Three features.
Every search finds something.
A great search starts with the right search terms. Whether you're a student, a teacher, or just running on end-of-term brain fog, SmartSearch is here to help. Three intelligent features work together in the background so every user finds what they're looking for, faster.
Smart Suggestions, Help Me Find, and Did You Mean are built in - no add-ons, no extra cost.
SmartSearch has three features
Start typing.
Matching results appear instantly.
Simply start typing into the search bar. Matching titles, subjects, and authors appear instantly, helping students and staff find the right resources faster. No more scrolling through dead-end results. No more remembering exact spellings. Just start typing and SmartSearch does the rest.
Not sure what to search?
Pick a path instead.
Not every student searches with a specific book in mind. Some just want something interesting to read. Help Me Find opens with two simple prompts - Fun Stuff and My Subjects - so students can browse by mood or by curriculum area without having to know what they're looking for first.
- Fun Stuff - 21 popular topics, from Dinosaurs to Space to Myths and Legends
- My Subjects - curriculum-aligned discovery by subject, year level, and ACARA topic
- No typing required - students in Prep to Year 2 can browse by picture alone
- My Subjects uses ACARA-Sync data - every topic shown is from the Australian Curriculum
Typos happen.
Dead-end searches don't have to.
Did You Mean detects misspelled keywords and offers the correct search term as an instant correction, or as a list of alternatives to choose from. Students select the suggested term and keep discovering the resources they need - no dead ends, no dropped searches.
Did You Mean uses your own catalogue metadata to suggest corrections - so it only suggests terms that will actually return results from your library.
Who benefits from SmartSearch?
SmartSearch makes the library more accessible for everyone in the school - not just confident searchers.
Teacher-Librarians
Fewer “I can't find anything” moments at the desk. Students find their own way to the shelf. When they do ask for help, you're helping them refine their search, not troubleshoot spelling.
Classroom Teachers
Set students loose in the library with a research task and they can actually complete it. Subject and year-level filters mean the results they find are curriculum-relevant, not random.
Students
Search that works the way you think. Type what you remember, discover what you did not know existed, and never lose a search to a typo again.
SmartSearch is only in SmartSuite Library.
Smart Suggestions, Help Me Find, and Did You Mean are built on the same curriculum data and title metadata that power ACARA-Sync. That is why no other Australian school library system searches this well - and works alongside our federated search across trusted external sources.
Book a Demo →SmartSearch - Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to set anything up to use SmartSearch?+
Does SmartSearch work with my existing catalogue?+
Can students still use a regular keyword search?+
Is Help Me Find suitable for younger students?+
How does My Subjects know which curriculum topics to show?+
What happens if a student misspells a word that SmartSearch does not recognise?+
Is there any cost for SmartSearch?+
Ready to see SmartSearch live?
Book a personalised demo and see Smart Suggestions, Help Me Find, and Did You Mean working in your school's library catalogue.