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ProQuest Dialog has a suite of administrative tools. This short module shows how to use the ProQuest Administrator Module to customize the interface.
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The administrator for each customer account is created at the time an organization's account is set up. Once set up, the administrator can log onto the ProQuest Administrator Module application at admin.proquest.com. The password and ID for this is NOT the same as the ProQuest Dialog ID/password. This is the opening view of ProQuest Administrator Module: Getting Started. Once in ProQuest Administrator Module, you have several options. Let's first look at customizing the user interface.
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The active tab is aquamarine to show you where you are. Administrators can tailor the search and results pages to the needs of their searchers. (Note that individual users can still make certain changes in their preferences, such as language, number of records displayed on the results page, sorting, etc.). Here you can check radio buttons and use drop-down menus to customize defaults for what you want your searchers to see as they start their searches and get results. You can specify where they start out and how the databases are displayed. You can decide on date display formats and approve citation styles. You can choose to allow emailing of documents, and for transactional accounts, you can enable project code tracking.
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Administrators can customize their ProQuest Dialog with logos and text. The logo must be housed on a public server such as www.dialog.com NOT behind a firewall.
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Create a custom URL. This is useful for offering a certain group of users access to a limited set of databases.
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Create a customized subject vertical—this could be useful to eliminate certain databases within a subject area that are outside of a group's requirements.
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Continue on to complete the Learning Check.