Library Tutorial for Public Health
Section 4. Interpreting catalogue results - books
Once you've successfully found the item you're looking for listed in the catalogue you need to know how to interpret the results of your search. Below is the result of a search for the book The strategy of preventive medicine, by Geoffrey Rose.
The strategy of preventive medicine / Geoffrey Rose.
Author: Rose, G. (Geoffrey)
Title: The strategy of preventive medicine / Geoffrey Rose.
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Description: xii, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject Heading(s): Medicine, Preventive.
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (p. [130]-135) and index.
ISBN: 0192624865 (pbk.)
0192621254 :
Location: Barr Smith Main collection
Call Number: 614.44 R796s
Status: Not on loan
Location: Barr Smith Main collection (short loan)
c.2 Temporarily Barr Smith Reserve collection
Call Number: 614.44 R796s Copy 2
Status: Not on loan
Location: Barr Smith Main collection (short loan)
Call Number: 614.44 R796s Copy 4
Status: Not on loan
Location: Barr Smith Main collection (short loan)
Call Number: 614.44 R796s Copy 5
Status: Not on loan
Location: Barr Smith Main collection (short loan)
Call Number: 614.44 R796s Copy 3
Status: Not on loan
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Questions
1. How many copies of this book are held in the Library?
2. What are their call numbers?
3. Where would you find them?
4. Are there any copies on Reserve?
5. Were any of the copies on loan when the record was copied?
ANSWERS |
The Library often has multiple copies of books which are in high demand. Usually at least one copy, and sometimes more, will be in the Reserve Collection, while the others will be on the shelves in the Main Collection. Reserve copies are available only for 3 hour, or overnight loan.
Answers
1. The Library holds 5 copies of this book.
2. They all have the same call number 614.44 R796s, with different copy numbers at the end.
3. Four of them are in the Barr Smith Main Collection (three are available only for short loan), and one is held in the Barr Smith Reserve collection . You can use the Library's A-Z Index to check loan conditions for Reserve items.
4. There is a single copy - Copy 2 - in the Reserve collection.
5. There were no copies on loan - for each one the Status is given as Not on loan. |
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