ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUES OPAC

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ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUES (OPAC)

• Gabriella Szöllosy / Semmelweis University
  Central Library
• 2009.

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WHAT IS THE TASK OF CATALOGUE?

• To inform you about documents are owned by
  library
• Is there the title what you want ?
• Are there any books of author ?
• Are there any documents about your subject ?

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STEPS IN SEARCHING

• 1/ What do you need exactly?
• 2/ Which is the suitable catalogue?
• 3/ If you get a lot of hits, narrow your
  question. Use filter or ask another question.
• 4/ If you get few hits, widen your question or
  clear filters.
• 5/ If you dont get any hits at all, dont
  believe it. Try searching in other ways.

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WHAT IS

• Filter ? You can limit the number of hits with
  it.
• Usually it limits the language or type of
• documents or the period of publishing.
• Operator ? It combines two or more conditions by
  logical
• connection
• OR result will be suitable for one
  condition
• AND result will be suitable for all
• conditions
• NOT result will rule out the condition

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SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARYPublic
catalogueSearching in an alphabetical list of
authors, titles or subjects
you can choose
filter by time
searching field
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The alphabetical list of authors
the number of his/her books
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The alphabetical list of subjects
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The list of hits
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The details of a printed item with location and
shelf mark (call number)
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The details of e-book with jump start
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SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARYThe
catalogue of journals
filters by format or time
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The details of printed journal
The sign of document format
our stock
shelf mark
Shelf mark
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The details of e-journals
Click on the title to read full text
The sign of document format
It has been available since
delay
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINEhttp//www.ncbi.nlm.n
ih.gov
entry to library catalogue
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limits
searching field
filters
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Your hits with their most important details
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The details of selected recordNLM holdings in
locator plus or links shows you the place of
book in the library
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Searching with keywords and operator
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Use limits
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DEUTSCHE ZENTRALBIBLIOTHEK FÜR MEDIZIN
htttp//www.zbmed.de
Entrance to catalogue
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The way of basic search 1 question with
filters
Searching field
filters
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Hits
the most important data
the type of material
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detailed search you can combine 2 or 3
conditions by filters and logical
operators.
logical filters
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KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET. UNIVERSITY
LIBRARYhttp//ki.se/lib/
filters
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The list of hits
the sign of format
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The most important data of selected item
details
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The summary of selected dissertation
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The alphabetical list of journals
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS http//catalog.loc.gov/
simple search
combined search
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The method of basic search you can
give 1 question with search limits
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The hits of basic search
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Selected item
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In guided search you can combine 2
questions with logical operators and search limits
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Limits
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Hits in guided search with search limits
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AMAZON http//www.amazon.com Choose a resource!
searching field
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The list of hits in your subject
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Click on the cover!
important details for buying
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OTHER USEFUL HOMEPAGES ON THE INTERNET

• ? Publishers in all the world
  http//www.medbioworld.com/publish.html
• ? Book traders / Hungarian
  http//www.konyvkereso.hu/
• http//www.libri.hu/
• http//www.bookline.hu/
• http//www.prospero.hu/
• foreigner http//www.amazon.com/
• http//www.minerva.at
• A worldwide catalogue
  http//www.worldcat.org
• ? 18 European national libraries
  http//www.theeuropean
  library.org/portal/index.html
• ? European medical or univeristy libraries
  http//medlib.netfirms.com/europe
  .html
• ? European libraries http//lists.webjunctio
  n.org/libweb/Europe_main.html
• ? in western
  http//www.dartmouth.edu/wessweb/eurocats.html
• ? Medical libraries in the USA
  http//www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hslibs.html