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Scout is a fast and intuitive smart search tool designed with kids in mind. Younger patrons love Scout's streamlined layout and intuitive display, because they're able to find what they're looking for without being confused or distracted by more advanced functions. Scout even filters out mediums that are irrelevant to the K-4 crowd, such as equipment, websites, dioramas, regalia, etc.

Students, teachers, and librarians alike will appreciate how uncomplicated Scout is to use. There isn't even a search button! Just enter a word or phrase into the search field, and Scout will start looking.

Highlights

Scout is a fun, interactive search interface that gets the job done.

• Log in to place an item on hold.

• Search for a word or phrase, and Scout will return the most relevant results.

• Scroll through your results, or click  to load more.

• Shrink or Grow your items for optimal viewing.
  

• View an item's details by clicking on the book cover.

Mobile and Desktop Friendly

Toolbar

Scout's topmost toolbar, which stretches across the top of the window, serves a few different purposes:

• Language. This icon allows you to toggle Scout's default language between English (Inglés), Spanish (Español), and French (Français).

• Site Name. This is the name of your selected site as pulled from your registration codes. You have the ability to change your Site Name from Alexandria's Sites Management window.

• Hide/Show Out. This control toggles if materials currently checked out will be displayed or hidden from Scout’s search results. The default setting for this control can be set in your Scout preferences.

• Online Support Center. Click the  button to access the Scout help section of our online Support Center.

Search Bar

As you begin typing in the Search bar, Scout will start to perform an immediate and automatic smart search (using the methods documented above). The <enter> key does not need to be pressed in order for the search to occur. If you type the letter “A” into the search bar, results will start to appear, showing the most relevant results that begin with the letter “A”. These results will continue to be refined as you enter more information into the Search bar.

As you enter text, a Clear icon will appear in the right-hand section of the Search bar. Click it to clear any text entered in the field.

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.

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.