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Attack your OPAC

Attack your OPAC. Treatises and Other Treats. From Google Books. Keyword search diversity bar Select a result (title: Diversity realized: putting the walk with the talk for diversity ) Click “Find in a library” Note nearby holdings Click “Search the catalog at your library”.

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Attack your OPAC

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  1. Attack your OPAC Treatises and Other Treats

  2. From Google Books • Keyword search • diversity bar • Select a result • (title: Diversity realized: putting the walk with the talk for diversity) • Click “Find in a library” • Note nearby holdings • Click “Search the catalog at your library” wmv file

  3. Barry: Interlibrary Loan • Barry.shanks@law.unh.edu • Ext. 1193 or 513-5193 • Interlibrary Loan page on library web site

  4. Search From MelCat • UNH Law Library web site • Search MelCat from every library web page • Block on upper left • Dropdown menu – access points • Default: keyword • Select ‘search type’ + submit without entering a search to view strategy guidelines for specified access point • Advanced search • Boolean • limiting

  5. Barry: Interlibrary Loan • Barry.shanks@law.unh.edu • Ext. 1193 or 513-5193 • Interlibrary Loan page on library web site

  6. Search Strategy • Keyword v. Subject • Advantages of each • Value of contents notes • Call number (browsing shelves)

  7. Search Strategy Keyword Searching Searches: - Title - Subtitle - Table of Contents - Descriptive Information (jacket blurbs, synopses etc.) - Notes & Reviews

  8. Search Strategy Library of Congress Subject Headings are approved headings used to create a controlled vocabulary They cover ALMOST every subject imaginable, and more are being added on a regular basis The links generated lead to other titles on the same subject http://library.law.unh.edu/

  9. Search Strategy War Crimes in the 20th Century: Prosecution vs. Non-Prosecution Subject Headings: War Crimes (K5301) War Crime Trials (KZ1168-KZ1190) MELCAT

  10. Search Strategy Think Google! Keyword Searching is only as good as the search strategy and the extent to which the search terms are an accurate reflection of what the researcher is seeking.

  11. Search Strategy Subject Searches = Greater Precision/ Higher Relevancy Keyword Searches = Greater Recall/ Higher Potential Relevancy

  12. Search Strategy Bilski (In Re) Bilski AND Patent Claims Nuremberg Creditor AND Debtor World Trade Organization OR World Trade Organisation Markman Hearings MELCAT

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