2. Basic Catalog Searching Rich Edwards Innovative Coordinator Washington State Library

3. Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records

4. n Author

5. Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records n Author n Title

6. Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records n Author n Title n Subjects

7. Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records n Author n Title n Subjects n Location/Call Number

8. Catalog Cards/Bibliographic Records n Author n Title n Subjects n Location/Call Number n Description

9. Filing in the Catalog Card Catalog n Duplicate cards n Different drawers –Author –Title –Subject –Shelf List Online Catalog n One Record n Different Indexes –Author –Title –Subject –Call Number –Keyword

10. Innovative Interfaces, Inc. System n Computer database n Computer at The Evergreen State College n Several “views” of the same database. n Interactive, real-time n Many modules: Circulation, Catalog, etc. n Innovative Coordinator

11. Online Web Catalog

12. Telnet Public Catalog

13. Telnet Staff Catalog

14. Millennium Circulation - Staff Search

15. Staff Command Line Search

16. Author Search - Web

17. Author Search n Last name first n First initial enough n Punctuation not necessary (replaced with space)

18. Author Index Browse - Web

19. Author Index Browse -Telnet

20. Author Index Browse -Millennium

22. Author Index Browse -Web n Alphabetical order n Titles shown n Location Codes (Bibliographic) n Date of publication

23. Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

24. n Item Record current information n Location n Status

25. Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card) n Links to do searches

26. Bibliographic Record - Telnet Public (Catalog Card)

27. n Item Record Current Information n Location n Status

28. Bibliographic Record - Telnet Staff (Catalog Card)

29. Item Record - Telnet Staff n Staff Coded n Current Online Information: Location, Status, MORE!

30. Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card)

31. n Item Record Current Information n Location n Status Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card)

33. Bibliographic Record - Millennium (Catalog Card - View)

34. Cross References n Web Catalog n Telnet n One entry for all versions of one person’s name (Authority File) n System provides guide for searchers n Linked to automatically performed search

35. Title Search

36. n Alphabetical Title Search (looks for your search terms at the beginning of a title, in the order you've entered them) n You may ignore initial articles (a, an, the) n Truncation assumed

37. Title Index Browse - Web

38. Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

39. Subject Search

40. n Alphabetical Subject Search n Library of Congress Subject Headings (Authority File) n Truncation assumed

41. Subject Index Browse - Web

42. Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

43. See Also References n Controlled Vocabulary - Authority File n (Library of Congress Subject Headings)

44. See Also References n System provides guides for searchers n Linked to automatically performed search

45. Keyword Search

46. Keyword Searches n Searches for Words in multiple parts of the record n Searches for Words regardless of where they appear in the line n Multiple words are assumed to ALL be required for retrieval (Boolean “and”)

47. Keyword Searches

48. n To broaden your search use "or" as a connector. Search will return records that contain any of the words used

49. Keyword Searches - Browse Display

50. Keyword Searches n To exclude a term, use "not"

51. Keyword Searches - Browse Display

52. Keyword Searches n To pull up all forms of a word, truncate the word and add an asterisk *

53. Keyword Searches - Browse Display

54. Keyword Searches n Use parenthese to group terms in a search.

55. Keyword Searches - Browse Display

56. Call Number Searches

57. Dewey Call Number Search

58. n Used by the State Library for most collections n Numeric n Often has prefix: R, WA, B, Video, etc. n WA is prefix for Washington State Documents

59. Dewey Call Number Search n Government 320

60. Dewey Call Number Index Browse n Government 320

61. Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

62. Federal Document Call Number Search

63. n Used by the State Library for Federal Document collection n Alpha-numeric mix. n Number derived from Department/Agency

64. Federal Document Call Number Index Browse

65. Bibliographic Record - Web (Catalog Card)

66. Other Searches - Public n LCCN - Library of Congress Card Number n ISBN - Interenational Standard Book Number n ISSN - International Standard Serial Number n Other Locally Assigned Call Number

67. Other Searches - Staff n Barcodes n Internal System Record Number n Bib Utility Number

68. Staff Command Line Search

69. n a = Author n t = Title n w = KeyWord n d = Subject n B = Barcode n o = Bib Utility Number n m = Dewey Call Number n g = Federal Document n n = Patron Name

70. Author Index Browse -Telnet

71. Author Index Browse - Telnet Command Line

72. Staff Searches n Scopes - subsets of shared catalog. n Suppressed records - hidden from public catalog n Special record types: Orders, Checkins, Patrons. n Coded Information n Editing

73. WSL Library Catalog

74. Need help? Rich Edwards Innovative Coordinator redwards@statelib.wa.gov (360)704-7136 Database Maintenance Team (DBMT) Website: http://wslnet.statelib.wa.gov/iii/ Mailing list: WSLiii@list.statelib.wa.gov