I hope that my previous blogs have helped make your Society of Toxicology (SOT) ToXchange profiles look up-to-date and sparkling. But aside from your profile, ToXchange offers many other features that can make networking with other members easy and enjoyable. This week I want to talk about the User Lookup/Member Search feature. Now that your profile looks as good as it does, other users will no doubt take notice. Finding a fellow member’s profile is convenient and nearly effortless.
Here’s how:
1.From the ToXchange home screen, select the "Members" drop down menu at the top of your screen in the orange bar. Then, select "Search for Members." This option is the main and most detailed way to look up members. We will talk about the other options in this drop down menu later in the post.
2.Here you will see options to search by Full Name, Last Name, First Name, and a number of other items. This is very convenient if you only know one item about the member you are trying to find. You can enter as much or as little information as you would like. Type in the information you know and then click "Search" at the bottom of your screen.
For an example, below, I am going to search for my last name: “Pomper” and for part of my organization name: “Society.”
3.If there are any results to your search, they will be listed as my name is in the format below. To access the user’s page, simply select the name displayed.
If you would like to start a new search or clear your search, you can click the “Reset” or “Clear” buttons at the top or bottom of your screen.
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, there are alternate ways to search for members. Under the same “Member” drop down menu, you will find the option to ‘View Members by Name’ and "View Members by Company."
By selecting either of these groups, you will be able to look up users alphabetically based on their last name or their company.
The "User Lookup" in all of its formats is a very valuable tool when networking and collaborating with other members of SOT. There are many more exciting features of ToXchange, and I look forward to sharing these with you in the coming months. As always, if you have any questions that you would like to be featured in a blog, please feel free to email me at Ashley Pomper.
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