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OPAC guide for staff as Web candidate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Margo M. Miller)
Mon Jun 5 13:14:59 1995
To: patf@MIT.EDU
Cc: opac-lib@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 13:14:37 EDT
From: "Margo M. Miller" <mmmiller@MIT.EDU>
Here's the latest version of the guide intended for staff OPAC
training. Webify or do what you will. I will report changes to you
as they occur (e.g., different search methods or help, etc.).
Among the small revisions: introductory tips more like those for
patrons; facsimiles of Additional/Boolean/Thesis screens after the
examples that belong with the main menu. Thanks, 3m
GEAC ADVANCE OPAC TRAINING GUIDE lam/stw/3m 6/95
ACCESS telnet emmy; login as opac; password is opac95.
EXIT Select New Search; follow instructions from main menu.
Introductory Tips:
To select commands, use arrow keys or type directly at prompt.
The system is case sensitive only for some of the additional searches
and it ignores punctuation.
Brief help messages appear on screen; for more help, highlight command
and press Enter.
To delete, press Ctrl-h if backspace key does not work.
If you see no menu or option on a screen, type terms or press Enter to escape.
Use a * to truncate at end or beginning (comput* for computer,
computing, etc.; *conductor for semiconductor, superconductor)
To move within a list of records or within a multi-page record, select
Backward or Forward from the Option Bar.
To move to a previous stage in your search, select Prior Screen from
the Option Bar.
To obtain records by line number, select #Line from the Option Bar and
type 1 or 1-4 or 1,3,7.
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WELCOME TO BARTON, THE MIT LIBRARIES' ONLINE CATALOG
Use arrow keys to highlight selection; then enter search terms.
*OR* type command; then enter search terms: t=moby dick
Look for the FIRST WORD(S) in: Look for KEYWORD(S) in:
Author a= Author Keyword aw=
Title t= Title Keyword tw=
Subject s= Subject Keyword sw=
All Indexes all= All Indexes w=
Series se= Series Keyword sew=
Call Number c= Notes nw=
<Additional Searches> <Boolean Searching>
<Course Reserves> <Thesis Searching>
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For HELP, highlight command and press <ENTER>.
To EXIT, type E and press <ENTER>.
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First Word searches look for the first word(s) entered and put you
into a browsable alphabetical list. Word order matters. Keyword
searches look for terms anywhere in the chosen field. Word order does
not matter.
***In doing the following examples, please refer to the Three Levels
of Results and to the listings under Option Bar, p.6. This will
insure that you can exploit all the available functions.
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Author Browse (a=), last name first.
Puts you into alphabetical index to choose from; no hits.
Enter author name: last name, first name
Examples:
Whitehead, Alfred
Smith, J.D.
For corporate or conference names, use normal word order.
Examples:
National Science Foundation
International Conference in Law
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Author Keyword (aw=) gives available hits.
Enter author word(s); word order does not matter. You
may truncate with a *.
Examples:
Albert Einstein
Massachusetts Inst*
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Title Browse (t=) puts you into alphabetical index.
Enter the title or part of the title in normal word
order. You need not use articles such as "the" or
"a" if they begin the title.
Examples:
bell jar
introduction to chem
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Title Keyword (tw=) gives available hits.
Enter any word(s) in the title; word order does not
matter. You may truncate with a *.
Examples:
men mice
introduct* art
*conductor (yields: semiconductor, superconductor)
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Subject Browse (s=) puts you into alphabetical index.
Enter a Library of Congress Subject Heading. Use the Library
of Congress Subject Heading volumes in the reference area to
find official headings. If you are unsure, use the subject
keyword option from the main menu.
Examples:
Mexico--foreign relations ***dashes optional; a space works
Mathematics--History
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Subject Keyword (sw=) gives available hits.
Enter any word(s) that may be in the Library of Congress subject
headings; word order does not matter. You may truncate
with a *.
Examples:
chem* organic
history art
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Browse All (all=) is dictionary catalog crossing all fields.
Search for all headings beginning with a word or phrase.
Titles, authors, subjects, and series are mixed in a single
alphabetical list.
Examples:
General Motors (items produced by and about GM and
with General Motors starting the title).
Wood (items by and about Wood as an author; items
about the material wood; items with wood
starting the title).
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All Indexes Keyword (w=) gives available hits.
Search by keyword(s) anywhere in the record (author, title,
subject, notes). You may truncate with a *.
Examples:
women and military
poors standard
Conference International Organic Chem*
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Series Browse (se=) puts you into alphabetical index.
Enter the title of the series or part of the title
in normal word order. Use the Modify Search option
to limit your search to a particular volume.
Examples:
lecture notes in mathematics
annual review of psych
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Series Keyword (sew=) gives available hits.
Enter any word(s) in the title of the series; word order does
not matter. You may truncate with a *. Use the Modify
Search option to limit your search to a particular
volume.
Examples:
monographs society child dev*
gessammelte werke
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Call number (c=) is a browse search.
Enter as much of the call as you know in normal word order.
Examples:
QD.A512
PN1997.G5683
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Keyword NW for notes field.
Enter any word(s) that may be in the notes in the
catalog record, including contents and publisher. This
helps find plays and stories contained in collections.
You may truncate with a *.
Examples:
Hamlet
gift magi
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ADDITIONAL SEARCHES
SUDOC Number DOC=
Technical Report Number
Music Publisher Number MP=
ISSN/ISBN I=
OCLC Number O=
Library of Congress Card Number L=
Local Control Number LCN=
<Return to Main Menu>
>>>
Use arrow keys to highlight selection; then enter search terms.
*OR* type command; then enter search terms.
Press <ENTER> for more information.
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BOOLEAN SEARCHING
The boolean operators--and, or, not--can be used to combine more than
one search element in KEYWORD searches:
Author Keyword aw= Series Keyword sew=
Title Keyword tw= Notes Keyword nw=
Subject Keyword sw= All Words w=
You can specify the order of operations by using parentheses.
Examples:
(aw=smith or aw=jones) and sw=physics
Retrieves items written by either Smith or Jones on physics.
w=york not w=new
Retrieves items containing the term "york" but not "new"
(eliminates items about new york).
sw=international trade
Words are in same heading; search result is heading list.
sw=international and sw=trade
Words may be in different headings; result is title list.
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THESIS SEARCHING
Use the nw= search. Tyupe the word thesis and all of some of the
following: department, year, title keyword(s), advisor. Combine this
with an aw= search.
Examples:
nw=thesis sloan and aw=baker
Retrieves Slosn School theses by author Baker as first,
middle, or last name.
nw=thesis biology henry 1990
Retrieves 1990 biology theses supervised by Henry as first,
middle, or last name.
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THREE LEVELS OF RESULTS
A. Heading Browse/Summary list
1. From alphabetic search, move forward/backward or jump.
2. From keyword headings retrieved, select some or all.
B. Title Summary List
1. From titles retrieved, select some or all.
2. Prior Screen goes back to Heading Browse list.
C. Detailed Display
1. Formats: Brief (normal default) Full MARC
2. #item display.
3. Order display.
4. See Next/See Previous.
5. Prior Screen back to Title Summary
(or Heading Browse if heading with one title attached).
OPTION BAR
***Choices depend on where you are. Use spacebar or first letter;
hit again if more than one option has that letter.
All: view all records retrieved; available on Title
Summary Lists screen. Brief bibliographic info.
Backward: move back within a list or record.
Change Options: available in OPAC Parameters screen; lets you
change Current Qualifications: sublocations, e.g., Dewey;
bib display: full, Marc, brief; number of display lines.
Change Limits: available in Modify Search screen;
limit by date, ed., lang., material type, series vol.
Enter to move through limits; when you reach end of
choices, message will be Proceed with Search.
***Type ?? for list of available codes or values.
Edit Search: available in Modify Search screen; lets you
retype to correct spelling or add Boolean.
Extend Search: find related works by searching on
au/til/call nos. from retrieved record (jumps indexes).
Forward: move ahead within a list or record.
#Line: choose item number(s) 1 OR 1-4 OR 1, 3, 7
Modify Search: Edit or Change Limits (see above); when
search is done, a message may follow like 50 titles,
7 tested. For final results, select All for
result, e.g., of 50 titles in list, 8 after limits.
New Search: start a new search.
OPAC Parms: change OPAC parameters to tailor your results.
(see Change Options above; note auto-select/view)
Prior Screen: go to previous level of search.
Review Search: review your search strategies.
Search Jump: move elsewhere in the current index.
Sort: sort by au/til; til/au; pub date.
Reset: return to default any changes made
to OPAC parameters.
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Margo M. Miller
Room 14S-134 MIT Engineering and Science Libraries 617-253-6755
