Finding Library Materials

Mrs. Engvall - Teacher Librarian

John Campbell Elementary

Using the Text OPAC

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Click on the OPAC icon to open the Visual OPAC

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To get to the text OPAC click on the finger post in the top left corner

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The text OPAC has many ways for you to find books

Title

Author

Subject

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Keyword

Series

Call number

AR level

And something called MY INFO

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Clicking this takes you back to the Visual OPAC

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To search for something, type in the search term hereThe search term is what you want to findRemember, correct spelling makes it easier!

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If it is an author, type in their last name.For Mary Pope Osborne, type in ‘osborne’ And click AUTHOR

Here is the list of authors whose last name who are close to “osborne”. Since we spelled it correctly, the author we are looking for is in the middle and highlighted.

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If we had misspelled her name, we still could find it if we looked down the list.

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Make sure the correct author is highlighted (in blue) and then click Select, press the return or enter key on the keyboard, or double click on the blue line.

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Here is part of the list of books we have in the library written by Mary Pope Osborne.

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This indicates it is a book

This is the title

The Call Number

And whether it is in or out

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Highlight the book title you want to see

Either double click or click select to get more information

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Here is the summary

Call number

Availability

Scroll for more information

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Accelerated Reader information

Subjects– Click on these

to find other books that are similar

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You then get a list of SUBJECTS

Double click (or click select or press return or enter) for a list of these books

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You can look further at these titles if you want more information

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To start a new search, click and highlight the search box

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Type in your new search term

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And decide if it is another author, a title, or a subject and click the correct button

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We get several ‘hits’ with Cats.

If you want a non fiction book, your best bet is to click here

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If you want a fiction book, highlight and click on the Cats-Fiction

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You will get a similar list that you can browse and look at individual titles like beforeClick these to move down or up in the list one title at a time

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Keyword is useful when you only remember part of a title. Type what you know here

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And click keyword

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If you spelled the words correctly you should find what you are looking for.

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To find which books there are in the library in a particular series, type in the series name and click the series button

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The name of the series should show up.You can then click on it and get a list of the books

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To find books in your AR Reading Range and Points range, click here on the AR button

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This screen is where you to enter your Reading Range

And the number of points for a book

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Click the radio button so you can enter your range(If you don’t you will cause the computer to search for everything which will take a long time!)

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You can use the pop up windows to find your beginning

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and ending range

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Or you can click in each box and type in what you want

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Click on the radio button for the point level you want

And type in the point level or range of points

Click here or press return

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You will get a list sorted by call number of all the books in our library that match your range and points

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However, you can sort this list by any of the columns

Here it is sorted by Reading Level

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This number tells you how many books are in your listHighlight one you are interested in and click select

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to find out more information.Clicking close will take you back to the listDon’t forget to check that call number if you want to find the book on the shelves!

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Don’t remember what you have checked out or when it is due back in? Click on My Info

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Type in your barcode (student ID number or lunch number) and your last name. Your last name will appear as *******

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This tells you what you have checked out and when it is due.If you have lost it and need to pay for it, here is the price

Your name teacher

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Or if aren’t sure it is your copy, check the book’s barcode numberClick close when you are done

Your name Teacher

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And be sure to click Log Out (otherwise someone else can look at your information!)

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Learning to use the OPAC is– Fun– Easy– Makes more books easily available to you– Allows you to be a more independent user

of the library!

Remember to ask for help if you need it