One Search.
Everything in Your Library.
SmartSearch gives students and teachers a single search bar across your catalogue, 180,000+ educational videos, external databases, and the web. Find it, filter it — and if you're a cataloguer, add it to your library in one click.
SmartSearch, TV4Education access, and one-click harvest are built in — no add-ons, no extra cost.
SmartSearch searches across
One search bar.
Books, videos, databases.
All of it.
Students type once and SmartSearch returns results from your catalogue, 180,000+ educational videos via TV4Education, licensed databases, and the open web — all ranked and filtered in a single page.
Find it in search.
One click and it's in your catalogue.
When a cataloguer spots a useful website or web resource in SmartSearch results, a single click tells SmartSuite to harvest it. The system reads the page, pulls the title, description, subject, and URL — and creates a ready-to-save catalogue record, instantly.
- Metadata harvested automatically from the source page
- Catalogue record created in seconds — no manual entry
- Assign to resource lists, Learning Pathways, or subjects
- Publish to the student discovery page with one more click
- No other school library system offers this
180,000+ educational videos.
Included in every subscription.
SmartSuite comes with access to TV4Education's full library of curriculum-aligned video content — searchable directly from SmartSearch. Teachers and students find and play educational videos without leaving the library portal, and without a separate subscription.
- Searchable from SmartSearch alongside books and databases
- No separate TV4Education login or subscription required
- Content organised by learning area, year level, and subject
- Curriculum-aligned — teachers can filter by ACARA strand
- Students can rate and review videos just like books
Every SmartSuite subscription includes full TV4Education access at no extra cost.
Students find the right book.
Not just any book.
SmartSearch filters results by reading level, year level, format, availability, and Australian Curriculum strand — so students land on something they can read and actually want to read.
Reading-Level Filters
Students filter by Lexile, PM level, or reading age. Results exclude books beyond their level — and recommend ones within range.
Curriculum-Linked Search
ACARA-Sync poweredTeachers filter by ACARA learning area, strand, and year level. SmartSearch returns only what your library holds — no phantom results.
Availability & Format
Filter by available now, eBook, physical, video, or web resource. Students never select a book only to find it's not there.
Searches the databases your school already subscribes to.
SmartSearch federates across EBSCO, Britannica, ePlatform, ProQuest, Infobase, World Book, and more — students search once and see results from everywhere, ranked together.
No other school library system lets you harvest the web into your catalogue in one click.
One-click harvest is built into every SmartSuite subscription — no add-on, no extra cost. Find a resource in SmartSearch, click harvest, and it's in your catalogue before the next tab opens.
See It Live →Search & Discovery — FAQs
What is SmartSearch?+
What is one-click harvesting from federated search?+
Does SmartSuite include TV4Education?+
Can SmartSearch filter by reading level?+
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Is one-click harvest available in other library systems?+
See SmartSearch — and one-click harvest — live.
We'll demo federated search, TV4Education, and one-click harvest using your own collection data. No slides — just the product.