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Preferred Browsers

Alma works best in the following browsers, in descending order of ease:

  1. Google Chrome 
    1. Chrome keyboard shortcuts
    2. Chrome help pages
  2. Mozilla Firefox
    1. Firefox keyboard shortcuts
    2. Firefox help pages
  3. Microsoft Edge
    1. Edge keyboard shortcuts
    2. Microsoft Edge help pages

Alma is not supported in either Internet Explorer (because IE has been replaced by Microsoft Edge) or Safari (an Apple browser).

 

 

In addition to the other options described on this page, you can also create a bookmark by highlighting the text of one of the links shown below, and then left-click dragging it to your browser's Bookmarks Bar (if you have that showing, below the address bar), or to the Bookmarks menu option (if the menu bar is visible in your browser below the page title at the very top.).

 

Alma login via Harvard Key

https://hvd.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/CAS

Alma Shared Circulation Desks Login

 https://hvd.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/mng/login

 

 

Best Practices

Only have Alma open in one tab or window in a browser. This is a recommendation from Ex Libris.

If your workflow would truly be easier with Alma in two windows, we recommend using a second browser for the second session. Even then, we recommend using one browser for active work and the second for view-only or simple work (e.g., using the second browser to just Scan In barcodes).

For more, please see the Ex Libris Knowledge Center page Browser and Operating System Requirements for Alma.

 

 

 

Bookmarking the Alma URL

Chrome

To create a bookmark:

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. Go to the site you want to visit again in the future.
  3. To the right of the address bar, click Star Star.

To change the name or web address/URL of a bookmark:

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, click More More and then Bookmarks and then Bookmark Manager.
  3. To the right of a bookmark, click the Down arrow Down Arrow and then Edit.

More on managing bookmarks in Chrome

Firefox

Screenshot of how to edit a bookmark in Firefox - details come next

To create a bookmark, click the star in the toolbar. The star will turn blue and a bookmark for the page you're on will be created in the Other Bookmarks folder. That's it!

To change the name or web address/URL of a bookmark:

  1. To edit the details of your bookmark, click the star a second time to open the Edit This Bookmark dialog box.
    • In the Edit This Bookmark box you can change any of these details:
      • Name: This is the name that Firefox displays for the bookmark in menus.
      • Folder: Choose what folder to store your bookmark in by picking one from the drop-down menu (for example, the Bookmarks Menu or Bookmarks Toolbar). In that drop-down menu you can also select Choose... to display a list of all bookmarks folders.
      • Tags: You can use tags to help you search through and organize your bookmarks. For more information, see Bookmark Tags - Categorize bookmarks to make them easy to find.
  2. When you are finished editing, click Done to close the box.

More on managing bookmarks in Firefox

Microsoft Edge

To create a bookmark:

  1. Select the Add to favorites or reading list   button.
  2. Rename the favorite if you want, and then select Add.

To change the name or web address/URL for a bookmark:

  1. At the top right, click More More and then Favorites
  2. In the list of Favorites, look for the bookmark you want to edit.
  3. Right click on the bookmark, then choose:
    1. Rename to change the title of the bookmark
    2. Edit URL to change the web address for the bookmark

 

Create an Alma Desktop Shortcut

If you would prefer to have a Desktop shortcut to Alma, here's how that is accomplished in Windows 10 (Windows 7 should be similar).

From your Windows Desktop:

  1. Right-click on the Desktop, and from the menu that appears, choose New; then Shortcut.
  2. In the next window, enter the Alma login URL as the "Location". Click Next to continue.
  3. Give your Shortcut a name as requested, and click Finish.
  4. There should now be a new Desktop shortcut to the Alma URL. The icon will reflect your default browser (Firefox, Chrome, Edge)

When you click on the shortcut, your browser should open to the Harvard Key login page, or, if you are still logged in, to your Alma home page.

 

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