Setting up a Personal Profile Personal Profile Use Profile to set up personal preferences when using CDL-hosted Databases such as the Melvyl Catalog, the California Periodicals database and many journal article databases. You can create a profile for one session only, or create one that will be preserved across sessions. Profile also provides the option to save lists of retrieved citations, headings, and search histories across sessions. Information supplied when you establish a profile will be used by Request to automatically fill in values such as your library card or account number.
Profile is available to all users.
However, it is only effective for the resources that the user can access. For example the general public has full access to the Melvyl Catalog and the California Periodicals databases so they can activate their profiles for searches conducted in either of those resources. How to set up a Profile Profile is available while using any CDL-hosted Database. At any time during a search session you may activate or create a new personal profile. Learn more about Request .