Basic Catalog Searching Rich Edwards Innovative Coordinator Washington State Library

Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records

n Author

Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records n Author n Title

Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records n Author n Title n Subjects

Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records n Author n Title n Subjects n Location/Call Number

Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records n Author n Title n Subjects n Location/Call Number n Description

Filing in the Catalog Card Catalog n Duplicate cards n Different drawers –Author –Title –Subject –Shelf List Online Catalog n One Record n Different Indexes –Author –Title –Subject –Call Number –Keyword

Innovative Interfaces, Inc. System n Computer database n Computer at The Evergreen State College n Several “views” of the same database. n Interactive, real-time n Many modules: Circulation, Catalog, etc. n Innovative Coordinator

Online Web Catalog

Telnet Public Catalog

Telnet Staff Catalog

Millennium Circulation - Staff Search

Staff Command Line Search

Author Search - Web

Author Search n Last name first n First initial enough n Punctuation not necessary (replaced with space)

Author Index Browse - Web

Author Index Browse -Telnet

Author Index Browse -Millennium

Author Index Browse -Web n Alphabetical order n Titles shown n Location Codes (Bibliographic) n Date of publication

Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

n Item Record current information n Location n Status

Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card) n Links to do searches

Bibliographic Record - Telnet Public (Catalog Card)

n Item Record Current Information n Location n Status

Bibliographic Record - Telnet Staff (Catalog Card)

Item Record - Telnet Staff n Staff Coded n Current Online Information: Location, Status, MORE!

Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card)

n Item Record Current Information n Location n Status Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card)

Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card - View)

Cross References n Web Catalog n Telnet n One entry for all versions of one person’s name (Authority File) n System provides guide for searchers n Linked to automatically performed search

Title Search

n Alphabetical Title Search (looks for your search terms at the beginning of a title, in the order you've entered them) n You may ignore initial articles (a, an, the) n Truncation assumed

Title Index Browse - Web

Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

Subject Search

n Alphabetical Subject Search n Library of Congress Subject Headings (Authority File) n Truncation assumed

Subject Index Browse - Web

Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

See Also References n Controlled Vocabulary - Authority File n (Library of Congress Subject Headings)

See Also References n System provides guides for searchers n Linked to automatically performed search

Keyword Search

Keyword Searches n Searches for Words in multiple parts of the record n Searches for Words regardless of where they appear in the line n Multiple words are assumed to ALL be required for retrieval (Boolean “and”)

Keyword Searches

n To broaden your search use "or" as a connector. Search will return records that contain any of the words used

Keyword Searches - Browse Display

Keyword Searches n To exclude a term, use "not"

Keyword Searches - Browse Display

Keyword Searches n To pull up all forms of a word, truncate the word and add an asterisk *

Keyword Searches - Browse Display

Keyword Searches n Use parenthese to group terms in a search.

Keyword Searches - Browse Display

Call Number Searches

Dewey Call Number Search

n Used by the State Library for most collections n Numeric n Often has prefix: R, WA, B, Video, etc. n WA is prefix for Washington State Documents

Dewey Call Number Search n Government 320

Dewey Call Number Index Browse n Government 320

Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

Federal Document Call Number Search

n Used by the State Library for Federal Document collection n Alpha-numeric mix. n Number derived from Department/Agency

Federal Document Call Number Index Browse

Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

Other Searches - Public n LCCN - Library of Congress Card Number n ISBN - Interenational Standard Book Number n ISSN - International Standard Serial Number n Other Locally Assigned Call Number

Other Searches - Staff n Barcodes n Internal System Record Number n Bib Utility Number

Staff Command Line Search

n a = Author n t = Title n w = KeyWord n d = Subject n B = Barcode n o = Bib Utility Number n m = Dewey Call Number n g = Federal Document n n = Patron Name

Author Index Browse -Telnet

Author Index Browse - Telnet Command Line

Staff Searches n Scopes - subsets of shared catalog. n Suppressed records - hidden from public catalog n Special record types: Orders, Checkins, Patrons. n Coded Information n Editing

WSL Library Catalog

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