Searching Alma: Hands-on Exercises
- Minjie Chen
- Sal Hamerman
Jump-start your learning of how to search Princeton's repository indexed by Alma with this introductory video, recorded at the Alma Open House on May 13, 2021.
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You may get the most out of this video if you -
- Watch at your own pace, ready to pause whenever you need
- Open a web browser to the Alma homepage (how to log in) and follow along the steps
- Jot down questions that occur to you and bring them to real-time training sessions
Pre-training feedback
Share at least one question, comment, or observation via this form (Closed 07/08/2021. Please share your questions from the FAQ page). Your colleagues in the Alma implementation team will use your questions for two important purposes -
- Enrich the content of Alma documentation and FAQ
- Align the content of synchronous training with staff information needs
You can submit your feedback all at once, or separately each time you finish a video. The form will stay open until the start of synchronous training.
Topics covered in the presentation
- What does Alma search?
- Understand search indexes
- Search Zone
- Search Type
- Data in bib/holdings/item records
- Search by author vs name
- Search non-Roman scripts
- Sample searches by title, call number
- Interpret information in the search results view
- Filtering search results by facets
More
For in-depth explanation of how to search Alma and understand results display, check out Cataloging & Inventory Management Training Module 2: Cataloging, Part 1
Documentation
Hands-on exercises
Follow these hands-on exercises to apply information and search strategies in the section Search and Sets and familiarize yourself with ways to search Alma.