PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide toInformation Literacy

FALCON THE HCT LIBRARY CATALOGUEHow to search for books etc.

The HCT Library Catalogue is named after

me !

What is a CATALOGUE ?

Hello. I am a FALCON, a very famous, beautiful and

intelligent bird.

The Library Catalogue

tells you what is in the library.

A Catalogue is a list of

many things.

For example, there are

books, e-books, magazines, &

DVDs.

From the HCT portal, click on

Library. Then,

FALCON Library

Catalogue.

Or, put this URL in your Favorites:

library.hct.ac.ae

For a quick search, choose

Keyword.

You can also choose Title, Author, Subject or Call number.

Choose your location.

A sample search : Keyword = birds

Location = Fujairah Men’s Click :

Search

And, ebooks.

There are regular books.

You can see the TITLE, AUTHOR (& years author was born & died),

CITY, PUBLISHER and YEAR.

It also tells you the

CALL NUMBER or the book’s

address on the shelf.

For an ebook, click on the Website.

Here is a DVD.

Here is a Graded Reader.

Let’s do this one more time.

You need to find information about Yemen for a class

project.

1. Go to library.hct.ac.ae

2. Type Yemen. 3. Choose your

location.

4. Click Search. Easy !

Pull down Resources and click Advanced

Keyword Search.

Now, let’s look at Advanced

Search. My favorite !

There are many options.

First, choose a field : Any

field, Author, Title, Subject

or Note.

If you enter more than one search term,

join them with these words.

This is what happens when you use NOT. You get fewer

results.

This is what happens when you use AND. You get fewer

results. This is what happens when you use OR. You get more

results.

A AND B

A OR B A NOT B

Choose your

Location.Choose what kind of item

(Material Type) you would like : Book, E-Book, Graded Reader

DVD etc.

You can also sort by relevance (relatedness),

date or title in alphabetical order.

You can choose English or Arabic language, the Publisher and the Year.

An example : You need some

books to practice listening for an English exam.

1.Type : listening AND English. 2. Choose location.

3. From Material Type, choose Books.

For some books, you can

“look inside” and preview some

pages. Click on Google Books.

You can also read reviews of a book and even write your

own review and post it. Click on Book Reviews.

Another great feature is Expand your search. Open the tab below the

book record.

This links your search term to

HCT Databases. It will save a lot of time if you need articles.

If you did not find anything from your

college library, search the Entire Collection (all HCT

Libraries).

Books from other HCT libraries can be sent to your college. Click

Request.

If you did not find anything from the

Search HCT tab, try the Search LIWA tab.

LIWA lets you search the libraries of

Zayed University & UAE University

in Al Ain.

Click :Request this item

and follow the instructions.

I hope this helps you find the things you need from

the Library Catalogue.

Ask your teacher or your friendly librarian if you have any

questions.

HAPPY READING

!

Thank you for listening.