mysabinet User Guide

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1 mysabinet User Guide mysabinet is an additional, value-adding service available on the new Sabinet Reference platform where you can set up a personal profile. As a mysabinet user, you will be able to create and manage your own lists, share lists, access search history and save selected searches. If you have implemented this for the Sabinet Legal platform already, you need not create a new profile for the Reference platform. When leaving the Sabinet Reference platform do not sign out from your mysabinet profile. By staying logged in you will have the mysabinet functionality available when you access the platform again without having to sign in again. The mysabinet functionality is only available while the user is logged in to mysabinet. 1

2 How to register In order to make use of mysabinet you will first have to register by using an address and a selected password. Click on the Register option in the mysabinet dropdown menu. Confirmation of your registration will be sent to your account. Please save this message for future reference since you will need your password when you want to sign in to mysabinet. Sign in on mysabinet Click on the mysabinet Sign In option either on the right hand side of your screen or click on the mysabinet menu and select Sign In. No mysabinet functionality will be available without signing in. You sign in with your address and password. I forgot my password If you forget your password, click on the Forgot your password link. You will be prompted to enter your address and then click on Request. Your password will be sent to your registered address. mysabinet Functionality Click on the mysabinet menu option to get a dropdown list of the various options available: my Lists my Shared Lists my Searches my Alerts my RSS feeds my Profile Sign Out User Guide 2

3 mysabinet - Lists mysabinet users will be able to create, rename, search for or delete lists. By clicking on the icon [ ] next to the name of the list that you want to access from the mysabinet menu bar, you will see the records that you have added to this list. You will be able to , print, copy, export, remove or add the record to another list. You can also , print or delete your entire list or print or only the metadata of the records contained within your list. The latest addition to your list will always display at the top of your list. mysabinet Lists will open as the default page when you sign in on mysabinet. Why do I want to create a list? mysabinet users can create different lists where they can add relevant records to a specific list. You will therefore create a list where all the records that are relevant to you on a specific topic are available. You can then either add more or delete records from these lists. You can also share a specific list(s) with other mysabinet users. If you have no more use for a list, you can delete that list. Functionalities available: a) Create a mysabinet List b) Add selected items to mysabinet Lists c) You can add notes to a specific record on your mysabinet Lists by clicking on the Manage notes on this item icon [ ] when viewing records in a specific list. How do I create a list? mysabinet users can create a list in two ways: 1) From their mysabinet List screen (see screen shot above) 3

4 2) From their Action Lists directly (see screen shot below) How do I add a record to one of my Lists? You add records to your lists by clicking on Add Selected Items to a mysabinet List from your Action List. Please see the screen shot above. mysabinet Shared Lists You can share your mysabinet list with other mysabinet users. Please make sure that the person with whom you wish to share your list with is a registered mysabinet user. You can choose to share your list "with notes" or "without notes". The "with notes" option will allow the user to share notes added to a specific records in your list together with the original record with other mysabinet users. The "without notes" option will only share the original record on the list. You can only share a complete list. If you have shared a list, the Share icon [ ] will be next to your list name as well as the notes icon [ ] if you have shared your list with notes. Please note if you delete your shared list, the list will also be removed from the users with whom you shared it. Should the creator of the list addd records or delete records from their shared list/s, it will also be updated on the shared list of the shared list users. To access the lists people have shared with you, you should click on my Shared Lists. 4

5 Add/edit notes to records from the full record display page When you click on a record title of a record that you have already added to a list, you will have the following option available: MySabinet Item Notes on your full record display page. If you click on this option you will be able to add or change a note linked to that record. mysabinet Searches After clicking on my Searches you will have 2 menu bars: my Saved Searches my Recent Searches a) my Saved Searches Once you have saved your search by completing the description and clicking on the save icon, you will see a list of all your saved searches. You can execute these saved searches to perform that specific search on the platform by clicking on the Run Search icon [ ]. Any new information added on the system since your previous search, will also be added to the results. The search performed will be the same but the results may differ. You can delete a saved search from your list by clicking on the icon next to the saved search. b) my Recent Searches 5

6 Displays your search history for the past 48 hours. From this list you can save the searches for future use. If you do not save the searches they will be deleted after a period of 48 hours. The recent and saved searches only display the search terms you have entered in the search form to execute your search. If you have used facets to refine your results, it will not display within your search. mysabinet Alerts Your mysabinet profile will allow you to create an alert or RSS feed on the SA epublications. These alerts will inform you when a new issue is loaded on the platform. Below is an example of the alerts form: Sabinet Reference allows you to set up alerts or RSS feeds on the SA epublications. These alerts will inform you when a new issue is loaded on the platform. Alerts can be set up in the following ways: I. For registered mysabinet users, however, the alerting function allows for much more. The new Sabinet Reference platform allows users to create their own alerts and RSS feeds by effectively doing a keyword search. Follow these easy steps to make use of this function: 1. Click on my Alerts or my RSS Feeds in the mysabinet dropdown list at the top of the page, or the mysabinet button at the bottom of your screen. These links all go to the same page on the Sabinet Reference platform where you can set up an alert or an RSS feed according to your own specifications. 6

7 2. Click on the Create new alert link or button [ ] 3. Fill in the form Alerts can be set up in the same way in which you would do a keyword search in the following fields: Keywords Journal title Author(s) Author affiliation 4. Choose either RSS feed or alert The alert default is an RSS feed. If you wish to receive an alert, tick the box marked send me an . This box will also require you to choose a time when you would like to receive the alert. Note that when you have selected the alert option, an RSS feed will automatically also be created. An RSS feed has to be activated in the My Alerts table on this screen. You can therefore choose not to activate it and only receive the alert. 5. Manage your alerts You can manage your alerts ( alerts and RSS feeds) in the My Alerts table. This list will display all your activated alerts and allow you to change them or delete them according to your needs. RSS feeds have to be activated by clicking on the RSS feed setup icon and following the instructions. 7