Explore User Guide
Explore helps institutions give their users easy access to digital content through subscriptions, collections, and library-style borrowing. It works with VitalSource Bookshelf and gives administrators a simple way to find content, manage access, and make materials available when and where they’re needed.
Use the sections below to explore setup, management, and reporting features.
Getting Started
- The Explore Marketplace
- Explore Interface Update: A Unified Bookshelf Experience
- In-App Explore Onboarding Requests
- Explore Institution Content Pages
Setup & Integrations
- Set up an Institutional LTI Integration with Explore
- Set up an Institutional IP Address Integration with Explore
- Set up an Institutional Allow List Integration in Explore
- Deep Linking into an Explore Collection via your LMS (LTI 1.3)
Managing Content & Collections
- Create a Collection in Explore
- Add Content to a Collection in Explore
- Edit Explore Collections in Bulk
- Edit Title Terms in Explore
- Removing Access to Content in Explore
- Favoriting Content in Explore
- Find Available Collections and Subscriptions in Explore
- Discover Recommended Content in Explore
Offers & Access
- Create an Offer in Explore
- Content Offers in Explore
- Explore Packages and Subscriptions
- Explore Market Purchase Limits
- Combined Borrow and Copy Limits in Explore
- Favoriting Content in Explore
- Find Available Collections and Subscriptions in Explore
Insights & Reporting
- Explore Insights Dashboard
- Explore Asset Engagement Report
- Explore Marketplace Catalog Report
- Explore Renewal Insights Report
- Explore Subscription Catalog Report
- Explore Transactions in PubComp Reports
Institutional Data
- Integrate Explore with Your Student Roster
- Concurrent User Limits in Explore
- Generate MARC Records in Explore