Community Tagging

A new feature of Encore 3.0 is “community tagging”, which essentially allows patrons to add subject headings not found in the MARC record. Subjects are then used as “tags” in the web catalog, allowing for many valuable applications in the teaching/learning environment.

How to add a tag:

- Perform a search


- Click on the title of the book you want to tag to see the bibliographic information. At the bottom you will see a link that says “Add a Tag”. If you are not logged in, you will be prompted to do so after clicking that link. (only DPS staff are allowed to tag books)



- Add your tag and click “submit”. You can delete the tag you added by clicking the red "X" - but you cannot delete tags added by other users.



- After adding the tag, it may take 15 minutes or so for the catalog to be re-indexed and your tag to be visible to other users.


- If you notice an inappropriate tag in the catalog, please contact the helpdesk.

Export List to Email

- Click "Add to cart" for all of the items in your Encore search results that you would like to export to email




- To view the selected items, click the "My Cart" link in the top-right section of your browser window




- Enter an email address, subject, choose a format (brief or full text) and click “send”

Wildcard Searching is Here!

- Use an asterisk ( * ) to perform a wildcard search

- Examples: inter* will match "internal" and "internet"

- Must follow at least 2 characters

VOTE: Default Online Databases

One new feature of the Encore platform is the integration of database search results with library catalog search results for every patron query. These are presented in the bottom right corner of the screen displaying your Encore search results under a heading called "Research Pro":



We can choose 5 of our online databases to be the default options displayed within the search results and would like your input! The first 4 we have selected will be Encyclopedia Britannica, NetTrekker, Novelist & Kids Infobits. Please vote in the poll at the top-right to help us decide the 5th database.

If you have any questions about the poll, Research Pro and/or Encore, please contact the helpdesk. Polling will conclude next Friday.