search

Advanced Search Advanced Search link Facilitator’s Notes: Once logged in you will be able to search for and read any of the titles available to you. To carry out a Basic search use the Search Bar and Dropdown menu. If you need to do a more advanced search then click on the ‘Advanced Search’ link

Advanced Search 1 3 5 6 2 4 7 Facilitator’s Notes: This is the Advanced Search landing page. From here you can make more detailed searches. Drop down menu: You can choose to search by keyword, subject, title, author, publisher, publisher location, ISBN, barcode. Publication date range: Allows you to search by publication date. Item type: Allows you to limit the search to files available for 1 week loan, 2 hour loan, free content or mixed materials. Language: A drop down menu with a list of languages is available to choose from. Location and availability: A drop down menu contains the list of libraries or groups of libraries, where the title is available.  Sort by: A drop down menu allows you to select the order in which the search results will appear. More options: This includes the possibility of entering more keywords and of refining the search by subtype limits.  should this be deleted 5 6 2 4 7

Mix & match search criteria Advanced Search Mix & match search criteria Dropdown menu Facilitator’s Notes: The Dropdown menu – lists all the criteria which you can search by. You can mix and match these. For example as the image shows you can search by Keyword and Author and Subject – or any combination of the criteria in the list At this point it is good to be clear on Boolean operators and how they can be used. Select the ‘More Options’ button to change the Boolean operators

Borrowing a Title

To Borrow the Ebook click here Borrowing a title To Borrow the Ebook click here Facilitator’s Notes: Once you’ve found the title you’d like to read select the borrow link from the action box. It’ll take you to the confirmation landing page

To Borrow the Ebook click here Borrowing a title To Borrow the Ebook click here Facilitator’s Notes: Click the borrow button again

Read Now Opening the online reader: Return the title Facilitator’s Notes: Now you have ‘checked out’ the book, you can decide to Read Now or Download. If you are in the library you should select Read Now – it is set as the default Press Go and it will open the title in a new window in the Baobab online reader To return the title – select the Return button in the online reader

Title opens in Adobe Digital Editions Download Title opens in Adobe Digital Editions Facilitator’s notes: If you’d like to read the title when you’re off campus - Download the title select the download link from the list. Press Go and it will open the title in the Ereader program which is on your machine. *Adobe Digital Editions, Bluefire* To return the title – select the Return button in the reader

Make a Suggestion

Make a Suggestion This facility allows patrons to make purchase suggestions for titles that are currently not available through their library purchased catalogue. The purchase request is submitted to the acquisition librarian.

Make a Suggestion Your Purchase Suggestions New Purchase Suggestion Facilitator’s Notes: From Your Summary you can select ‘Your Purchase Suggestions’ from the left action box. To make a new purchase Suggestion to you librarian click on the link.

Make a Suggestion Facilitator’s Notes: Complete the form. The more informaiton you provide to your librarian the easier it will be for them to process your suggestion. Once your suggesiton is actioned you will receive an email

Personalised Lists

Create New List by clicking here Personalised Lists Quick link to lists Create New List by clicking here

Personalised Lists Fill in the required fields Name the list Decide in which order titles in the list will appear Decide whether you want this list to be visible to other patrons Set the permissions to the list

Personalised Lists After creating a list, you can add titles after performing a search 1. Select a title or titles that you want to add to the list 2. Select the existing list that you want to add the title to or create a new one 3. Select ‘Save’ 4. Select ‘Save’ once again

The title will appear in your list Personalised Lists The title will appear in your list You can remove it by selecting the title and clicking the red button ‘Remove selected items’

Practical Exercise Please log in to your account Find and borrow the title Title: Principles of Macroeconomics Publisher: OpenStax Read online and return from the online reader

Any Question?