East Carolina University
Department of
Psychology
Finding a Book in the Library Catalog
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For the purpose of this
example, suppose you are trying to answer the following question:
QUESTION: What is the title of the 1995 book written by
Stephen Langendorfer and a co-author?
- Go to the Joyner Library Catalog.
- Select an option from the Search Options
drop-down list.
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If you
have the book title and you want to look up the author name and call number,
select “Title Alphabetical” (see red arrow below).
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If you
have the author’s last name and you want to look up the book title and call
number, select “Author Keyword” (see blue arrow below).
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If
you want to look for books about a particular topic, select either “Title
Keyword” or “General Keyword” (see green arrows below).
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Type the book
title, the author’s LAST name, or the keyword topic in the textbox provided,
and (5) click Go.
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Scroll down to
review the results in order to determine whether the library has book(s) of
interest; (7) If more than one book title is listed, click on the title of
interest.
Note. In the above example,
the second book is the title of interest because it lists a 1995 publication date
and a co-author,
as specified in the problem above.
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After clicking on
the title of interest, scroll down to determine the book’s
location and call
number.
- You can check the Status column to see if
the book is available. “Checked in” means that it is available for you to
borrow. “Checked out” means that it is unavailable.
For the purpose of this
example, the answer to the question above would be as follows:
QUESTION: What is the title of the 1995 book written by
Stephen Langendorfer and a co-author?
ANSWER: Aquatic Readiness :
Developing Water Competence In Young Children.