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ACQUISITIONS

Chapter 4. SELECTION LISTS

   

 

Searching the Catalog

You can add titles to a Selection List by searching your library’s VERSO catalogs for the desired titles.

To search the catalog:

  1. From the Title Management screen for the desired Selection List (see Adding Titles to a Selection List for details), click the Search Catalog button.
    • The Search Catalog screen displays in an additional browser window.

Search Catalog Screen

Search Catalog Screen

  1. Enter the keyword(s) for your search term in “search term” text box.
  2. Choose the heading you wish to search from the drop-down menu:

    NOTE: The default search index is established using the Acquisitions Configuration function (see Acquisitions Configuration for details).

    • All Headings or Keyword: Searches terms that appear in any of the Title, Author or Subject headings.
    • Author: Searches by the author's name (personal or corporate).
    • Title: Searches terms that appear in the publication title.
    • Subject: Searches terms that appear in particular subjects.
    • ISBN: Searches terms that appear in International Standard Book Number. Enter a complete (9, 10 or 13 digit) ISBN without the hyphens.
    • ISSN: Searches terms that appear in International Standard Serial Number. Enter a complete (7 or 8 digit) ISSN; hyphens are optional. If you omit the hyphen, close up the number and do not use spaces. For example, if you omit the hyphen for ISSN 1068-2554, enter the number as 10682554.
    • LCCN: Searches terms that appear in Library of Congress Catalog Number. Enter a complete (8, 10 or 12 digit) or partial LCCN.
      • If you enter a complete LCCN, the hyphen is OPTIONAL. If you omit the hyphen, close up the number and do not use spaces. For example, if you omit the hyphen for LCCN 95-123456, enter the number as 95123456.
      • If you enter a partial LCCN, you must include the hyphen between the second and third digits. For example, 95-123.
    • A-G Control Number: The A-G Control Number is the Auto-Graphics assigned accession number (system number). Enter the complete A-G Control Number.
    • Publisher Number: Enter a complete publisher number assigned to sound recordings, video recordings, printed music and other music-related material.
  3. Use the checkboxes to select the database(s) you wish to search.
    • A checkmark checkmark indicates the associated database will be included in the search.
    • An empty checkbox checkbox indicates the associated database will not be included in the search.
    • Clicking a checkbox repeatedly will toggle the checkbox on and off.
  4. Click the Search button to submit your search.
    • The screen refreshes to display a list of items that match your search criteria. The screen shows the Title, Author, Publisher, publication Date and ISBN number(s) for each item in the list.
    • Use the Prev and Next links to scroll the list.
    • Click the Show Resources button to show the list of available databases. Click the Hide Resources button to hide the list of available databases.
  5. Click a Use in Acquisitions link to add the associated title to the Selection List.
  6. When all desired items have been selected, click the Close button on the Search Catalog screen to return to the Selection List.