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Search Guide for OCC Libraries Catalog |
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Search Guide for OCC Libraries Catalog |
| Search Guide: Introduction | Basic Search | Advanced Search | Power Search | Multi-Libraries Search |
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Please note that OCC Libraries' four search screens are customized. The help screens, of which this is one, are also customized. Therefore, for search screen help, you should look to these customized help screens. For help with other screens--search results, your account, etc.--please select the Help button on the upper right of the particular screen. |
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Use your browser's back button to return to the search screen to preserve any search you have already done. |
| BASIC SEARCH |
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Basic Search has an arrow-down window that lets you pick one of eleven types of searches. As its default it has an "anywhere keyword" search (same as Quick Search), which examines all information on all records in the library catalog. But why search the author and subject and all the other fields of all library records when what you may want is, for example, a particular title? Pick one of the eleven types to focus and speed your search.
More information about Basic Search is available.
| ADVANCED SEARCH |
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Advanced Search is the fastest search when you have specific information about:
a title of anything owned by the library--book, periodical, video, CD, etc.
an author's name
an official subject term or phrase from the Library of Congress Subject Headings, or from MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)
a title of a magazine, journal, or newspaper
an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
the start of a Library of Congress call number
More information about Advanced Search is available.
| POWER SEARCH |
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Power Search is aptly named. It lets you:
combine up to four different types of searches in various ways
limit search by:
location (campus)
format (book, video, CD, etc.)
language
sort results by:
date
author
title
More information about Power Search is available.
| MULTI-LIBRARIES SEARCH |
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Broadcast Search lets you construct a search using one or more of the popular keyword types, or an ISBN, and direct it to multiple DALNET libraries. It always searches OCC; plus it searches any of the other libraries in DALNET that you select.
More information about Broadcast Search is available.
A Word about Quick Search
That little search box near the upper right of the four search screens is for people in a hurry. It is a general keyword search, a type that examines all the information on all the records in the library catalog. It's "quick" in that you don't have to take time to carefully craft your search; you just pop in a word or two and see what comes up. It's not quick on the receiving end, however. It casts a wide net, retrieves many hits, and forces you to take time reviewing the results to find something useful. To really save time, try one of the three main types of searches described above.
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| Search Guide: Introduction | Basic Search | Advanced Search | Power Search | Multi-Libraries Search |
This page was last reviewed on 01/29/07. Comments about this page are welcome.
