basic catalog searching rich edwards innovative coordinator washington state library
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Basic Catalog Searching
Rich Edwards
Innovative Coordinator
Washington State Library
Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records
Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records
Author
Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records
Author Title
Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records
Author Title Subjects
Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records
Author Title Subjects Location/Call Number
Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records
Author Title Subjects Location/Call Number Description
Filing in the Catalog
Card Catalog Duplicate cards Different drawers
– Author– Title– Subject– Shelf List
Online Catalog One Record Different Indexes
– Author– Title– Subject– Call Number– Keyword
Innovative Interfaces, Inc. System
Computer database Computer at The Evergreen State College Several “views” of the same database. Interactive, real-time Many modules: Circulation, Catalog, etc. Innovative Coordinator
Online Web Catalog
Telnet Public Catalog
Telnet Staff Catalog
Millennium Circulation - Staff Search
Staff Command Line Search
Author Search - Web
Author Search
Last name first First initial enough Punctuation not necessary (replaced with
space)
Author Index Browse - Web
Author Index Browse -Telnet
Author Index Browse -Millennium
Author Index Browse -Millennium
Author Index Browse -Web
Alphabetical order Titles shown Location Codes (Bibliographic) Date of publication
Bibliographic Record - Web(Catalog Card)
Bibliographic Record - Web(Catalog Card)
Item Record current information
Location
Status
Bibliographic Record - Web(Catalog Card)
Links to do searches
Bibliographic Record - Telnet Public (Catalog Card)
Bibliographic Record - Telnet Public (Catalog Card)
Item Record Current Information
Location
Status
Bibliographic Record - Telnet Staff (Catalog Card)
Item Record - Telnet Staff
Staff Coded
Current Online Information: Location, Status, MORE!
Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card)
Item Record Current Information
Location
Status
Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card)
Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card)
Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card - View)
Cross References Web Catalog
Telnet
One entry for all versions of one person’s name (Authority File) System provides guide for searchers Linked to automatically performed search
Title Search
Title Search
Alphabetical Title Search (looks for your search terms at the beginning of a title, in the order you've entered them)
You may ignore initial articles (a, an, the) Truncation assumed
Title Index Browse - Web
Bibliographic Record - Web(Catalog Card)
Subject Search
Subject Search
Alphabetical Subject Search Library of Congress Subject Headings
(Authority File) Truncation assumed
Subject Index Browse - Web
Bibliographic Record - Web(Catalog Card)
See Also References
Controlled Vocabulary - Authority File (Library of Congress Subject Headings)
See Also References
System provides guides for searchers Linked to automatically performed
search
Keyword Search
Keyword Searches
Searches for Words in multiple parts of the record
Searches for Words regardless of where they appear in the line
Multiple words are assumed to ALL be required for retrieval (Boolean “and”)
Keyword Searches
Keyword Searches
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
To exclude a term, use "not"
Keyword Searches - Browse Display
Keyword Searches
To pull up all forms of a word, truncate the word and add an asterisk *
Keyword Searches - Browse Display
Keyword Searches
Use parenthese to group terms in a search.
Keyword Searches - Browse Display
Call Number Searches
Dewey Call Number Search
Dewey Call Number Search
Used by the State Library for most collections
Numeric Often has prefix: R, WA, B, Video, etc. WA is prefix for Washington State
Documents
Dewey Call Number Search
Government 320
Dewey Call Number Index Browse
Government 320
Bibliographic Record - Web(Catalog Card)
Federal Document Call Number Search
Federal Document Call Number Search
Used by the State Library for Federal Document collection
Alpha-numeric mix. Number derived from
Department/Agency
Federal Document Call Number Index Browse
Bibliographic Record - Web(Catalog Card)
Other Searches - Public
LCCN - Library of Congress Card Number
ISBN - Interenational Standard Book Number
ISSN - International Standard Serial Number
Other Locally Assigned Call Number
Other Searches - Staff
Barcodes Internal System Record Number Bib Utility Number
Staff Command Line Search
Staff Command Line Search
a = Author t = Title w = KeyWord d = Subject B = Barcode
o = Bib Utility Number m = Dewey Call Number g = Federal Document n = Patron Name
Author Index Browse -Telnet
Author Index Browse - Telnet Command Line
Staff Searches
Scopes - subsets of shared catalog. Suppressed records - hidden from
public catalog Special record types: Orders, Checkins,
Patrons. Coded Information Editing
WSL Library Catalog
Need help?
Rich Edwards
Innovative Coordinator
(360)704-7136
Database Maintenance Team (DBMT)
Website: http://wslnet.statelib.wa.gov/iii/
Mailing list: [email protected]