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Finding Library Materials
Mrs. Engvall - Teacher Librarian
John Campbell Elementary
Using the Text OPAC
Text OPAC
Click on the OPAC icon to open the Visual OPAC
Text OPAC
To get to the text OPAC click on the finger post in the top left corner
Text OPAC
The text OPAC has many ways for you to find books
Title
Author
Subject
Text OPAC
Keyword
Series
Call number
AR level
And something called MY INFO
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Clicking this takes you back to the Visual OPAC
Text OPAC
To search for something, type in the search term hereThe search term is what you want to findRemember, correct spelling makes it easier!
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If it is an author, type in their last name.For Mary Pope Osborne, type in ‘osborne’ And click AUTHOR
Here is the list of authors whose last name who are close to “osborne”. Since we spelled it correctly, the author we are looking for is in the middle and highlighted.
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If we had misspelled her name, we still could find it if we looked down the list.
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Make sure the correct author is highlighted (in blue) and then click Select, press the return or enter key on the keyboard, or double click on the blue line.
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Here is part of the list of books we have in the library written by Mary Pope Osborne.
Text OPAC
This indicates it is a book
This is the title
The Call Number
And whether it is in or out
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Highlight the book title you want to see
Either double click or click select to get more information
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Here is the summary
Call number
Availability
Scroll for more information
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Accelerated Reader information
Subjects– Click on these
to find other books that are similar
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You then get a list of SUBJECTS
Double click (or click select or press return or enter) for a list of these books
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You can look further at these titles if you want more information
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To start a new search, click and highlight the search box
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Type in your new search term
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And decide if it is another author, a title, or a subject and click the correct button
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We get several ‘hits’ with Cats.
If you want a non fiction book, your best bet is to click here
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If you want a fiction book, highlight and click on the Cats-Fiction
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You will get a similar list that you can browse and look at individual titles like beforeClick these to move down or up in the list one title at a time
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Keyword is useful when you only remember part of a title. Type what you know here
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And click keyword
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If you spelled the words correctly you should find what you are looking for.
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To find which books there are in the library in a particular series, type in the series name and click the series button
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The name of the series should show up.You can then click on it and get a list of the books
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To find books in your AR Reading Range and Points range, click here on the AR button
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This screen is where you to enter your Reading Range
And the number of points for a book
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Click the radio button so you can enter your range(If you don’t you will cause the computer to search for everything which will take a long time!)
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You can use the pop up windows to find your beginning
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and ending range
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Or you can click in each box and type in what you want
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Click on the radio button for the point level you want
And type in the point level or range of points
Click here or press return
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You will get a list sorted by call number of all the books in our library that match your range and points
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However, you can sort this list by any of the columns
Here it is sorted by Reading Level
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This number tells you how many books are in your listHighlight one you are interested in and click select
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to find out more information.Clicking close will take you back to the listDon’t forget to check that call number if you want to find the book on the shelves!
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Don’t remember what you have checked out or when it is due back in? Click on My Info
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Type in your barcode (student ID number or lunch number) and your last name. Your last name will appear as *******
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This tells you what you have checked out and when it is due.If you have lost it and need to pay for it, here is the price
Your name teacher
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Or if aren’t sure it is your copy, check the book’s barcode numberClick close when you are done
Your name Teacher
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And be sure to click Log Out (otherwise someone else can look at your information!)
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Learning to use the OPAC is– Fun– Easy– Makes more books easily available to you– Allows you to be a more independent user
of the library!
Remember to ask for help if you need it