"Automatic" Annie Searches
Would you like to be notified each time a new book (or video or other material) on a particular subject or by a particular author is added to W&L library collections?
You now can set up Annie (the W&L library catalog) to e-mail you whenever one or more items with required characteristics are added to the catalog.
Not surprisingly, this is a multi-step process, which begins with you logging into your Annie account:
(1) Start at the main Annie menu.
(2) Choose Login to View Your Library Record.
(3) Enter your campus network ID and password.
(4) On the next page, select the "Search the Catalog" option.
(5) Execute any "successful" search in Annie -- any search in which you get the results you want.
On the results page, you should see a gray "Save as Preferred Search" button near the top of the screen (to the right of the search terms). Click on that button.
(6) Click on the blue "Your Record" near the top of the page.
(7) On the subsequent page, click on the "Preferred Searches" option.
(8) The next page will present a list of the Preferred Searches you have set up. To "activate" a search, click on the approporate "Mark for Email" box(es) and then click on the "Updated List" button.
You can save and delete searches as you wish.
As new items are added to the library collection (and Annie), you will receive an e-mail which begins "The W&L libraries have recently added material to the collection that may be of interest to you..." and includes a link to information about each item.
If you have questions about this process, please contact Dick Grefe.