GETTING STARTED

Adding a database to a database library
You can add (publish) databases to a database library if you have at least Author access to the database library. If you do not have proper access when you attempt to publish a database, you receive a message asking if you want to send mail to the librarian requesting that this database be added to the Database Library. When you click Yes, the librarian receives an e-mail containing a link to the database you want to add.

The main view in a database library lists all published databases alphabetically by title and gives brief descriptions of the databases.

To add a database to a library

1. Open the database to publish.

2. Choose File - Database - Publish.

3. Select a library from the Available libraries list, and click OK.

4. Write a short description of the database you are publishing in the Abstract field. This is the brief description that shows up next to the Database title in the library.

5. Enter a more detailed description of the database in the "Long Description" field.

6. Click "Save Database Entry," and then Close.

To remove a database from a library

If you have at least Author access to a database library, you can remove a database you posted. If you have at least Editor access, you can delete databases others have posted. Because the databases listed in a database library are actually database links, you are not deleting the database itself, but only a link to the database.

1. Open the database library.

2. Select the database you want to remove and choose Edit - Delete.

3. Choose View - Refresh to permanently remove the database from the library.

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