A new "Favorites" tool is available now in Search Tools and ArticlesPlus. Users who have logged into Search Tools or ArticlesPlus can mark their favorite databases, online journals, and article citations, allowing them to be retrieved again at a later time.

To use Search Tools favorites, go to Search Tools at http://www.lib.umich.edu/searchtools. To save an item as a favorite, simply click the gray star to the left of the item. The star will become yellow, indicating the item has been saved. To remove it from the favorites list, click the yellow star next to the item. This works the same in ArticlesPlus.

Within Favorites there are separate lists for databases, online journals, articles, and searches. Any items previously saved in "My Search Tools" are available here, in addition to any new items you mark as a favorite. (Note that it is not yet possible to "favorite" a new search, but you can access favorite searches created in the former "My Search Tools" before July 2011.)

There are three ways to get to Favorites:

1. From anywhere on the MLibrary web site -- click "Login for Favorites" in the upper right corner of the page.
2. From Search Tools -- click the Article, Online Journal, Database or Search link under the "Favorites" heading on the left side of the page.
3. From ArticlesPlus -- click the "Go to Search Tools Favorites" link in the upper right of ArticlesPlus pages.

Because the favorites tool requires users to be logged in, a new "Login for Favorites" link now appears in the upper right corner of every page on the MLibrary website.

This new favorites tool exists in parallel with Mirlyn favorites. We will explore ways to integrate these two systems in the coming year.

For more information about using Search Tools Favorites, visit http://www.lib.umich.edu/about-search-tools-favorites

If you have additional questions or comments about Search Tools Favorites, please send them to: libwebteam@umich.edu