1. Searching the On-Line Catalogue A Simplified Method

2. The Online Catalog (WebPAC) The Online Catalogue is the gateway to library resources, such as books, journals and electronic materials.

3. Getting Started From University of Sharjah Homepage Go to “myuos portal” “Find a Book” Category Select “Online Catalog”

4. MyUOS Portal

5. The Online Catalog

6. Search Categories Various search categories are available. You can use any of the following Keyword Search : The keyword search will search anywhere in the bibliographic record, not next to each other Title Search : Search in the title field Author Search : Search for the author. Put the last name first Subject Search : The Subject search will retrieve a list of subject headings Classmark Search : The Classmark search will retrieve all the books available on particular subject.

7. Keyword Search Type the term in the Keyword Field Use single word e.g. (diabetes) To search for more than one term, use the Boolean Operator (AND) Example (diabetes and care) Drop the Stop Words ( on, for, of, by, …etc.) when searching Click on “Go” Button to see the results.

8. Keyword Search

9. Primary Results Page The Results List shows page-by-page the items retrieved that matched your search. The Book’s Title, Author’s Name and Classmark for each document, will be displayed Note the icon on the right side opposite to each record which indicate type of item Go through the titles, and note down the Classmarks for the appropriate ones Books will be found on shelves under Classmark numbers, printed on white label and pasted on their spines.

10. Results Page

11. Title Details To find more information on any of the listed titles, click on the Required Title in the Results List, a Detailed Page for the selected document will be displayed.

12. Title Details

13. Subject Search You can search by Subject to : Locate all available title related to specific subject. Find a broad search results. Retrieve a list of subject headings.

14. Classmark Search You can search by Classmark, to retrieve titles on a specific subject (under a particular classmark). To identify the Alphabets that represent a required subject, refer to the National Library of Medicine Classification Outline (NLM) Example “WB” to search for books on Practice of Medicine