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What’s OPAC?

What’s OPAC?. Wallenpaupack Area High School’s Online Catalogue. What is OPAC?. OPAC is an acronym for O nline P ublic A ccess C atalogue. You use OPAC to locate library resources. Where Is OPAC?. Log-on to any high school computer. Select the Library Menu.

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What’s OPAC?

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  1. What’s OPAC? Wallenpaupack Area High School’s Online Catalogue

  2. What is OPAC? • OPAC is an acronym for Online Public Access Catalogue. • You use OPAC to locate library resources.

  3. Where Is OPAC? • Log-on to any high school computer. • Select the Library Menu. • Click on the OPAC icon.

  4. Once you launch OPAC, you will see this screen. Are you looking for a particular topic? • Type in the general term • Click Subject or keyword. • Type the last name. • Click the Author icon. Do you know the author?

  5. Let’s perform an Author Search for Stephanie Meyer • Type Meyer; click Author. • Information provided includes • Titles the library possesses; • Call numbers; • Book status (Are the books In or Out?)

  6. Hmmm….Do I want a book about Dog Training? People who own dogs? Funny dog stories? What about a Subject Search? • Use a Broad term or word for a subject search; • When you perform a subject search for dog, you will see this list; • Next, you may need to Narrow your choice to a particular topic or resource type (fiction, biography).

  7. But wait!How do I use “Call Numbers”? • Call numbers are the address that tell you where the book lives in the library. • Look at the plaques’ numbers to locate the correct shelves

  8. There it is! • Often, books will have the same number. • To make it easier to locate a book, libraries assign a three letter code beneath the number. • All books are filed first by their number, then alphabetically by the three letter code.

  9. Locating Reference Books Reference Section (REF) • General and Specialized Encyclopedias • Art • Music • Science • Culture • Almanacs, Handbooks, Manuals • Atlases, Foreign Language Dictionaries, Biographies • National Histories, Criticisms, Political Profiles, Statesman’s Yearbooks

  10. Locating Non-fiction Books 000-200 General Works/Technology/Religion 300 Social Sciences 400-600 Language/Pure Science/Technology 700 The Arts

  11. Locating Books • 800 Literature • 900 History • 973 US History • 920 Biography (Collected) • Fiction F + First Three Letters of the Author’s Last Name Story Collection SC+ First Three Letters of author/editor/ compiler/title

  12. Done! • Now you know how to use OPAC! • If you have any questions, please stop by the front desk and ask the helpful library staff!

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