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A tutorial on how to use the library catalog to find materials in the AUR Library
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Two MinuteTutorials
(or less)
Getting Books & VideosFrom the Library
You have already used the catalog correctly. You have found your book or video or whatever and now you want it.
How do you get it?
This tutorial will show you how to find materials in the AUR Library and how to avoid some of the major pitfalls.
To find something from the library, you must know:
1. its call number2. its location3. its loan status4. how it’s available
Find out all of this in
You can find out all of this in the catalog record, in the Local Holdings section shown in an individual record.
First, it’s important to understand what to avoid.
When you do a search and get more than one record, you will not have enough information to get the book. You must click on an item you want!
You don’t know if this is on loan.
This could be in Reserves, in Reference, or someplace else.
By clicking on an individual record, you can see the Local Holdings section. You may have to scroll down to see it all.
It will tell you where it is, if it’s on loan and what it is.
Plus a little more.
LocationCall Number
Loan Status
Type/Format
Item on Loan
If it’s on loan,you won’t find it
on the shelf!
Items not for loanSome items are never available for loan, such as those in our Reference Collection.
Location
Loan Status
Library MapsYou can always click on the location to get a map of where the item is shelved.
Click onLocation
Library MapsYou will get a map telling you where the item is, plus other information.
Call Number with qAlso, always remember to look at the end of the call number for a q or f. This means the book is oversized and shelved separately.
LocationCall Number
with q
Loan Status
Type/Format
Type/FormatAlso check to see if it is an electronic resource. If it is, there will always be a link of some kind to the item.
If it’s an electronic resource,
it can’t be on the shelf!
On Order RecordsSome materials are on order. This means that they are not yet in the library. Still, you might be able to see a partial scan of it in Google Books!
The Physical book is still on order,
but there is a partial scanin Google Books!
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