With My Discoveries®, you can make lists of, rate (1 to 5 stars) and add reviews for books and other library materials. Lists can be made for your private use or to share with others. You can also tag library materials to make finding them easier. All public lists, all tags, reviews and ratings are visible to all users.
You can start by searching a for book or other item you want to add intormation about or want to add to a list. You can log in before or after searching for the item in question.
Signing in: Simply choose a user name and password, and fill in your email address (to be used if you lose your password).
Making lists: click on the ‘save or tag’ link for an item. By default, you are the only one who can see your lists. This is ideal for wish lists and reading lists, for example. It is also possible to make lists public so that everybody can see them. This feature is useful for experts who want to create resource lists for others to use.
Tagging: click on the ‘save or tag’ link for an item. You can enter more than one tag for each item, using spaces to separate them. To make multiple word tags, use quotes: "United States".
Adding reviews: click on the ‘save or tag’ link for an item. The ‘Write a review’ link will appear. Click on it for a box to type your review in.
Adding a rating: click on the ‘save or tag’ link for an item. Ratings run from terrible (I hate it) at 1 star to excellent (I love it) at 5 stars.
