Using the Library Catalogue effectively
Finding books on a topic
On
Basic
Search from
Search
by: select Keywords (use
and, or, not, " ").
This option finds groups of characters or search
terms from anywhere in the full description of the book.
This includes words from the title, the author's
name(s),
publisher, place of publication, subject headings,
notes, series title,
and groups of numbers from the ISBN and the Call Number.
Where you want both singular and plural forms of a word, truncate the
word
and add a question mark ?
to the stem, eg.
industr?
AND communit? AND impact
Where you know of alternative words for a
concept,
enclose the string of the words within round brackets ( ) and type the
OR
operator between each word, eg.
(communit?
OR people) AND (mining OR
manufactur?)
AND (effect? OR impact?)
Use phrase searching where your concept is better described by
more
than one word. Put the phrase in inverted commas, eg.
Search
for: "wind
power" by:
Keywords (use and, or, not, " ")
Results
The Search
Results:
report shows your search strategy and the number
of titles which match that search strategy, arranged alphabetically by
title.
If
you want to see the most recent books first, go to Sort
by at the top or bottom of the titles list, and pull
down
to Date (latest first).
Does the Library have a specific book?
Type the title in
the Search
for: bar, leaving the default at Search
by: Title (all items) eg.
Search
for: Competing
for the future
by: Title (Omit beginning "The", "A" etc.)
Important NOTE - do not
type the initial
article before the title.
Important NOTE - if the book title includes
the
word and
which might be shown also as
&
do a Keyword search. |
Results
The Search
Results: will display the titles corresponding to your
search.
Click on the title for the item of interest to get the full description
of that item, including the
Location: Call Number: and
Status:
(whether or not the item is on loan) for each copy.
Does the Library have access to a
specific journal article?
REMEMBER - the Library's
Catalogue does
not list individual
articles from journals.
However your reference will tell you which journal the article is in,
the
volume and on what pages of the journal your article will be found, so
you need to search under the title of
the journal or use keywords from
the journal name.
(1) Type
the full title of the journal in the
Search
for: bar, changing the default at
by: to Journal or
Newspaper Title
eg.
Search
for: Harvard
business review
by: Journal or Newspaper Title
(2) Sometimes the exact
title of the journal is not clear, so use a Keyword search
Type words from the journal title, separated by the
AND
operator in the
Search
for: bar, changing the default at by:
Keywords (use and, or, not, " ")
eg
journal
AND polymer AND science
Where you are unsure of the words, truncate a word
and add a question mark ?
to the stem, eg.
journal
AND communit? AND impact
Results
The Search
Results: will display the titles corresponding to your
search.
Click on the number in the column to the left
of a title for the Record view,
a full description of that item, including the
Location: Call Number: the range of volumes that the
Library Has: and
Status:
(whether or not the item is on loan) for each copy.
| Compare the information
provided at
Library Has: with your reference to see that the
Library
indeed has the issue that you need. |
Where the Library has paid a subscription for access to the electronic
version of a journal, click to the right of Link
to e-Resource: to go to the full text
site.
Other useful features of the Catalogue
Print/Save Options
Save individual records or a set of records from your Catalogue search.
Having the file in electronic format is a convenient way to store
information
that can be copied and pasted into the list of references for your
essay.
At the display of
Search Results: select the individual
records
of interest by clicking in the box in the left hand column.
Go to
Print/Save Options (at the bottom of the display)
and select
Print/Save or enter your email address
and
E-mail the selected records to your account, or
Save To Bookbag. The
Bookbag is saved on the Library's computer; to look
at the contents of your
Bookbag
click on MyLibrary
at the top of the Catalogue screen.
Instead of selecting individual titles you may
choose All on page
or Selected on page
or Selected all pages.
Links to records sharing the same author, series, or subject
heading
At the Record
view click on a Subject heading, Author's name or Series
title
to get a list of 50 headings, starting with the heading you
selected.
Click on the number to the left of a Subject heading, Author's name or
Series title, to display up to 50 titles sharing that Subject heading,
Author's name or Series title.
Display list of results by date
The default order of results is alphabetically
by Title . To
see the most recent publications first, at
Search Results: go to Sort
by: (above the list of titles for your
search)
and pull down to select Date (latest
first).
The system will re-sort the titles and present them in reverse-date
order,
the most recent publications first. This can be useful if you are
looking
for the latest material on a topic, or the most recent edition of a
book.
Search History
This function provides a list of the searches done in your session,
with links back to the search results.
Under Searched for:
click on the appropriate search strategy to bring back the results of
that
search.
Under Edit:
click on the number in the left hand column to return to the search
screen,
with your search terms in the search bar. At this stage you may
choose to 'improve' your search strategy.
Other Catalogues
This feature allows you to search the catalogues of the three
University
libraries in Adelaide, at the same time.
From the options at the
top of the Catalogue screen, at the right hand end, select Other Catalogues.
Scroll to the bottom of the screen, and from the box of three
institution's
name, Adelaide, Flinders, UniSA, select 1, 2 or all 3 names to search
an
individual catalogue or a range of catalogues.
You can use a previous search through the History option and check the results
on the other Catalogues.
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