The U.Va. Library's Next Generation Search Interface: VIRGObeta
About VIRGObeta
The U.Va. Library's new search interface, VIRGObeta, lets you find everything in the Library’s catalog, just as you would in VIRGOclassic, but with many new features.
With VIRGObeta, you can:
- search items the Library has catalogued, including books, journal titles, DVDs, CDs, sheet music, websites, and microfilm, and also, in the same search for the first time, digital collections of images and texts;
- filter your results by format, dates, and keywords;
- sort your results by relevancy ranking, date received, author, title or call number;
- save and share your searches and results in Delicious, and, in a future release of VIRGObeta, RefWorks and Zotero;
- generate an RSS feed for your search, so you can be notified when the Library acquires materials in your subject area.
Try VIRGObeta or watch the videos below about its many features. VIRGObeta is an in-progress research project at the U.Va. Library, and we welcome your feedback.
VIRGObeta Video Tutorials
- Search VIRGObeta by keyword, author, or title
- Browse videos with VIRGObeta
- Find out what's new in our collections using VIRGObeta's RSS
- View metadata for any VIRGO record
- Place a recall or other request for a library item
- Search VIRGObeta by keyword, author, or title
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Take a look at the basic search and filter features of our new, search interface.
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- Browse videos with VIRGObeta
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Clemons Library's Robertson Media Center has a vast collection of DVDs and videos of both academic and popular films. VIRGObeta allows you to browse or search through the entire collection to help you find films to support your research or a get a great comedy to watch this weekend.
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- Find out what's new in our collections using VIRGObeta's RSS
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VIRGObeta lets you choose specific criteria so you can be notified about new items.
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- View metadata for any VIRGO record
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VIRGObeta lets you access all available metadata for any VIRGO record (except digital repository objects).
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- Place a recall or other request for a library item
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To recall or place another kind of request for a Library item, VIRGObeta offers a link back to VIRGO Classic.
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Want to use this technology at your institution?
VIRGObeta is the interface of Blacklight, an open-source research project at the U.Va. Library. Read the technical specifics and find out how other libraries are using it.
