Nielsen BookData Online User Guide
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1. Keywords Add selected field Title Author Contributor O00 Publisher Imprint Auth Titl Code BIC Subject O Keyword Month Year Long Indexes Select the radio button next to the Field name If the Index doesn t open automatically click Browse Selected Index Short Indexes can be added via Form Builder or Quick Builder e g Price Readership Wholesalers Page 2 Click Search Now to start your search or press Enter on your keyboard a Preferences Grey Tool Bar Search History lists the last fifty searches Form Builder build and save personal or default Product Search forms List Manager access and manage permanent lists of titles Saved Search Forms load your personal Product Search forms Saved Searches access and manage favourite Search Strategies Before executing your search you can change the default Summary View Full Page when searching an ISBN Single Line for a broad search Scroll down the page and note the dotted lines separating Search Blocks The first Search Block is called Basic Search Fields Search Tips replaces one character gr y wom n 9781876473 94 replaces multiple characters col r garden 9781876473 in combination gr y finds grey gray greying grrym grayson do not use or at the beginning of a word or to replace an entire word search for exact words between pipes the war of the worlds boy Find pipes2. printing saving to disc or exporting Click the title to open to Full Page view Click Author name to find all titles by this author Click Series name to find all other titles in this series VVVVY From Full Page view use the drop down menu to return to the list Short Indexes Add these from Quick Builder or tick in Search Blocks in Form Builder gt Publication Date To find titles for a particular year From 2007 To 2007 To find titles from amp including a particular year From 2006 To find titles up to amp including a particular year To 1952 gt Supplier Availability Use to limit results to Australia published and or distributed titles Remember Available does not mean in stock Suggest ticking US and Available to find Ingram or B amp T gt Publishing Status Use to exclude OP titles Other useful indexes are Wholesalers and New Title Search Long Indexes gt Click radio button next to Search Field name gt Enter your search term in the Stem box Note Cancel button on right Click Browse Index The index list will open to the nearest match Click on the terms to add to the Search Terms box YYvyYyY Either Add to Search to return to the Product Search form or Search Directly Note Search Phrases finds instances for the search word in conjunction with other words whereas Search words in phrases is like adding a wildcard asterisk to the search word Note Name as Subject finds biographies and autobiographi
3. Print or email new titles for customers gt Use NewTitle email alerts or specialised searches for your newsletters gt Pick a genre to specialise in and find overseas titles for ordering Case Study A bookshop notices a demand for fantasy fiction and decides to expand their range by bringing in the latest paperback US titles not available from a distributor here Search Strategy BIC Subject FGK Binding Format Codes P Wholesaler Availability Codes ING Publication Date From January 2008 To March 2008 This returns 366 titles Click Advanced Sort Sort by Australian Availability descending and Imprint ascending and Submit this puts US titles without an Australian distributor at the top and then sorts by Imprint to help with recognising popular publishers Make alist do a final selection then go to Save Results and print a Single Line Summary gt Use RTF and Save Open if you d like to add comments or edit your list This search strategy could be saved using Save Search and then run again every three months Remember to choose Refine and alter the Publication Date field Most of all relax explore and remember you can t break it
4. above on keyboard Use pipes instead of to find single word titles search for two words next to each other today s internet red wagon Searches sub titles as well Auth Titl Code blaz aust wint dirt hoop all OR e mail OR email e business OR ebusiness use curly brackets for text strings Adams TO Adler use square brackets for numerical range searching 610 TO 612 Search Results Screen nielsen Logout Home About Us ContactUs Feedback Quick Find o International Service Territory Australia New Search Preferences Search Results i Single Line Summary Switch View a Refine Search Save Search Advanced Sort Save Results Add to Listi New List Title whales F Fapirate MEN Bs Showing items 1 50 of 1240 Select all on pag Deselect all on page Go to item Go First Next Last il gt Change how your results display using the Switch View drop down menu To permanently change the view go to Preferences Note Your search strategy shows under the toolbar gt Use Refine Search to return to Product Search form and modify search Use New Search tab to return to a cleared form gt If you want to reuse your search strategy at a later date click Save Search Note Use Cancel button to return to the Search Results screen gt Click Advanced Sort to sort your results Remember to Submit or click Cancel to return to Search Results screen with no action taken Save Results button is for
5. es BIC Subjects gt Click Index radio button Enter search term in the Stem box Note The search is across the BIC subjects tree not the BookData title database M Click your choice of Subject s appearing in right hand list Screen refreshes and tree expands to show your subject selection Tick box es Click Choose selected subjects button at top or bottom of tree Selected subject appears in text box on right VVVVVY Add to search returns to the Product Search form or Search directly Note Browse the BIC Subjects by clicking on a term to show deeper levels List Manager gt Onthe Search Results page check that New List appears in the box gt Click Add to List this doesn t yet add any titles to your list gt Name your list we suggest prefacing with your initials gt Click Add Note Click Cancel to return to Results with no action taken gt Tick titles then click Add to List Note Select all and Deselect all options to the left of centre Your current list will display for all ongoing searches unless you change it To work with your lists click List Manager on the grey toolbar In List Manager merge two lists by opening one of them and selecting another from the drop down menu Click Add to List titles don t duplicate New Title Alerts gt First check you have an email address in Preferences gt Next save your search strategy gt Tick New title alert gt Click Submit New and forthcoming titles will be emailed
6. o Product Search Screen nie S Cn Once you are looking at the Product Search screen go to page 4 of this guide Read anti clockwise around the centre spread and without clicking on anything locate the oa 2 eS eee tabs and toolbars Then return to this page to learn how to use each function Preferences Nielsen BookData Online User Guide gt Enter your generic email gt Choose Default Results Display Single Line or Multi Line view Note You can also change as you search gt The Default Sort Order for results is alpha by title Note You can sort titles on the Search Results screens by using Advanced Sort Receive New Title email alerts gt Print Options whatever you enter here will automatically be included in emails you send from within BookData and on any print outs View recent Search History gt Submit your changes Build your own Search Forms i f Note Preferences is where you edit the Export Formats you make Sort by BookScan top selling titles Form Builder Use to change the default form or make a personal form gt Click Form Builder gt Click Clear Form gt Bookmark or save the url as a favorite gt Tick your required boxes in the Basic Search Fields Builder and Position of www nielsenbookdataonline com Search Blocks gt If you ve been using the BookFind online or CD gt Inthe Position boxes enter numbers against the fields and blocks you have remember to delete these old links ticked in the
7. order you want them to display on the Product Search form gt Click Login Now on the HomePage gt Click View Form Note Not all browsers will remember the password gt Return using Back Browser You can change your password in Preferences Remember gt Click Save Form this will affect everybody in your organisation If you d like gt Enter Name and Description to simplify your User ID please contact our Help Desk gt Tick Default if the form is for all users gt Click Submit Click Saved Search Forms to click and load your personal form which will stay for www nielsenbookdataonline com the length of your session Note You can also change your form default delete forms or edit form names Help Desk 1800 683 522 support nielsenbookdata com au Search History gt Click Search History on the grey toolbar to view your last fifty searches gt Click the search to run again User ID 5 eect sscisccsahccetcastecteenctnash ctor Password i gt Click Refine if you need to modify the search in the Product Search form Page 1 You are on the Product Search form page Indicates your chosen territory and means the summary views of results will display price and availability information from suppliers in your market as a preference The full page view displays all territory information Clicking New Search tab returns you to a cleared Product Search form from any page Preferences allows you to set your display defaults Bulk Search searches u
8. p to 1000 ISBNs at a time Supplier Search finds contact information for Publishers and Distributors On older computer screens the New Search amp Preference tabs may not show First make sure you have the screen maximised and favourites closed If the tabs are still hidden put the cursor in the QuickFind box and tab until they appear This will not stick and it may be easier to click Refine Search on the results pages and then Clear Form You could also try changing the text size or set minimum screen size to 1024 x 768 Quick Builder Add temporary extra search fields Click drop down arrow Click required Field Heading Click Add selected field The screen refreshes and the field adds to the Basic Search Fields or adds asa separate block scroll to see Logout Home About Us Contact Us Feedback nielsen International Service Territory Australii 2 Form Builder Bulik Search O Single Line Summary Multi Line Summary O Full Page View Saved Searches Saved Search Forms List Manager Search History Search Now 2 Product Search Save Form 2 Field to search Index Terms to search for Quick Builder Quick Find __ NewSearch O Supplier Search Entering a keyword in QuickFind searches the full title record and often results in too many hits Use ISBN adjacency and pipe searches or unusual keywords only Product Search ISBN EAN BIC Subject
9. to you as they are added which may be as often as every seven days or every few months depending on your profile Note These are titles added to our database a few will not be new titles Saving Results gt Onthe Search Results screen tick the titles you wish to print or email Click Save Results button Fill out the Print Save or Email screen If you tick Email then tick PDF don t directly email an RTF Select Print and RTF to edit the title before printing or emailing We suggest you choose Full Page without price and untick Exclude images Click Submit Click Open in the File Download window Edit the record s as you would a table Go to File on the toolbar Click Print To email click Send to and then Email recipient as Attachment VVVVVVVY VV VY Note When printing or emailing RTF the table lines disappear Page 4 Availability Codes In a Full Record click a Publishing Status Code e g Active to see an explanation of all the Product Availability and Publishing Status Codes BookScan Each week the top 70 000 titles sold in Australia are flagged on BookData gt Onthe Search Results screen click Advanced Sort button gt Using drop down menu change first sort box to BookScan Chart gt Click Submit gt Make sure Search Results is in Multi Line Summary view Note We don t recommend setting BookScan as a default in Preferences Making the most of BookData Online gt Email substitute titles to librarians for confirmation gt
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