Using The SanD PAC Online Catalog

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Using The SanD PAC Online Catalog

• Sandra Pesce, Librarian
• San Diego Miramar College

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What Were Going To Do

• What This tutorial will explain how to use SanD
  PAC Online Catalog to find print books,
  electronic books, videos, and other materials
  housed in San Diego Community College District
  libraries.
• Why The SanD PAC Online Catalog is the key to
  finding resources owned by the libraries at City,
  Mesa, and Miramar colleges. Some of these
  resources are available in full-text format (like
  e-books), while others are housed in a particular
  location. In addition, you can search for
  materials in other local libraries without even
  leaving the SanD PAC.
• How Screen shots with explanations will guide
  you through an overview of each screen. An
  activity to search for a book will follow as an
  example.

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Library Home Page

• http//www.miramarcollege.net/library.asp

Library Catalog link. Click to open the catalog.
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Search Page Overview
Search Tabs

• Heres the first screen you see when you open the
  catalog. This is the basic format of each search
  page within the catalog.

Searchable fields
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Top Row

• My Library Catalog is the text-only version of
  the catalog.
• Login with CSID to track your titles in MyList as
  you add items to it. You can save your searches
  for future reference.
• My List will track your saved searches as you
  click the links (if you do this without logging
  in, it only lasts one session).

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Search Tabs Options

• Note the green tabs across the top of the page.
  The active tab is a dark green, and more options
  are available on the connected green strip below
  it. The Catalog Search appears first, opening the
  default option of Basic Search, shown in yellow
  text in the green strip.
• Other options for this page are listed in the
  green strip in white text. Advanced Search will
  allow limiting and combining of criteria in
  searches. Numeric Search includes call number
  searches. AV Search includes videos. My Search
  History will track your searches for your review
  later.

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Catalog Search Basic Search

• Any Keyword will look anywhere in the catalog for
  your words, including the author, title, subject
  heading, contents, notes, and series fields.
• LC Subject will try to match your word to an
  existing Library of Congress subject heading.

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Course Reserves Course/Prof

• Course Reserves are materials your instructor has
  put in the library for your use.
• Materials may not leave the library this may
  vary by instructor.
• You will need to show your student ID to look at
  the materials.

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Online Books

• The Online Books tab connects to NetLibrary, a
  subscription database of electronic books you can
  read full-text online. These titles are also
  linked into the SanD PAC when you do a regular
  search. You will need a password to get into this
  if you are outside the Miramar College
  Library/LRC. Login in the top right corner.

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Periodical Holdings

• Periodical Holdings shows which journals,
  magazines newspapers the library subscribes to
  in paper or microfiche. This tab will NOT search
  for articles.
• Journal and Newspaper List will search for
  full-text electronic versions of library
  subscriptions and connect to the appropriate
  database automatically.

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Whats A Periodical?

• Librarians often refer to journals, newspapers,
  and magazines as periodicals. These are materials
  which are published on some sort of schedule, or,
  periodically. This could be daily, weekly,
  monthly, quarterly, annually, etc. Books, on the
  other hand, usually are not updated on such a
  regular basis. Keep in mind also that searching
  for a periodical title owned by a library is
  different from searching for a specific article,
  just like looking for Newsweek is different from
  looking for an article printed inside an issue of
  Newsweek.

Vs.
Vs.
Book
Periodicals
Article
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My Library Account

• My Library Account is a record of your personal
  information. Items Checked Out shows what items
  you have currently checked out. Hold Requests
  indicates the status of what you have requested.
  Fines/Blocks shows what fines you owe or if your
  record is blocked. My Profile shows your current
  address.

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Other Library Catalogs

• Other Library Catalogs tab lists several public
  and academic libraries in the San Diego area.
  Each library has a link for its web site and its
  catalog. Miramar does not have borrowing
  agreements with any of the libraries listed here,
  so you must contact them directly about using
  their materials.

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Activity

• Lets look for a book in the SanD PAC!
• The next few slides will show you how to
• Go to http//www.miramarcollege.net/library.asp
  and click the link for the Library Catalog.
• In the Any Keyword text box, type in gambling
• Notice the list of titles. Click on one with an
  icon that indicates it is located at Miramar
  College Library.

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Basic Search Any Keyword

• From the Basic Search screen, type the topic
  gambling into the text box and click the red
  Search button.
• Any Keyword search will find items with the word
  gambling in the title, subject, contents, notes,
  and other fields.

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Search Results

• Search results indicate 89 titles found, and
  lists them by publication date, with most recent
  first.
• Green circle with checkmark icon indicates item
  is owned by Miramar.
• Click the blue title to see more information
  about each item.

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Item Level Information Top

• Item level information includes title, author,
  publication place and date, description, and
  contents notes. The left navbar links allow for
  further searches within the catalog and on the
  Web. Yellow highlight indicates the word you
  typed as your search.

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Item Level Information Bottom

• Copy/Holding Information includes which campus
  the item is located, the call number it shelved
  under, and whether the item is available for
  checkout. You can also email a copy of the item
  level information (description of the item) to
  yourself.

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More Information

• The SanD PAC provides help screens for more
  information about searching.
• For further assistance, please ask a reference
  librarian or call the Reference Desk at
  619-388-7316.

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Activity

• How much do you remember from this tutorial?
• Match wits with the computer and find out!
• Go to Finding Books with the SanD PAC Online
  Catalog
• (clicking the link will open a new window)