Discover Something New

“Search is for finding a needle in a haystack. Browse is for playing in the haystack." – Bill Schjelderup, Founder

Students don't always search for a book by author and title. Instead, they often ask questions like, "Where are the scary books?" Many libraries are genrefying their collections to engage their readers and allow younger patrons to be more independent, but moving your books around can take a lot of work and planning. Browse gives your students a new way to look through your library shelves by genre — no searching or rearranging required.

Highlights

• Browse by Newest, Highest Rated, or Genre.

• Choose up to 10 genres to view at a time.

• Scroll through the shelves, just like you would at the library.

• Change the style in Preferences.

Mobile and Desktop Friendly

Browse By

Open the menu to change your browse criteria.

Shelf View

Cover art sits on top of a bookshelf, just like it is in the library, sorted by title call number in ascending order. E-resources, like items from Mackin or Capstone, will have a banner on top of the cover art and a link to the resource in Details view. Browse will generate a generic cover for items that don't have cover art.

View up to 50 titles for Newest or Highest Rated and 500 titles for Genre. The number of results for your query is listed in the top right corner of Browse. If there are more than 50, click the number to pop open the slider. Scroll, swipe side-to-side, or use your keyboard arrow keys to move through your shelves.

Details

When you find something interesting, tap the cover art to open the item details. See its average rating and number of reviews, read the item description, locate it on a library map, or log in to place it on hold. Swipe or tap the arrows on the left or right to continue browsing in details view. Tap outside the details view or hit ESC on your keyboard to go back to Shelf view.

Troubleshooting

No results found? That can happen for a few reasons:

• The genre you've chosen is no longer available.

• You're browsing by Newest, but your library hasn't added any items in the last 180 days.

• The library you're searching in doesn't have any items. Unlikely, but possible.

Click Try Again to open the menu and change your selections.