OPAC

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OPAC

• Online Public Access Catalog

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Favorite OPAC Searches

• Keyword
• Title
• Author
• Subject
• Series

Etc.
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The options appear as buttons across the top of
the OPAC search window.
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ICONS used in OPAC
Book
CD
Equipment
Magazine/Newspaper
Picture
Video
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Keyword Search

• Enter search term
• Press keyword button
• Use ? and for global searching
• OPAC locates all records containing search term
  entered

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Item Information

• Each search will give you a list of items
  title, author, call number, and whether the item
  is in or out.
• Highlight an item and hit return to find more
  information.

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Title Search

• Type at least a portion of the title.
• Click title button.
• Press enter to
• see the record.
• ? Press the ESC key to see previous screens.

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Author Search

• Type the last name of an author.
• Click on the author button to get a list of books
  by that author and others.
• Select the author to see all of the books by that
  author.

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Author
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Subject Search

• Type in a subject.
• Click on the subject button to see all items with
  that subject.

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Subject
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Series Search

• Type in a series such as American Girl or
  Series of Unfortunate Events
• Click on the series button

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Series
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Reading Program Search

• Type in Accelerated Reader or AR and click on
  Keyword or Accelerated Reader.
• The results can be sorted by title, author, and
  status

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Keyword
AR
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Visual OPAC

• Click on the button to open the Visual OPAC
• Each icon will bring up another set of buttons or
  will activate a search or another activity

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Visual OPAC
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Text OPAC
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Learn to use your librarys OPAC. You will get
better results more quickly.
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OPAC

• Online Public Access Catalog