USER INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPUTER ACCESS

TO THE HOLDINGS OF SUBURBAN LIBRARY SYSTEM

SW AN MEMBER LIBRARIES

COURTESY OF

SETTINGS 1200 Baud Full Duplex Parity NONE 8 Data Bits and l Stop Bit

DATABASE SEARCHING:

Refer to your communications software documentation for procedures on dialing and connecting with an online database. When you are connected, press <Return>. One of the following will display:

1) One or more I I I l's may appear followed by Title? If the Title? prompt appears, you are ready to begin your search. See search strategies below. OR ...

2) Only I I I I 's will appear. Type N and press <Return>. If the screen responds with Title? you are ready to search. If the screen responds

with more I I I l's type ru.Ilk. and press <Return>. This should get the screen to display Title? You are ready to search. See search strategies below. OR ...

3) Information will start scrolling up the screen. Hold down your <Control> key and press the <P> key, and then release both. This should cause the information to stop scrolling and the

computer should ask What do you want to do? Type ~ and press <Return>. The screen should now display Title? You are ready to search. See search strategics below.

Search Strategies Once the screen displays Title? you may search for an item by Author, Title or Subject. Always end your search statement with a $.

To Find an Author

Example ....

a Title Example ....

a Subject

Example ....

Type ,last name, first name$ ,woodhouse, barba$

.title$

.no bad dogs$

/subject$ /dogs behavior$

Title Displays After you enter your search strategy, press <Return>. Based on your search results, the computer will display one of the following:

1) If your search located one title owned by one or more SWAN libraries, a title record will display. (see sample Title Display) At the prompt to List items for other locations? type Y. and press

<Return> to see which libraries own the item and may have copies for check out. If you want

to search for something else or end your search, type N and press <Return> to display Title?

2) If your search located two or more titles, partial information will display for each title. To get

full informaton for a single title type the 10-character ID that displays just above the desired item's author-title listing. (see Title Display)

3) If your search located no titles owned by SW AN

libraries, the computer will display Not on file .. Another search strategy may be more successful.

Searching Tips To stop information from scrolling off the screen, press <Control> and the <S> key. Press any key to continue. OR press <Control> and the <P> key. Then type cont (continue) to continue the search or func (function) to start a new search.

For online assistance type he!pme at the Title? prompt. Searching instructions will display.

TO DISCONNECT:

To disconnect, you must return to the Title? prompt by pressing <ESC>. Failure to disconnect will make the line unavailable and you will continue to collect message units on your phone bill.

IO-CHARACTER ID --­

TITLE:--------­

AUTHOR -------

NUMBER OF COPIES OWNED BY SWAN LIBRARIES

LIBRARY-----.--­(see SWAN code list)

TITLE DISPLAY:

WOONBD0990

No bad dogs: the Woodhouse way

Woodhouse, Barbara, 1910-lst American Ed. New York: Summit Books, cl982 0671449621 81-21530 0671541854 (pbk) CTI,0541467 CLASS NO: 636.7 /0887 PHYS. DESCR. 127 p. : ill. : 24 cm.

!SUBJECT: Dogs--Training 2SUBJECT: Dogs--Behavior

KEY WOONBD099

MC ED SH

PUB

L.AD. 7/25/89

No holds for this agency

PUBYR 1982

v N

No copies circulated by this agency No system wide holds 70 copies owned system wide

CST $14.00

Enter Y to see library locations or N to start a new search

No items for location SLS AVAILABILITY INFORMATION Indicates item may be

List items for other locations ? "on shelf' or date due

EHS 636. 708 / WOO 3 1146 00090 3033 ON SHELF 8/04/89 163 67

DOS 636. 70887 /WOO 3 1138 00046 0379 ON SHELF 9/14/89 21 78

NLS Woo/636.7 3 1138 00046 0379P 5/ 27 89 -I 21 63

CALL NUMBER------- I 5/04/89

DATE DUE I DATE CHECKED OUT

WHAT IS DIAL SWAN?

SWAN (System-Wide Automated Network) is the computerized catalog of over 63 libraries in the Suburban Library System, including public, academic and high school libraries. The database lists more than 850,000 titles of books, periodicals, records, cassettes, videos and other library materials. The database shows which libraries own a given title and if the item is currently on the shelf.

SW AN is now available to you at home or in your office through dial access .

HOW TO ACCESS SWAN:

Equipment Computer terminal or microcomputer with communications software, a 1200 baud m0<;lem, and access to a telephone line or jack.

Settings 1200 Baud Full Duplex Parity ODD 7 Data Bits and 1 Stop Bit

Hours Monday - Friday: Saturday: Sunday:

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

If, after connecting, you cannot access the database, you may wish to call your local library to see if the system is operating.

Cost

Telephone Numbers for Dial SWAN Database

(708) 325-9403 (708) 325-9272

(Burr Ridge exchange)

There are no user fees for connect time. You pay only for calls to Burr Ridge, Illinois, where the computer is located.

SWAN LIBRARY CODES:

ADS Acorn (Oak Forest)

AMS Alsip-Merrionette Park

BPS Bedford Park

BWS Bellwood

BKS Berkeley

BIS Blue Island

BRS Broadview

BFS Brookfield

CAS Calumet Park

ccs Calumet City

CHS Chicago Heights

CRS Chicago Ridge

CIS Cicero

CLS Clarendon Hills

CTS Crete

DOS Dolton

DGS Downers Grove

ESS Eisenhower (Harwood Heights)

EHS Elmhurst

EVS Evergreen Park

EPS Elmwood Park

FMS Flossmoor

FPS Forest Park

FRS Frankfort

GPS Grande Prairie (Country Club Hills and

Hazel Crest)

GHS Green Hills (Hickory Hills and Palos Hill s)

HAS Harvey

HSS Hillside

HDS Hinsdale

HWS Homewood

INS Indian Prairie (Burr Ridge, Darien and

Willowbrook)

LGS LaGrange

LSS Lansing

LYS Lyons

MTS Matteson

SWAN LIBRARY CODES:

MWS Maywood

SYS Mcconathy (Sauk Village)

MCS McCook

MDS Midlothian

MLS Morton College

MPS Melrose Park

NRS North Riverside

NLS Northlake

OLS Oak Lawn

OPS Oak Park

ozs Oak Park - Maze Branch

ORS Orland Park

PHS Palos Heights

PFS Park Forest

PCS Prairie State College

PTS Prairie Trails (Burbank)

RVS Reavis High School (Burbank)

RFS River Forest

RDS Riverdale

RSS Riverside

SPS Schiller Park

SHS South Holland

SFS Stickney-Forest View

TFS Thomas Ford (Western Springs)

TPS Tinley Park

wcs Westchester

WMS Westmont

WRS Woodridge

wos Worth

ITEM AVAILABILITY:

A copy listed as ON SHELF at one of the above locations may not actually be available. Call or visit your home library to obtain titles you locate on the SWAN database or for other materials not listed online.

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