WEBBASED CATALOGUE

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• WEB-BASED CATALOGUE

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ALEPH 500Automated Library Expandable Program
The new library information system of the
University of Stellenbosch
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ALEPH 500 OFFER CLIENTS
User-friendly, web-based access to the online
catalogue Access to the library catalogues of
all five Calico institutions
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ALEPH 500 OFFERS CLIENTS

Access to all Aleph 500 catalogues
world-wide Self-initiated renewal of library
material Self-initiated reservation of library
material
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ACCESS TO STELLENBOSCH LIBRARY
CATALOGUES
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Access to University of Stellenbosch Library
Catalogue
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Signing on as a user

• Anyone can use the OPAC without having to sign
  on.
• However, you have to sign in if you wish to
• look at your borrower information
• request items
• renew items

• Click User
• Use your U S number for verification and password

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Sign-out
Once you have identified yourself, the following
details are available. Note the appearance of a
SIGN-OUT button on the left hand side of the top
menu bar. Remember to SIGN OUT after a session
Click on Loans to renew your books
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Self-initiated renewal of library material
Click on the underlined number to initiate
renewal of library material
Sign-out after you used the user function on the
Web Opac
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3 Ways of searching for library sources

• Browse
• Keyword Search
• Basic Search
• Multi-base
• Get

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Browse
Browse the alphabetical list of titles, authors,
etc.
Use the Browse function when you have an exact
author or title
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Browse Click Browse search Click drop down menu
Select Author or Title, etc
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Keyword Search

• Basic Search
• Allows you to perform a keyword/s search in
  all fields, or from either title, author or
  subject

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Basic Search
Specify whether you want your words adjacent
or not
You can use Boolean operators e.g. revolution
not (French or France)
Truncation is possible. Using ? Or will
expand your search
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Keyword SearchMulti-base
Allows you to do a keyword search across the
CALICO libraries for information sources
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Get

Use the Get function when you have an unique
number for a particular item
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What to do with the result list

• Available records - Holdings information
• Self-initiated reservation of library material

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What to do with the result list

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Short format

• Available records - holdings information

• To make sure a book is available, scroll with the
  arrow to the right
• 1/0 library has 1 item 0 copies out (the
  copy status could still be on order or
  cataloguing. Click holdings library for full
  details)
• 1/1 library has one item 1 copy out. Click
  holdings library for full details
• Multiple location click holdings library for
  full details

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• Self-initiated reservation of library material
  (1)

A request link allows users to request items out
on loan
The date when an item must be returned
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• Self-initiated reservation of library material
  (2)

If you have not signed on as a user before this
window will appear after selecting request on
the detailed short format window.
Use your new US number for user ID and
Verification

• Click on request again after you have signed on
  to order the requested item.

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• Self-initiated reservation of library material
  (3)

The pick up location is where you are going to
collect the item you have requested
Click on Order to initiate the request
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• Self-initiated reservation of library material
  (4)

• To verify your request, click on User
• Click on Hold requests

Sign-out after a session in which you used the
user function on the Web Opac
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• To view any particular record in full format ,
  click on
• the NUMBER of the item (to the left)
• or
• Full format (under Results list)

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Full Format
All items clicking on this will call up
the complete list of holdings at the US libraries
Links are available from the Full format of the
record screen
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Modify

Modify this function allows you to modify your
search by applying another search term to your
previous search. You can enter new terms, from
all fields or a selected field, and apply boolean
logic AND, OR or NOT - e.g. in the example
below the search for Agriculture has been
narrowed down (AND) to Universiteit van
Stellenbosch dissertations and the field to
search to Subject
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Limit

• Limit here you can limit by year, format,
  language, location, etc.(The languages listed
  here is not a comprehensive list.  Other
  languages still have to be added.)
• e.g. to get a list of all the Chemistry journals,
  type Chemistry under all fields in the key word
  search and limit with filter by format Serials
  (Journals..)

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Save/Mail (Selected
Select records before you use Save/Mail
This feature allows you to e-mail or save
selected records from your list
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Available records
Available records,only displays those items which
are not out on loan
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Add selected to basket

This feature enables you to collect records from
a variety of searches, after which they can be
printed, saved or e-mailed
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• When using the Web Opac application on a computer
  in the library ALWAYS remember to
• Sign-out or reset
• Please Do not close the Web Opac application (x)

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