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Prism

Prism is an institutional repository for the research and scholarly output of Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University

Browse Community Records

How to browse records within a community

  1. Log in to Prism by clicking on the grey button in the top right corner of the home page. PLEASE NOTE that a NetID is needed to access Prism. If this is the first time you are logging into Prism, please check your email and click on Confirm my account in the Prism welcome email. (Click here to learn how to confirm Prism account.)
  2. Click on Communities at the top left of the page –OR— go to My dashboard and then select the Communities tab.
  3. Click on the desired Community from the options.
  4. To view all versions of records in the community, toggle the View all versions option on the left. This will display each version of each record separately in the community’s library. NOTE the default display only shows the most recent version of each record.
  5. Filter records in the community by access status by checking the desired box next to the Open or Restricted options on the left. To the right of each option is a number, which represents the total records in the community with that particular access status. To reset this filter click on the white Clear button above the access status options.
  6. Filter records in the community by resource types by checking the boxes next to the desired types. Broader resource types may be broken down into more specific categories by clicking on the horizontal arrow directly to the left of each checkbox. This function facilitates a more focused filter (such as limiting an “Articles” search to just case reports). To the right of each resource type is a number, which represents the total records in the community that fit within that categorization. To reset this filter click on the white Clear button above the resource types options.
  7. In order to search for records in a community by inputting text, use the search bar at the top of the browser. After entering the desired text into the field, two search options will drop down directly below the search bar. The first search option contains a grey box that says In this community, while the second search option contains a grey box that says All Prism. To search only the community for results, and not all of Prism, click on the first dropdown search option. NOTE results will match records with the searched term(s) in any field. Stemming is applied, so e.g. “science” will also match “sciences,” and search results are ranked according to an algorithm that takes your query terms into account.
  8. After locating the desired record(s) in the community, click on it.