Getting Started

How to use your dashboard

Choose an outcome from one Home and open only the tools you need.

All members

Who can use this

A completed, signed-in account.

Steps

  1. Open Dashboard to see your shared Home and current saved activity.
  2. Use Continue to reopen your exact saved task, Recommended Next for useful optional suggestions, and Needs Attention for recorded requests or notices.
  3. Use My World for saved reading counts, Results for recorded outcomes, and Quick Access or All Features & Tools to open another tool. Book Manager, Editorial Assistant and ARC Hub remain independent choices.
  4. Use the navigation for Community, Clubs, Inbox, Account and your other available tools. On a narrow screen, open Menu.
  5. Use Help & Guides from the member menu whenever you need a task walkthrough. Check any empty or unavailable message before retrying; no saved activity is invented.

What happens next

You reach the relevant tool from one identity without completing a compulsory Reader, Author or Creator sequence.

Common problems

A tool is locked.
Check its displayed access requirement. Optional tool access and membership entitlement are separate; enabling a tool never purchases a plan.
There is no activity yet.
Choose a useful action to begin. An empty card does not mean you must complete every tool.