Learning Objectives

• Learn what ISearch Mobile is and how to access it.
• Explore the ISearch Mobile interface.

What is ISearch Mobile?

ISearch Mobile is the ISearch we all know and love, with a streamlined look and feel. ISearch Mobile does everything ISearch does and will provide high-quality digital content for research projects, background information on a topic, and supporting informational text. ISearch Mobile's simple interface allows students of any age to search for the content they need without distraction.

Finding ISearch Mobile

Before beginning a search on ISearch Mobile, make sure to login with your district's INFOhio username and password on the INFOhio homepage first. If you do not know your district's INFOhio username and password ask your school librarian and/or watch this video tutorial, Logging In to Access Digital Content from INFOhio to find out. 

Start from www.infohio.org, log in to your district's INFOhio username and password, and scroll down to search ISearch from the homepage. To access the ISearch homepage, click on the hamburger main menu and select Home. Another way to access ISearch is from your school library's homepage, if your school district automates with INFOhio's integrated library system, SirsiDynix. Go here: https://infohio.org/opac/. Find your library and then click on the ISearch icon. Accessing from your library link will take you directly to your library's ISearch homepage.

There are two main ways to access ISearch Mobile:

1. If you are on a mobile device, ISearch will automatically default to ISearch Mobile view.
2. If you are on a desktop machine, you can click the accessibility icon at the top of the ISearch page to change your view.

ISearch Mobile Accessibility View

ISearch Mobile has an accessibility view that will display a small banner at the top and bottom of your ISearch Mobile screen.  The banner contains links to the top of the screen, your search results, and the bottom of the screen.

On a mobile device, you can turn accessibility view on and off by going to the ISearch Mobile menu and selecting Enable (or Disable) Accessibility Mode.

On a desktop device, accessibility view is turned on automatically when you use ISearch Mobile.

ISearch Mobile Basics

Whether you reach ISearch Mobile from a mobile device or by clicking the Accessibility icon, you will land on the ISearch Mobile landing page or homepage.

ISearch Mobile Desktop View

ISearch Mobile Device View

Here are the main components of the Mobile landing page:

1. School or district name displays at the top.
2. Menu Options such as My Account, My Lists, and the ability to Exit Mobile Mode are found here.
3. Search Bar
4. Search Options link allows you to specify which collection to search and the field (All Fields, Title, Author, Subject). Clicking the Search Options also gives you access to Advanced Search.

The ISearch Mobile Results Screen

After initiating a search, you will land on the ISearch Mobile results screen. This initial search defaults to the My Library tab and provides content available from your school library. However by clicking on the drop-down menu (2 in picture below) you can choose from the other content categories available: Encyclopedias, Basic Sources, Advanced Sources, STEAM, and Open Access. In this example the Basic Sources tab was selected because I wanted my results to be magazine articles about the topic.

These are the main components of the ISearch Mobile results screen:

1. Search bar
2. The drop-down menu allows you to switch to other searches. This would be the tabbed searches found in ISearch. Choose from Encyclopedias, Basic and Advanced Sources, STEAM, and Open Access searches.
3. Filter Results
4. The three dots will take you to the View/Download option for the resource.

Exit Mobile Mode for Desktop Computers

To exit Mobile mode on a desktop, click the hamburger menu, and click Disable Accessibility Mode. This will take you back to ISearch. 

To go back to mobile mode in ISearch from a desktop, click on the accessibility icon. This will take you to ISearch Mobile's accessibility view. Also, please remember that if you are on a device or tablet, your default view of ISearch will be mobile mode.