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Other Search Possibilities
If you are in the library, use the four OPAC (Online Public
Access Catalog) computer stations, where you can find the I Portal. There
you can search only the library's OPAC.
If you are on the local AUBG web net you have access to all the Online library
resources.
If you are outside the local AUBG net you have access only to the OPAC
via
Internet.
Books
Periodicals (Newspapers, Magazines, Journals)
Reserve materials (Books, textbooks, photocopied and electronic articles, VHS's, CD, DVD, audio cassettes, etc.)
You can find the OPAC Search Options on the right of the screen. You may choose between: BROWSE, KEYWORD, RESERVE, BROADCAST, EXPERT
1. Select a search field by clicking on the pull-down menu arrow, and highlighting a field. Field choices are: Author, Title, Subject, Publisher, Call Number, Journal Title (In the sample screen above, the "Author" field has been chosen by default).
2. Click in the blank text box and type your search word(s).
3. Click on the Search button. A results screen with a list of 10 items will open.
4. Select one of the items by clicking on it. (If the results are not what you expected, check for misspellings).
If there was only 1 item in the hit count column of
the item which you have clicked on, the Call Number, Location, and Status
of that item will be displayed on the screen. If there was more than
one item in the hit count column, then you will have to select a specific
item by clicking on the items link to the left (below the small icon
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to see its Call Number, Location, and Status. (A maximum number of 10
items is displayed per screen. To navigate between the Intermediate
Results screens use the last set | next set and the first set | previous
set links.
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Browse
Search Options
Author
Search
Enter the author's name in reverse order in the search box.
Example: London Jack (capitalizing and coma not necessary)
Title
Search
Enter the title or part of it. If the title starts with an article, try
finding it in both ways.
Example: The European Dream (capitalization not necessary)
Subject
Search
Enter just one subject term in the search box.
Example: Folklore (capitalization not necessary)
Call
Number Search
An alphanumeric code, which indicates the location of the books on the
shelves.
Example: HC240.R54 2004 (capitalization not necessary)
Journal
Title Search
Enter a title of a journal. If the title starts with an article, try
finding it in both ways.
Example: Psychology today (capitalization not necessary)
Select from one to three search fields by clicking on the pull-down menus arrow, and highlighting a field. Field choices are: Author, Title, Subject, ISBN, ISSN, LCCN, Anywhere.
Click in the blank text boxes and type your search word. Results are displayed (and items located) just as they were in the BROWSE SEARCH explained above.
In addition to searching fields that are not available while doing a Browse Search, Boolean operators can be used in a Keyword Search. Boolean operators are used to combine different concepts into a single search. They are used to narrow, limit, or expand a search.
For example:
· AND: Narrows your search by finding records containing both terms:
Rowling AND Potter
· OR: Expands your search by finding records containing either term
or both terms: Tolkien OR rings
· NOT: Excludes a term from your search by finding records containing
the first term, but not the second: Tolkien NOT rings.
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Select one of the two search types (Instructor, Course ID) Click in the blank text box and type your search word. Click on the Search button. A list of the Instructors names or Courses titles with items on Reserve will appear. Choose the needed title or name and view the results. The items are kept on the Reserve desk. Some of the Reserve materials are in electronic format and access to them you have via the AUBG web net.
A broadcast search allows you to search multiple databases simultaneously. You can choose one or more from the given databases, ex. Panitza library OPAC and EBSCO, etc. Put a tick for each needed database.
Search possibilities are the same as in the Keyword Search.
To see each database results, click on 'View results'
link.
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After you enter a search, the Search Results screen will
appear.
Example: Author search
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The screen displays an alphabetical list of established subject headings, authors, titles, call numbers, or library defined search headings that match or come close to matching your search.
The term that is the closest match appears at the top of the scan list.
The number of titles in the database associated with each term is listed in the column labeled Hit Count.
After clicking on the chosen result a title list appears. There you can view the bibliographic citation. The Call number, availability and status information appears after clicking on the 'items' link in the left corner of the record.
There you may find the valuable information about:
· Location
· Call Number
· Copy number
· Barcode
· Status
Books
- browse the shelves using the Location and Call Number information
Locations:
· Circulation collection - books that can be borrowed
. Large Books - books that can be borrowed (designation label
Large) Ground Floor.
· Reference - books that cannot be borrowed (designation label
Reference ) Ground Floor
· Marks Collection - in Basement - Compact Shelves (designation label
Marks Collection)
· Reserve - at Circulation desk (designation label Reserve)
· Storage - Basement Compact Shelves (designation label
Storage)
Note: Electronic books can be searched in the catalog by entering the Subject term 'e-books'.
Periodicals
· Paper periodicals - Ground floor; Old issues - basement (
by request at Circulation desk)
· Electronic periodicals - for the online editions click on the hyperlink on the
catalog item record
For the CD-ROM editions, use the stations located in library computer area.
Reserves
- Paper reserves - Reserve desk.
- Electronic reserve - click the hyperlink on the catalog item record.
Last updated: 18.08. 2010
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