FAQ - myDiscover
myDiscover
1. Why would I want a myDiscover profile?
myDiscover is your personal space where you have additional functionality available. Non-subscribers can also manage their account details and orders here. You will have one profile to access content and also to manage your account.
myDiscover provides you with additional functionality:
- My Briefcases
- My Alerts
- My Searches
- My Orders
- My Profile
For more information about the various functionality please see the myDiscover User Guide.
2. Creating a myDiscover profile
Step 1: Click on ‘Sign In’ at the top right of any page.
Step 2: In the sidebar, click ‘Create Profile’.
Step 3: Complete your details.
Step 4: Click on ‘Create Profile’.
Step 5: Verify your myDiscover profile using the authentication email sent to the email address provided by clicking on the link in the email.
Step 6: Once verified sign in using your newly created username and password. Please note that this will be your personalised username and password and not your institutional details.
Step 7: Enjoy the additional functionality
3. Managing your myDiscover profile
To manage your myDiscover profile you must be signed into myDiscover. Once signed in hover over the myDiscover dropdown menu in the top right corner and select Profile. In the My Profile section you can update your personal details and password as required.
4. What are My Alerts and how do I use them?
Saved Search Alert
You are able to create an alert of the search you have done. When additional records are loaded matching the search you will receive an alert.
Step 1: Complete your search.
Step 2: Click on the ‘Create Alert’ button which is located under the search toolbar.
Step 3: Give your alert a name and indicate how and how often you wish to receive the alerts.
Step 4: Click on ‘Create’. You can edit, deactivate, or delete your saved Search Alerts in My Alerts under your myDiscover Options.
5. What are My Briefcases and how do I use them?
My Briefcases allow you to save documents in groupings. You can create, name and add notes to a Briefcase and add documents to it as you complete your searches by selecting the My Briefcases icon and adding it to the preferred Briefcase.
6. What are My Searches and how do I use them?
Once you have completed a search you might have to repeat in the future you can save the search by clicking the ‘Save Search’ button which appears on the left hand-side below the search tool bar once a search has been done. You can find the saved search in your myDiscover Options under My Searches.
7. What are My Orders and how do I view them?
My Orders are the purchasing history of the documents you purchased via E-commerce. You can do a Pay-Per-View purchase or a Document Purchase.