A core function in Alma is its search: many activities begin with a search, and a search can produce a tremendous amount of useful information to be exported.
What can you search in Alma?
Depending on your user role(s), you can search many items in Alma's repository, including:
1) Metadata records compiled by Ex Libris or local to your institution or collaborative network. These records include:
- Local inventory, including holdings for physical items, electronic portfolios, and digital representations and files
- Bibliographic titles, including top-level collections, physical titles, electronic collection and portfolio titles, and digital titles
- Authority records
Consult the following documentation on how to search metadata records in Alma -
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The resources of PUL's ReCAP partners are not indexed by Alma. Blacklight is still the search tool you would use for retrieving metadata of those materials in ReCAP. |
2) Depending on your role, you can also search for:
- Patron requests
- Courses
- Deposits
- Users
- Acquisitions information, including PO lines, funds, invoices, vendors, and licenses
- Reading lists
- Reading list citations
- Borrowing Requests
- Lending Requests
Source
Ex Libris Knowledge Center > What You Can Search For