How to Use the UTAR Library Catalogue

This session will show you briefly how to use the catalogue to search for your

resources

What is a catalogue? Tool to help you

What is it for? To find what is available

To locate what is available

http://library.utar.edu.myWhere to startIf you have a Reading

Listor Recommended Reading, start with that.

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Author Search

If you know the name of person/ persons who wrote it

Title Search

If you know the name of the book/ what it is called

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Search Tips

Don’t key in David Spark Spark, d

Don’t key in capital letters, punctuations or accent marks

Don’t key in articles (a, an, the)

What to do if you do not have a reading list or have no clue to what materials to refer to

Do a keyword search

Keyword Search: e.g. physics (find any book with these

words in the title) 

physics

Database: UTAR

Read Record

Complete Record

LC = Library of Congress

Book title: AS & A level physics through diagrams

Author: Pople, Stephen

Call Number: QC32.P668 2009

1. The first line describes the subject of the book. QC32= Physic textbook2. The second line often represents the author's surname and cutter number – P6683. The last line indicates the date of publication.

QC32

.P668

2009

Anatomy of A LC Call Number

1st Bay 2nd Bay

A B

L M

C D

N P

E F

Q R

1st rack

2nd rack

3rd rack

Arrangement of Books on Shelves

Where is it on the shelf?

QC32

.P668

2009

Write down the call number and the location: Open Shelf, Reference, Red-spot, etc

QC32 – Physic textbook

P668 – Surname and cutter number

2009 - year of pub.

Subject Search

A subject search can be a useful approach when you do not have a specific author or title in mind but you have a general idea of the topic you would like to research. For example, type in “pollution" and then click on the search box for "SUBJECT”.

Subject Search

Keyword Search vs Subject Search

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(Southampton University Library)

(Southampton University Library)

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