Skillsoft Books: Quick Start Guide: Searching

If you look closely, you'll notice that the top navigation elements never change, regardless of what book you are reading or what part of the Skillsoft Books site you are on. Shown below, those elements are: the VDOT University logo, Browse Catalog, My Bookshelf and the "Search" box: 

Start your search by typing a keyword or search phrase. You may notice that as you type the system "autofills" the search box with narrower and related terms. An example is shown below. Hovering your cursor over one of the options highlights that topic and clicking your mouse executes the search on that topic: 

In this case, we started by typing "Project Management" but when the system autofilled with "project management fundamentals" we selected and searched on that phrase. The results look something like this: 

Select "Launch" to the right side of the screen to start reading a book.

Finally, additional search parameters are available, as shown below:

They include: 

1. Additional subject heading filters (pick as many as you want)

2. Limit to "Book Summaries (3-5 page Cliffs Notes type summaries of a full length book), or "Audio Books" (what they sound like).

3. Copyright corresponds with approximate year of publication: Last 5 years, Last 2 years, This year.

4. Finally, if you need to you can apply or or "clear" filters you've just selected.