1. ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUES (OPAC) Annamaria Kiss annamaria@lib.sote.hu Central Library Semmelweis University 2014

2. 2/45 WHAT IS THE TASK OF CATALOGUE?  To inform you about documents are owned by the library  You can search for the - title - author - subject - year of publishing - name of publisher, etc.

3. 3/45 STEPS of SEARCHING: 1/ What do you need exactly? 2/ Which is the suitable catalogue? 3/ If you get a lot of hits, narrow your question. Use filter or ask another question. 4/ If you get few hits, widen your question or clear filters. 5/ If you don’t get any hits at all, don’t believe it. Try searching in other ways.

4. 4/45 WHAT IS…  Filter  You can limit the number of hits with it. Usually it limits the language or type of documents or the period of publishing.  Operator  It combines two or more conditions by logical connection: OR: result will be suitable for one condition AND: result will be suitable for all conditions NOT: result will rule out the condition

5. SEARCH FOR PRINTED BOOKS 5/45

6. catalogue of the Central Library 6/45

7. 7/45 CENTRAL LIBRARY of Semmelweis University THE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS http://hunteka.lib.sote.hu

8. 8/45 Browsing:

9. 9/45 Browsing by subject heading:

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11. 11/45 Advanced searching and operators:

12. 12/45 Selected hit with details

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14. 14/45 The list of hits after quick search:

15. 15/45 The list of previous searches:

16. 16/45 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

17. 17/45 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE - NCBI : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

18. 18/45 NCBI

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21. Karolinska institutet http://search.kib.ki.se/miks/bin2/miksfragor_en.exe 21/45

22. 22/45 British Library British Library http://explore.bl.uk

23. 23/45 The way of „ basic search ”: 1 question with filters: Searching field

24. 24/45 The details of selected document:

25. 25/45 Advanced search, limits and operators: Searching fields

26. ONLINE CATALOGUE OF Library of Congress 26/45

27. 27/45 The method of basic search: you can give 1 question with search limits:

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30. 30/45 In guided search: you can combine 2 questions with logical operators and search limits

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32. http://www.worldcat.org/ 32/45

33. Online books 33/45

34. 34/45 Online books (Subscribed and Open access)

35. 35 Ovid e-book: The title of book Searching in text

36. 36/45 Selected part of the book:

37. 37/45 Subject index:

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39. 39/45 Thieme Online book:

40. Search for journals 40/45

41. 41/45 SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARY The catalogue of journals SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARY The catalogue of journals :

42. 42/45 The details of printed journal:

43. 43/45 The details of e-journals:

44. 44/45 OTHER USEFUL HOMEPAGES ON THE INTERNET  Publishers in all the world: http://www.medbioworld.com/publish.htmlhttp://www.medbioworld.com/publish.html  Book traders / Hungarian: http://www.konyvkereso.hu/http://www.konyvkereso.hu/ http://www.libri.hu/ http://www.bookline.hu /http://www.bookline.hu / http://www.prospero.hu/ foreigner: http://www.amazon.com/http://www.amazon.com/  A worldwide catalogue : http://www.worldcat.orghttp://www.worldcat.org  18 European national libraries : http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.htmlhttp://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.html  European medical or univeristy libraries: http://medlib.netfirms.com/europe.html  European libraries: http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Europe_main.htmlhttp://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Europe_main.html  „ in western: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wessweb/eurocats.htmlhttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~wessweb/eurocats.html  Medical libraries in the USA: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hslibs.htmlhttp://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hslibs.html  University libraries in the USA: http://www.eduseek.com/navigate.php?ID=12134http://www.eduseek.com/navigate.php?ID=12134

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