Saved Searches allow you to save a set of search terms to be able to repeat a search with one click.  You can get to your Saved Searches in the dropdown menu under Search from the toolbar at the top of the PBS site.

Why use Saved Searches?

• If you have certain types of books you like to request, saving a search will allow you to browse the database intermittently to see if any new items have been added. 

  • For example, if you like audiocassettes of Biographies/Memoirs and you set up a search for these, you can save this search and run it every week to see if new audiocassette books of Biographies/Memoirs have been added to the database.
• If you are waiting for a certain (new or not-yet-published) book to be added to the PBS database (so you can add it to your Wish List or TBR list for example), you can set up a search to look for this book and run it every so often to see if the book has been added to the PBS database of known ISBNs.

How to use Saved Searches

• To Create a New Saved Search:
  • From a search result:
  • Click at the top or bottom right of a search result page (after you have run a search)
  • Name your search (for example "Bio--Cassettes" for the search above)
  • From an Advanced Search:
    • Enter a name for the search at the very bottom of the Advanced Search page (after you have set up your search terms, even before you have run the search)
    • Click
    • The search will be Performed and Saved simultaneously.
• To Run a Previously Created Saved Search:
  • Go to your Saved Searches list:
    • Place your cursor over Search in the toolbar at the top of the site, and click Saved Searches in the menu that drops down
    • Or click the Saved Searches tab in the  Search Area
    • Click the name of the saved search in the list there.
  • You can also run any previously saved search from the field at the bottom of the Advanced Search page:
    • Choose from the list of your Saved Searches
    • Click
•  To Delete a Saved Search:
  • From the menu under "Search" in the toolbar at the top of the site.
  • Place your cursor over Search in the toolbar
  • Click Saved Searches in the menu that drops down
  • This takes you to the Saved Searches page
  • From the Saved Searches tab in the Search Area:
    • Click Search in the toolbar at the top of the site
    • Click the Saved Searches tab (on the far right)
    • This takes you to the Saved Searches page
  • Click  next to any item in the list of Saved Searches to delete it.
• To ReName a Previously Saved Search:
  • Run the Saved Search as above
  • Click at the top or bottom right of the page
  • enter the new name and click OK
  • This will create a duplicate of the previous search, but with the new name. You can simply delete the previous search with the old name from your Saved Searches list.