Welcome to the CatPac Tutorial

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Welcome to the CatPac Tutorial

• CatPac is Linscheid Librarys online catalog

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Objectives

• This tutorial is intended to give you an
  introduction to basic searching techniques when
  searching CatPac.
• At the end of this tutorial you should be able
  to
• Use the CatPac to search for materials by Author,
  Title, Keyword, Journal Title or Subject.

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How to get to CatPac

• You can find CatPac by going to the library home
  page.
• From the ECU home page, click on the Linscheid
  Library link in the lower left corner.

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Location of CatPac

• CatPac is the grey box located in the upper
  left corner of our librarys home page

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• CatPac contains radio buttons for the following
  searches Keyword, Author, Subject, Title,
  Journal Title, and ISBN/ISSN.

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Title Search

• Click the title radio button.
• Type the book title in the search box and click
  Submit.
• Examine your results.
• Write down the Location Call Number of the
  book.
• Location - tells you which part of the Library to
  find the item in.
• Call - the Call number is the unique address of
  that item in the Library. Items are arranged by
  the first letter of the call number.
• Status - this tells you whether the item is
  available or not. You may see any of the
  following in the Status box
• Not Checked Out (should be on the shelf ready to
  be checked out)
• DUE 12-01-00 (is checked out and the due date is
  given)
• MISSING (has not been returned or cannot be
  located)
• BIND (has been sent out to be repaired)

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Author Search

• Click the Author radio button.
• Type the authors name (last name first) in the
  search box.
• Click Submit.
• Write down the Location Call Number of the
  book.
• Please see a Reference Librarian if you have
  trouble finding the book on the shelf.

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Keyword SearchUse keywords to find items on a
topic.

• Keyword searches scan the entire record. In other
  words, your search term may be in the title, book
  description, or subject headings.
• Keyword searches are also helpful when you dont
  know the entire title of a book.
• Click the Keyword radio button.
• Type part of the book title in the search box and
  click Submit.
• Locate the title you are looking for
• Write down the location and call number.
• Use keyword when your term may be very new, very
  distinctive, or jargon, e.g. "cyberspace",
  "HTML".

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Journal Title Search

• Click the Journal Title radio button.
• Type the journal title in the search box and
  click Submit.
• A journal title search gives you the location of
  the journal and lists the latest issue received.
• All journals and magazines are located on the
  second floor of the library.
• Note you cannot use this search function to find
  journal article titles.
• You must use the electronic databases (in the
  Electronic Resources section of the library web
  page) to find journal article titles

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Subject Search

• Click the Subject radio button.
• Type your subject in the search box and click
  Submit.
• CatPac lists all books on the subject.
• Click on the blue link next to a book title to
  find out the location and call number.
• The Result page gives you the information you
  need to find the book on the shelf.

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• Thank you for taking
• this tour of Linscheid
• Librarys online
• catalogCatPac.
• Please contact the
• librarys reference desk
• if you have questions.