32 Agilent 1100 Series LC/MSD Trap System Quick Start Guide
Create and use a library to identify unknowns
If you want to do this: Follow these instructions: Notes
Create a new library database. a From DataAnalysis, click
the Library Editor button.
The Library Editor program
opens.
b Click File > New.
c Navigate to the folder intended to
hold this library.
d Enter the name of the library.
e Click Save, then select File > Close.
• Each library must be placed in a
separate folder because the data
files generated during library setup
have identical names for all libraries
created.
• For convenience, give the folder the
same name as the library database.
Add the MS and MS/MS spectra of a
compound to the library.
a Open the data file on which you
intend to base your library.
b Find the compound spectra.
c Select the MS spectrum of a
compound in the Analysis List.
d Select Identify > Add to Library.
e Enter the compound name for the
spectrum.
f Click OK to enter the MS spectrum.
g Repeat steps c-e above with the
MS/MS spectrum of the compound.
Select the library database you created
earlier to search against.
a Open another data file and find the
compound spectra.
b Select Identify > Parameters...
.
c Click the Libraries tab.
d Click the New (Insert)
button in the Libraries
tab.
e Click the Browse button (...).
f Select the database, and click Open.