Details
Click the book cover to view the item's details, including the title, author, call number, series, and links. View an item's details by clicking on the book cover.
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Want to include more in your result details? Update your Scout Preferences to include additional information, including copyright year, Lexile, study program, and reading level. |
You can include additional information in your item details by updating your library’s Scout preferences. Additional information includes copyright year, Lexile, study program, and reading level.
Click on an item, and the bubble opens up in the row below, shoving the other bubbles down, to show all the details. Clicking the item cover art again (in either location) or clicking another item hides the details for this one.
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Search Results
Scout results will appear in a row beneath the main Search bar; cover art will be displayed along with the item's title and call number prominently displayed without other, extraneous information. If you don't have cover art for your titles, the returned results won't as nice; however, our default medium images will be used for items lacking proper cover art.
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At most, the Scout interface can return 100 results; exact matches are always displayed first.
Scout results are pre-filtered to only include books and eBooks. Items belonging to mediums such as equipment, websites, dioramas, regalia, etc., will not be included.
A marker appears in the upper-left corner of the cover image indicating whether the book is available or checked out; eBooks always show as available.
Clicking the large, blue arrows to the right or left of the results list will advance or recess the results one title at a time. If you click and hold, the results will continue to scroll smoothly in the direction of the arrow being pressed. In touch-supported browsers, you can simply finger-swipe through results.
Item Details
When you select (click on) an item from the results list, a details box—simplified item details—will appear. If you click on other items in the results list while the details section is still active, the details box will slide to accommodate and the orange “up” arrow will transition to indicate the item being viewed. If you click on the large, blue arrows to the right or left of the results list, the details section will disappear.
The Scout details include the Title, Author, Series and Series Volume, Call Number, Lexile, Publication Year, Study Program and Reading Level, Reading Points, and Summary; if the item is an eBook, a Link to the e-resource is included.
Alexandria allows you to associate maps of your library with item call numbers; thus, if a map is available for an item in that call number range, a Show Map button appears at the bottom of the Scout details. When clicked, the associated library map appears in a roll-down; press OK to dismiss it.