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Jennifer Brown Tracey Young MEDT 7478 Spring 2013. Using the Library Catalog Surpass Safari. Why Use Surpass Safari. To Locate Book For Research To check the status of a book to see if it is available for checkout. How can you search?. Author Title Subject Keyword
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Jennifer BrownTracey YoungMEDT 7478Spring 2013 Using the Library Catalog Surpass Safari
Why Use Surpass Safari • To Locate Book • For Research • To check the status of a book to see if it is available for checkout
How can you search? • Author • Title • Subject • Keyword • Advance searches including format • and call number
Finding a book using the“CAT” method • Once you have found a title in the catalog that you want to locate, you will need the “CAT” information to find the book on the shelve. C = Call Number A = Author T = Title
Title Search Step 1 • Click on Title
Title Search Step 2 • Type in the title you are trying to locate.
Title Search Step 3 • “Matching Titles” will appear, click on the title that matches your search.
Title Search Result • Call Number • Author • Title • 4. Bibliographic Info, Number of Pages and Size • 5. Summary • 6. Copy Availability 2 3 4 1 5 6
Subject Search Step 1 • Click on “Subject”
Subject Search Step 2 • Type in the subject you are researching. For this demo, we will search “cats”
Subject Search Step 3 - This search brought up a list of 61 books, too large. The search would need to be narrowed by clicking on back and being more specific. - To continue from list, select a title by clicking on the blue title.
Subject Search Step 4 • Call Number • Author • Title • 4. Bibliographic Info, Number of Pages and Size • 5. Summary • 6. Copy Availability 2 3 4 1 5 6