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Lesson Five
The Online Catalog
Introduction to the Online Library
Catalog
• This lesson provides information and directions
on how to use the online catalog of the Sullivan
University System Libraries.
• You can find out what books, audiovisuals, and
periodicals can be found at a Sullivan University
Library by going to the online catalog.
• The Sullivan University System Libraries use a
Web-based OPAC (online public access
catalog).
Introduction to the Online Library
Catalog
Introduction to the Online Library
Catalog
• The OPAC provides you with details about the
books, audiovisuals, and other materials that
can be found in our library.
• Some of you may be asking: "I live several
hundred miles away from Sullivan University.
Why do I need to know how to use their online
catalog?“
• One good reason is that libraries throughout the
world use a similar system.
Why Do I Need to Know About the
OPAC?
• Understanding a little bit about the library's
online catalog (OPAC) will allow you to do a
better job of locating books and other materials
available through our libraries as well as other
libraries.
• This can be a big help and time-saver in your
search for information that is needed for papers
or projects.
What Can Be Found in the OPAC?
• The Online Library Catalog contains a record for
each book, audiovisual and periodical in our
collection. The catalogs of other libraries contain
the same types of information about items in
their collections.
• The records tell you where the items can be
found, if they are available for checkout, and
also provide information about the format of the
resource.
A General Search of the
Online Library Catalog
• The online catalog is available from the
library's web page
(http://library.sullivan.edu).
• From the library page, go to the SEARCH
CATALOG tab and then click SEARCH.
• This will take you to the main screen of the
online catalog.
A General Search of the
Online Library Catalog
• From this screen, you can perform a general
search for books and audiovisuals, as well as a
periodical search.
• A general search will return results based on a
search for the word that you entered in the
AUTHOR, TITLE, or SUBJECTS fields.
• The results of your search will show you 10
items at a time.
Try a General Search!
• Click here to go to a separate screen
containing the online catalog.
• From the library catalog main screen, type
in the words CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
Click SEARCH.
Try a General Search!
• How many items did you retrieve from the
search? (The search looked for authors, titles,
and subjects).
– You should have retrieved at least 29 or more items.
• Note that some of the items have images of the
book jacket.
• Some items have additional buttons that provide
links to:
– Table of Contents
– Reviews
– Annotations
Try a General Search!
• Note that some of the items are available at
various Sullivan University locations.
• There is a call number listed for each item. This
indicates where the book or audiovisual can be
found in the collection.
– The majority of the Sullivan University Libraries use
the Dewey Decimal Classification System. (By
clicking RESOURCES to the left of the screen, you
will find a web site that explains the Dewey Decimal
System in more detail).
Continuing the General Search!
• Now, click on the link to the book: Bringing
Peace Into the Room, edited by Daniel
Bowling and David Hoffman.
• This brings up a screen listing containing
additional information about this book.
Continuing the General Search!
Continuing the General Search!
• Publication information is listed:
– The status of the book is indicated. The book
may be:
• checked-out
• available
• overdue
Continuing the General Search!
• The circulation criteria of the book is listed.
This indicates whether the book is:
– circulating (can be checked-out)
– reference (not checked out)
– a reserve item (an item that the instructor has
set aside for use by his or her students only)
• Circulating books and audiovisuals in the Sullivan
University System can be checked out up to a 2week period.
• Periodicals and reference books do not circulate.
Continuing the General Search!
• There are also hyperlinks to the subject(s)
of the book.
– Subjects are the main focus of a book.
• If a subject is of interest to you, you can click the
link to retrieve other items in the collection that are
related to that subject.
• Congratulations!! You have just completed
a general search using the online catalog!
Creating a Listing of Your Search
Results
• The online catalog also provides you with the capability
to create a bibliographic listing of records that you have
selected from searches.
• This is a very useful tool. Not only do you have a citation
for each item, you also can add to the list from additional
searches.
• NOTE: This listing will remain only while you are
searching the online catalog. Once you leave the online
catalog, the list is no longer be available.
The Simple Search
• There are other ways to search the online
catalog that provide a great degree of
specificity.
• A Simple Search allows you to select and
search a category such as AUTHOR,
TITLE, SUBJECT, or NOTES.
The Simple Search
• Here is the Simple Search Screen:
The Simple Search
• This is different from a General Search which looks for
all of these components during a search.
• You can limit your search by deciding whether you want
your search:
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To begin with the search word
To contain the search word
To closely match the search word
Or by other limiters
The Simple Search
• To begin a simple search, click on the SEARCH
button, found on the main page, or the
FLASHLIGHT, found on other pages.
Try a SIMPLE SEARCH!
• Click here to go to a separate screen
containing the ONLINE CATALOG.
• Scroll down and click the SEARCH button.
• This will take you to the SIMPLE SEARCH
screen.
Try a SIMPLE SEARCH!
• In this search, you are looking for books
written by Peter Drucker.
• How many books did you find?
• What is the call number for the book
Managing in the Next Society?
From the SIMPLE SEARCH SCREEN:
•Click on AUTHORS
•Click on the CONTAIN radio button
•Enter the name Peter Drucker in the entry box
Click SEARCH.
Click to go to the next screen.
A hyperlink will appear for Peter Drucker.
Click to go to the next screen.
Click on Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, 1909… to bring up a listing of
the books.
Look for the book Managing in the Next Society.
ANSWERS:
There should be at least 19 items in the collection that
were written by Peter Drucker.
The call number for the book Managing in the Next
Society is 658 D795mn.
Click to go to the next screen.
Try a SIMPLE SEARCH!
• How did you do?
• Try other searches on your own to become
more of an expert in using the online
catalog.
The Periodical Search
• The Periodical Search is also available from the Library
Catalog page.
• This type of search allows you to search through a listing
of print and electronic (online) journals that are available
in the Sullivan University Libraries' Collections.
• The Sullivan University Library in Louisville subscribes to
about 200 titles in print, but there are approximately
15,000 full-text periodicals available to our students
through the electronic databases.
• This can be very useful, especially if your instructor has
assigned you a reading.
The Periodical Search
• A Periodical Search will let you know:
– whether a particular publication is available in
an electronic full-text version.
– whether a particular publication is part of the
Sullivan University Print collection.
– If an electronic full-text article is available, you
can read or print the article from your
computer screen.
How to Perform a Periodical
Search
• To perform a Periodical Search, return to
the online catalog search screen.
– The Periodical Search can be found on the
main screen.
– You can perform a screen for the periodical by
title or by subject.
How to Perform a Periodical
Search
• Click here to go to the Online Catalog web
page.
• From that page, perform the following
search:
– Search for all the periodicals that have a title
that begins with the word "law."
– Search a second time for all of the periodicals
whose titles contains all words using the word
"law."
Go to the Online Catalog Screen:
•Type law in the Search Periodicals by Title: Title begins with entry box
and click SEARCH.
Click to go to the next screen.
• A results screen will appear. 12 records were found.
Click to go to the next screen.
• Now, search a second time for all the periodicals whose title contains
all words for “law”.
Click to go to the next screen.
• From this search, 174 records were found.
Click to go to the next screen.
The answer to the question:
The title contains all words search produced more
records than the title begins with search.
Click to go to the next screen.
How to Perform a Periodical
Search
• Now, select "Government, Law, and Public
Policy" as a subject.
– Go to the subject heading "Military."
– Find the record for the periodical entitled Air
Force Law Review.
– From this journal, find an article from Issue 53
in the year 2002 related to "military housing."
•Go to the Online Catalog screen.
•Select “Government, Law, and Public Policy” as a subject.
•Click SEARCH.
Click to go to the next screen.
• A results screen of subject headings will appear.
• Click the subject heading “Military.”
Click to go to the next screen.
• Look for the periodical “Air Force Law Review.”
Click to go to the next screen.
•The full-text to this periodical can be found in two databases:
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier.
•Click on Academic Search Premier to bring up a listing of the issues
of the periodical. These issues are listed by year.
NOTE: If you are accessing a database OFF CAMPUS, a password
screen will appear. Follow the directions given earlier in this orientation
(Found in Lesson 2, How to Access Electronic Databases: Off Campus).
•Click on the year 2002.
•Click on Issue 53.
The answer to the question:
The first result, Military Housing Privatization
Initiative, is the article related to military housing.
Click to go to the next screen.
How to Perform a Periodical
Search
• Congratulations!! You have just completed
a Periodicals Search!