1. Getting Started
Training Session for Students

2. Before we start You will need:
Your username and password to access your Baobab account
Access to the Internet
Access the Baobab Platform by typing the following into the search bar:
For the facilitator– ‘Access the Baobab Platform by typing the following into the search bar:
** this might not be the way your library accesses the site – is it linked to the universities library site?

3. Home Page
Browse Your Library - allows you to browse titles that you have access to within your library.
Log in to your account to be able to borrow titles
Subject areas – click to search by subject

4. Logging in to your account
Fill in your username
Fill in your password

5. Your account
Basic search box – start your search here by putting in a keyword
Your pages
Summary of presently borrowed titles

6. Basic Search

7. Basic search box – start your search here by putting in a keyword
Home Page
Basic search box – start your search here by putting in a keyword
Facilitator’s Notes:
Once logged in you will be able to search for and read any of the titles available to you.
There are several criteria by which you can search.
By title – if you know the title of the book you’d like to look at
By Author – if you know the author of the book you’d like. Bare in mind that some surnames (family names) are common so you might need the initial too.
By keyword – if there isn’t a specific title you’d like to search for but a particular term ie accounting, education (these are quite broad terms so will bring back a higher number of results)
By subject - if there isn’t a specific title you’d like to search for but a particular subject area ie accounting, education
Let’s start with the broadest search method – By subject
Baobab categorises titles into subject areas– the main subject areas are listed in the left column of the page.
These titles may or may not be available to your library – depending on whther they have purchased the title or not. If there is a title here which you would like your library to purchase – Make a Purchase Suggesiton once logged in to your account.
Another way of searching for a subject (but only those titles available to you) you can type the search criteria into the search bar (once logged in).
Ensure that ‘Your Library’ is selected from the drop down box and press ‘Go’
As en example we will search for ‘Education’
How many results does it show? What’s the first result?

8. Number of results found
Basic Search Output
Refine your search by:
Author
Item types
Topics
Note! Results show only the books currently available within your library. To search the whole catalogue, uncheck Your library here by clicking [X]
Search results
Number of results found

9. Title Information
Title, author
Borrow / Quick Look
Scope and content

10. Advanced Search

11. Advanced Search Advanced Search link Facilitator’s Notes:
Once logged in you will be able to search for and read any of the titles available to you. To carry out a Basic search use the Search Bar and Dropdown menu.
If you need to do a more advanced search then click on the ‘Advanced Search’ link

12. Advanced Search 1 3 5 6 2 4 7 Facilitator’s Notes:
This is the Advanced Search landing page. From here you can make more detailed searches.
Drop down menu: You can choose to search by keyword, subject, title, author, publisher, publisher location, ISBN, barcode.
Publication date range: Allows you to search by publication date.
Item type: Allows you to limit the search to files available for 1 week loan, 2 hour loan, free content or mixed materials.
Language: A drop down menu with a list of languages is available to choose from.
Location and availability: A drop down menu contains the list of libraries or groups of libraries, where the title is available. 
Sort by: A drop down menu allows you to select the order in which the search results will appear.
More options: This includes the possibility of entering more keywords and of refining the search by subtype limits.
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13. Mix & match search criteria
Advanced Search
Mix & match search criteria
Dropdown menu
Facilitator’s Notes:
The Dropdown menu – lists all the criteria which you can search by.
You can mix and match these. For example as the image shows you can search by Keyword and Author and Subject – or any combination of the criteria in the list
At this point it is good to be clear on Boolean operators and how they can be used.
Select the ‘More Options’ button to change the Boolean operators

14. Borrowing a Title

15. To Borrow the Ebook click here
Borrowing a title
To Borrow the Ebook click here
Facilitator’s Notes:
Once you’ve found the title you’d like to read select the borrow link from the action box.
It’ll take you to the confirmation landing page

16. To Borrow the Ebook click here
Borrowing a title
To Borrow the Ebook click here
Facilitator’s Notes:
Click the borrow button again

17. Read Now Opening the online reader: Return the title
Facilitator’s Notes:
Now you have ‘checked out’ the book, you can decide to Read Now or Download.
If you are in the library you should select Read Now – it is set as the default
Press Go and it will open the title in a new window in the Baobab online reader
To return the title – select the Return button in the online reader

18. Title opens in Adobe Digital Editions
Download
Title opens in Adobe Digital Editions
Facilitator’s notes:
If you’d like to read the title when you’re off campus - Download the title select the download link from the list.
Press Go and it will open the title in the Ereader program which is on your machine.
*Adobe Digital Editions, Bluefire*
To return the title – select the Return button in the reader

19. Make a Suggestion

20. Make a Suggestion
This facility allows patrons to make purchase suggestions for titles that are currently not available through their library purchased catalogue.
The purchase request is submitted to the acquisition librarian.

21. Make a Suggestion Your Purchase Suggestions New Purchase Suggestion
Facilitator’s Notes:
From Your Summary you can select ‘Your Purchase Suggestions’ from the left action box.
To make a new purchase Suggestion to you librarian click on the link.

22. Make a Suggestion Facilitator’s Notes:
Complete the form. The more informaiton you provide to your librarian the easier it will be for them to process your suggestion.
Once your suggesiton is actioned you will receive an

23. Personalised Lists

24. Create New List by clicking here
Personalised Lists
Quick link to lists
Create New List by clicking here

25. Personalised Lists Fill in the required fields Name the list
Decide in which order titles in the list will appear
Decide whether you want this list to be visible to other patrons
Set the permissions to the list

26. Personalised Lists
After creating a list, you can add titles after performing a search
1. Select a title or titles that you want to add to the list
2. Select the existing list that you want to add the title to
or create a new one
3. Select ‘Save’
4. Select ‘Save’ once again

27. The title will appear in your list
Personalised Lists
The title will appear in your list
You can remove it by selecting the title and clicking the red button ‘Remove selected items’

28. Practical Exercise Please log in to your account
Find and borrow the title
Title: Principles of Macroeconomics
Publisher: OpenStax
Read online and return from the online reader

29. Any Question?