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SFX Management BasicsActivating Resources
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SFX Management Basics
Aggregator Targets
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Aggregator Targets are databases in which the library subscribes to all titles within a collection.
Examples are:
•EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier•Proquest Research Library•GaleGroup IT Expanded Academic ASAP
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Aggregator Targets – 3 step process to activate
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•Activate the Target•Activate the Target Service/Services•Activate the Object Portfolios
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SFX Admin Module - KBManager
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Login to http://sfx.sdln.net:3210/sfxadmin/sfxxxx (your library code follows sfx, example sfxsda)
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Search for Targets
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Click Targets in the KBManager
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Aggregator Targets – activate the target
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Find a target by using the Filter Target List box:
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Click the ‘ ’ button located next to the target name, ‘ ’ button will become a yellow ‘ ’ button.
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Click S to go to Target Services
Click the ‘ ’ button located next to service you want your users to have access to.
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Aggregator Targets – activate the object portfolios
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When you active the service, you will be asked if you wish to activate all the portfolios:
Click Yes to activate all the portfolios.
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Aggregator Targets – activate the object portfolios
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Now the service is activated:
And, all the portfolios:
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Selective Targets – 3 step process to activate
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•Activate the Target•Activate the Target Service/Services•Activate the Object Portfolios
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Selective Targets – activate the target
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Find a target by using the Filter Target List box:
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SFX Management BasicsSelective Targets – activate the target service/services
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Click S to go to Target Services
Click the ‘ ’ button located next to service you want your users to have access to.
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Selective Targets – activate the object portfolios
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Click No so you will not activate all the portfolios
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Selective Targets – activate the object portfolios
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Select objects you wish to activate by clicking the checkbox in front ofthe title, then click Activate
Once the service is activated, click P to go to the list of portfolios:
SFX Management BasicsSelective Targets – activate the object portfolios
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Click OK to activate selected objects
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Selected objects are now activated
