At the end of October, Baruch will switch from Bearcat Search (which has been using the Summon service from ProQuest) to OneSearch (which uses the Primo service from Ex Libris).
The biggest advantage of the switch is to create a unified search experience for articles, books and other material.
OneSearch contains:
· All records from the catalog – not just that school’s records, but all CUNY records in the catalog (books, DVDs, etc.)
· records for most of the articles that that particular library has in its databases (i.e., all the article records we see in Baruch search results will be things we have in full text somewhere)
OneSearch is hosted and managed by the CUNY Office of Library Services, it is not going to be managed locally by me and Stephen. We need you to continue to send us any issues you encounter and we will work with OLS to solve it; solving issues will probably take longer.
Next steps:
· Please try it out! You can find it by going to the OneSearch link on the main databases page
· The search bar will be updated to reflect what is now being searched. The Book link will remain for catalog-only searches
· Watch out for updates to the Library Services wiki with FAQs and feedback forms.
Please go try it! Go to OneSearch link on the main databases page!
One important thing to be aware of: if you use the sign in link in the top right corner, you’ll see slightly more articles results (some database vendors required that Ex Libris not make their content findable without authentication). The login that is asked for by OneSearch (Primo) is the same login info students and faculty use to log into the library catalog (library ID #).
If the user is off campus and clicks through on an article link or an ebook link, they’ll see the usual login screen they see whenever they go to any library database; they should be typing in their Baruch user name and password as per usual in that login screen.
As soon as I can take some screenshots of the different login pages, I’ll write a separate blog post about this tricky little issue.