SEARCHING THE ON-LINE CATALOGUE Searching by Keyword

1) Click Search in the menu and choose Keyword

2) In the dialogue box Keyword Search, type keywords. Keyword means a word contained in catalogue record (in fields: title, place of publication, publisher, subject, etc.). In this kind of search, words from the author field (name of author) are not included. NOTE: Boolean operators enable you to combine terms. The operator AND helps you choose documents containing both search terms; OR brings up documents containing any of the search terms; NOT allows you to find documents containing the first search term but not the second

3) Choose a combination of keywords and click twice e.g. here

NOTE 2: In our example the computer found books from the publisher „Secesja”, connected with art, together with books about Secession art 4) Find the desired title on the title list NOTE 1: Go to the next/previous screen using blue arrows

5) Choose the desired title and click twice e.g. here

Always pay attention to the columns LOCATION and STATUS look here and here

NOTE: In our example catalogue shows information about 2 items. The first is in open stacks in BUW, and the second is in the Library of the Institute of Art History. LOCATION BUW Wolny Dostęp - book is located in open stacks BUW Magazyn - book is in closed stacks Księg. Dydaktyczny - book is in the Textbook Collection BUW BUW WD [name] - book is in a separate collection in BUW Wydz./Inst. [name] UW - book is held in a departmental library

STATUS Available - can be borrowed Non-circ. - can be used only in library Due [date] - item checked out; you can reserve it or check its status after return date On hold - being held for another patron; currently unavailable W oprawie - unavailable W opracowaniu - unavailable ******** - status in particular collection must be checked

6) To find book placed in open stacks holdings, click Card Scrn. button here NOTE: If locations are different from BUW Wolny Dostęp, use call number shown on this screen

7) In the field CLAS NUMBER you can find the Library of Congress call number. This shows where the book is located in the open stacks NOTE: First letters of the call number show the subject area; numbers represent subdivisions of subject

N A78 B NOTE: You can also save search results on diskette, send them by , or print them 8) With the call number go to the proper subject area and subdivision. You can find your subject area on the map located on each level and the subdivision on subject area map

Final remarks NOTE 2: Not all books and serials have records in the on-line catalogue. To find them, you should also search the card catalogues NOTE 3: There are no call numbers (Library of Congress Classification) in card catalogues. Therefore you should always start searching from the on-line catalogue NOTE 1: You do not need a requisition form to borrow a book from open stacks. If you can borrow the book go directly to the Circulation Desk

We wish you successful searching! By: M. Kaczarowska A. Delfausse ESC Return to index Please ask a reference librarian for help if you need it