ACQUISITIONS
Chapter 5. ORDERING
Searching the Catalog
You can add items to an order by searching your library’s VERSO catalogs for the desired title.
To search the catalog:
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From the Order Selection screen (see
Placing Orders for
details), click the Search Verso Catalog link.
- The Search Catalog screen displays.
- Enter the keyword(s) for your search term in “search term” text box (see Entering Search Terms for details).
- 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.
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LCCN: Searches terms that appear in Library of Congress Catalog Number. Enter a complete (8, 10 or 12 digit) or partial LCCN.
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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.
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- 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.
- Use the checkboxes to select the database(s) you wish to search.
- A checkmark indicates the associated database will be included in the search.
- An empty checkbox indicates the associated database will not be included in the search.
- Clicking a checkbox repeatedly will toggle the checkbox on and off.
- 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. Use the Hide Resources button to hide the list of available databases.
- Click an Add to Order link to add the associated title to the order.
- The Ordering Items screen displays (see Completing the Order for details).