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Online Catalog: FAQ |
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How do you use the online catalog?
Use the Online Catalog to access records of books at Emmanuel College and at the other Fenway Library Online (FLO) libraries.
Types of Searches (See also the Tutorials.)
1. Keyword Search:
Finds your search term(s) anywhere in the book record, which contains:
Title, Author, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and notes.
Combine more than one word with Boolean Operators AND, OR, NOT. |
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- AND: Both terms must be present.
For example, (women AND suffrage) finds items that contain both terms.
- OR: Either term is present.
For example, (women OR female) finds items that contain either word.
- NOT: Omits any items containing the terms. Use NOT at the end of a search string.
For example, (women NOT suffrage) finds items containing the word
women but not the word suffrage.
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Put quotation marks around phrases of more than one word such as "United States".
2. Subject Search:
Allows browsing of materials by topic using assigned controlled vocabulary terms.
The online catalog uses controlled vocabulary based on the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).
Examples: Architecture; Chemistry, Organic; and United States-History.
3. Author Search:
Search last name first.
4. Title Search:
Omit any leading article (A, An, The).
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How do you browse the shelves by topic?
1. Go to the Library of Congress Classification outline at:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html
2. Click on the general subject area of your topic.
3. Then click on any sub-topic or sub-class within the discipline that most closely relates to your research topic.
4. Note the sub-class number and go to the shelves in the library to browse for books in your area of interest.
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Last updated:
08/05/2008
Web site feedback: tuohyc@emmanuel.edu
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