Hi everyone, welcome to the first video on using the online catalog here at the Queensland State Archives. Archive Search has some great features, so we're going to take you through the main ones in this video. We're going to look at how to create a new user account and manage that account. A user account is going to make your searching with us more efficient, and it's really easy to do.
Okay, so let's get set up. Here we are on the Archive Search homepage. We have the search screen in the middle here, a few other titles over on the left, and the cart and login over here. Let's go ahead and create our user account. Head over to the top right-hand corner here, where it says "Login." Click this, and you'll be in the login screen. As we haven't got an account yet, we're going to click under the box here on "Create an Account."
Now we're in the register screen. In here, you'll fill out your details the same way you might for any other online accounts you may have created in the past. You'll start with an email address and the password you want to use. This needs to be at least 12 characters in length, contain both upper and lowercase symbols, and at least one non-letter, like a symbol or a number.
As you scroll down to fill in the contact details section, there is a proof of identity statement. Don't be scared off by this! This is something that has to be done if you physically visit us here at QSA to view original records. The first time you come in after creating this online account, just show us an identity card, like a driver's license, so that we can verify your account. Once that's done, you won't have to do it again when you come back to visit us. Once you've filled out all your details, make sure you've read through the terms and conditions. You will need to accept these to create an account. Once you've accepted, we're going to make it official and click on "Register."
Congratulations! You now have an account. You should see a notice that your registration was successful. Let's check to make sure you can log in. Click "Login" and pop in your email and password, then hit Enter or the login button.
As you can see, we have successfully logged in, and you should see your name at the top right of the screen. From here, you can view your account, start searching, or log out. Let's have a quick look at managing your account. We're going to click on "Your Account," and in here you'll see four boxes. Here, you can update your contact details or change your password if you need to. We'll cover "My Requests" and "My Searches" in a later video. We're going to click on "Contact Details."
Enter in the new details and click "Update Details."
In here, you can also change your password by clicking over here on the left. You can also go back to the main menu and click the "Change Password" box. Once in here, pop in your new password and click "Update."
So that's it on creating your user account and managing your account. In the next video, we'll cover some of the basics of searching the catalog so that you can find the records you're looking for.