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Voyager OPAC - Introductory Session

Voyager OPAC - Introductory Session. Getting Started With Voyager. Introduction…. Goals of today’s session: To provide an overview of the Voyager OPAC, including: “ Basic Search ” – using “Search by” options -- Title / Journal / Author / Keyword (2 types) / Subject Search Limits

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Voyager OPAC - Introductory Session

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  1. Voyager OPAC -Introductory Session Getting Started With Voyager

  2. Introduction… • Goals of today’s session: • To provide an overview of the Voyager OPAC, including: • “Basic Search” – using “Search by” options -- • Title / Journal / Author / Keyword (2 types) / Subject • Search Limits • Guided Keyword Search • Saving results • Answering any questions you may have about the OPAC

  3. Introductory Screen

  4. Basic Search Screen

  5. Search Tips

  6. Login – Patron Info… (… from the Test Database) Personal Info, Items on Loan, Info on requests, Loans & Fines

  7. Search Limits “More” Search Limits include: Language, Location, Medium, Item Type, Place of Publication…

  8. Search by: Title Searches for string of words (or individual word) & will truncate last word automatically (e.g. “christmas car”) Always omit initial articles (a, an, the, le, la, l', etc.).

  9. Title Results - List

  10. Brief Record

  11. Full Record

  12. MARC Record

  13. Search by: Journal Title Searches for EXACT title, with automatic truncation of last word. Type the first few words of the title: scientific amer

  14. Journal Results - List

  15. Journal Results - Brief

  16. Search by: Author For individuals, type last name followed by first name (or, even better, last name followed by first initial): einstein a (finds A, Al, Albert, etc.) For organizations or groups, use normal word order: queen's university

  17. Search by: Author

  18. Search by: Author

  19. Search by: Author

  20. Search by: Keyword (with relevance ranking) To truncate, use ?: constitut? To indicate essential, use + : +trudeau To search phrases, use quotes: "meech lake" Do NOT use the connectors AND, OR, NOT

  21. Search by: Keyword (with relevance ranking)

  22. Search by: Keyword (with relevance ranking)

  23. Search by: Keyword (Command Boolean) Use -- and, or, not To truncate, use ?: child? (finds child, children...) Quote to search phrases: "world wide web" Group using parentheses: (child? or teen?) and "world wide web"

  24. Search by: Keyword (Command Boolean)

  25. Search by: Keyword (Command Boolean)

  26. Search by: Subject Heading Use either Library of Congress (LC) or Medical (MESH) Subject Headings: canada history 1867-1914 neonatologynewton isaac

  27. Subject Heading - Results Note: Use the PREVIOUS and NEXT buttons to browse the Subject Headings index.

  28. Subject Heading - Results

  29. Subject Heading - Results Where are the Subject Headings?

  30. Subject Heading - Results

  31. Guided Keyword… ONTARIO, in the AUTHOR field CHARTER OF RIGHTS, as a Phrase, in the TITLE field

  32. Guided Keyword…

  33. Saving Results…

  34. Saving Results… Returns plain text to the browser…

  35. Saving Results…

  36. Questions? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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