Welcome to the land of Quad-LINC

Quad-LINC is Quad Cities Libraries in Cooperation Consortium of over 30 online libraries Includes materials from other libraries that are not online (e.g. Illini Hospital) Includes Public, Academic, School, and Special Libraries

Why do you need to know Quad-LINC? It is useful to find materials for assignments It is useful to find materials for pleasure during breaks (e.g. a novel, a CD, or a video)

What does Quad-LINC provide? It provides information about materials owned by libraries within River Bend Library System Scott County Library System.

What types of materials are available? Books Videos CD’s Cassettes Magazines DVD’s CD ROM’s

What information does the Quad-LINC catalog show? Title Author Subjects Location (i.e. library that owns the material) Short description of material

Where can Quad-LINC be accessed from? Home School The Library Any computer with an Internet connection

Objectives for this lesson Access Quad-LINC within allotted time Open browser window Type in Quad-LINC address correctly Type in terms in allotted time Save relevant records in allotted time Click “Full Record” (validates ability to find possible record) Click “Save” (validates that record is relevant based on Quad-LINC information Able to print saved records Find books using call numbers

Now it’s time to show you an example of what you will see using Quad-LINC 

Start your Web Browsers!! It’s time to access the Internet Now click the little

Which gives you the opening screen Note: this is the opening screen for the instructor’s computer. You will see whatever the opening screen is on your computer.

Now it’s time to type the address for Quad-LINC as shown which gives you this screen, then you click on the icon “Welcome to QuadLINC”

Now you click on the Guest Login icon

Now you click All Quad-LINC Libraries

Now you would type in the words Transcultural Nursing in the box labeled Search for just like this. Then press the Enter Key

Now you would find a relevant book Now you would find a relevant book. The first one looks good  So you click

Two views of the Full Record This book looks relevant for your needs, and it’s in the Trinity library even better  So you click

Now you click

Which returns you to the list of books from your search

Do you want more books? If so, you can repeat the steps we’ve been through If not, you can continue to print your list of books .

Let’s say you’ve found enough. Now you click

Now you click

Now you click This will print your list of books to the printer

Now you click Return to Marked Records

Now you click

Now you click Logoff to end your session. Which returns you to

The opening screen of Quad-LINC

Now locate the call number on your printout An example Location/Call Number: TRINITY MEDICAL WY107 L531t 2002 Non-Circ

Now find your book(s) on the shelf

Do the books fit your need?

If so, terrific. You’ve done it If so, terrific!! You’ve done it. If not, it’s back to the beginning to try again

Or… You can ask a librarian for help

Are you ready to try on your own? Pick a topic and see how you do 