cos pivot university of central florida november 29, 2011 chris horn, mls
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COS Pivot University of Central Florida November 29, 2011 Chris Horn, MLS. “The mind is a wonderful thing - it starts working the minute you are born and never stops until you get up to speak in public.” Roscoe Drummond. Agenda. What is COS Pivot? End-user view Administrator view - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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COS PivotUniversity of Central Florida
November 29, 2011Chris Horn, MLS
Indispensable tools for research at its bestwww.refworks-cos.com
“The mind is a wonderful thing - it starts working
the minute you are born and never stops until you get up to speak in public.”
Roscoe Drummond
• What is COS Pivot?– End-user view– Administrator view
• How to access• Searching Pivot & Navigating home page– Active & Tracked Opportunities – Saved Searches & Shared Searches– Pivot Advisor
• Scholar Profiles• Claiming a profile – who, how, why
Agenda
COS Funding Opportunities + Scholar Universe +
COS Expertise = COS Pivot• Funding Opportunities =26,000+ records• Scholar Universe + Expertise = 3.2 million Profiles• Pivot suggests funding based on Pivot profile (vice-
versa too)
What is COS Pivot?
• http://pivot.cos.com• Log-in with existing COS username & password• No user name & password? Click “Log-In” then
“Log-in Help”
Accessing COS Pivot
• We’ll send confirmation e-mail with link to get Pivot access– e-mail address must match e-mail domain
for school–user’s e-mail address will be username
when logging into Pivot (New accounts only)
Accessing COS Pivot (cont’d)
• Have a profile in Pivot? Connect it to Pivot account
• Claiming a profile allows you to see the Advisor on home page & update profile
• Profile has been claimed if your name is hyperlinked on home page
• Not hyperlinked = not claimed
Claiming a Profile
Claimed Profile…
*Users logging in first time may see their profile already claimed*Result of integration of Expertise & Scholar Universe
Unclaimed Profile…
Claiming a Profile
Claiming a Profile
Claiming a Profile
Claiming a Profile….
• Profiles are faculty members on university websites
• Created with data available for part-time & adjunct faculty (some graduate students)
• COS Pivot approach to creating profiles inclusive
• Suggest A Scholar link
Who are the Profiles?
Suggest A Scholar….
• Help & FAQs in Support section
• COS Pivot YouTube channel: (www.youtube.com/proquestpivot )
• Upcoming webinars and recorded session are also available in the Support area of your Pivot account
• COS Pivot Tech Support– [email protected]– +1.775.327.4105
• Thank you!
Questions?