| TUTORIAL 1--Access, Search, Locate, Retrieve and Borrow Books Using the Online Library Catalog |
 Access the library catalog through the library home page at http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/
The Minuteman Library Network Online Catalog includes the records of 41 member academic and public libraries. These holdings consist of over 4.5 million items including books, journals, cassettes, compact discs, videos and CD-ROMs. It does not index periodical articles.
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Search options. Try your search here http://www.framingham.edu/wlibrary/
Easy search: Word or phrase searching. Default screen.
Limit search by Location, by Date, by Material, by Language |
- Author: Put last name first: chaucer, geoffrey
- Title: Omit article "The" or "A/An" from title: canterbury tales
- Subject: The best and most exact way to find items on your topic. You need to know the subjects used in the catalog: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400--Criticism and Interpretation
- Keyword: Search will find the words you type anywhere in the record chaucer and criticism
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Advanced search: Qualifiers and Boolean operators searching.
Limit search by language and material only. |
- Boolean search: Click on the link Advanced search Use AND, OR, NOT. You can use more than one at a time chaucer AND psychology
- Qualifier search: Click on the link Advanced search. Use au: author, ti: title, su: subject
au chaucer and ti knights tale
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Numeric search: Search by International Standard Book Number (ISBN), International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), Reference Number, OCLC number, LC Card number |
- ISBN/ Click on Numeric search. Search by a unique numbers assigned to books and journals
0395389488
- ISSN: 0002-7863
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Search results
The results of your search are displayed in a hitlist. Each entry has a citation, a brief or detailed description, and a link to the actual record. Holdings of the Henry Whittemore Library are in green. Click on the hyperlink "Minuteman Library Network" to see the actual record.
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Locate
Look at the actual record to find more information about your book. Look at the call number, status (available or not), notes field, subjects assigned. The call number indicates the location of the book in the library.
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Retrieve
Print or Save your search results.
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Interlibrary loan (ILL)
You can request an ILL for books this library does not own. ILL Online request form. |
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