Welcome to WorldCat Basic (Presentation instructions: Left-click mouse to proceed through the presentation)

In this short presentation, we will highlight how to use WorldCat and some of the advantages to using WorldCat

The Bethel Seminary Library Homepage Use WorldCat when you want to search for books in CLICnet and beyond.

Got a question? You can call or us.

Let's learn how to search for a book using the WorldCat searching tool First, click on the “WorldCat" link

To search simply enter your search in the box and hit “Search” This is the main search page of WorldCat Please note: Some items at Bethel Seminary Library will not show up in the WorldCat search. For a complete list of library holdings, please go to CLICnet

The advanced search will give you more searching options

You can also limit your search to just CLICnet (search only Bethel’s consortium)

Let’s do a simple search to see how it works… Amos and justice

There is a lot of information you can get on this page… Titles Authors Book covers Book locations You can use the “facets” on the side to reduce the number of book results

To get more specific information, click on the title of the book

This page will tell you a lot about the specific book. Bibliographic information And if you scroll down…

This box will have more bibliographic information, notes, and sometimes the table of contents This box will help you find similar books based on their subject matter

This area will tell you if the book is available through the CLICnet catalog. Let’s look at a different book… If the book is available at “BSEM Main Collection” come to the library and pick it up. If the book is not available in St Paul, but available somewhere else in CLICnet, hit the “Request through CLICnet” button. Here’s the call number

Let’s click on the “Request” button and look at the next page…

Enter your name and library barcode number here Then hit “Submit” John Smith ************** We are now in the CLICnet catalog

Pick where you want to pick up your books (usually Bethel, but you don’t have to) When the book is ready at the location you picked, you will get an letting you know that it is ready for pickup.

When you are logged into the CLICnet Catalog, you can see what books you have checked out, renew them online and also cancel holds. (Remember, you can also access CLICnet from the Library homepage) When you are logged into the CLICnet Catalog, you can see what books you have checked out, renew them online and also cancel holds. (Remember, you can also access CLICnet from the Library homepage)

You may also find some articles listed in WorldCat. These can be accessed starting at the “Journal List” or requesting them through Interlibrary loan if we don’t have them in our collection. More on this in a few minutes…

Let’s look at one more book… This book is not available in CLICnet (our library system) If you would like the library to find a copy of the book, click on the Interlibrary Loan button

Log into Interlibrary Loan First time users must set up an account! This is the Interlibrary Loan log in page.

This is the beginning page for Interlibrary Loan requests. Use the links on the left to select what you want to do. From this page you can request items, track requests, ask for renewal of items, and pick up electronically delivered articles

That’s It! Remember, if you need help call, or stop in the library for more help – we are here to help.