Using the O.P.A.C.

What is an O.P.A.C.?OnlinePublic AccessCatalog

Why is the O.P.A.C important to me?

It is a list of every item in the library collection

It makes accessing the library materials easier

for students and teachers.

Let’s Get Started! Follow along and

complete the search on your computer as

the program proceeds.

Step 1: Click on the Mozilla icon on the

Desktop

Step 2: Along the top bar click on Library Search.

This screen will open.

There are many ways to search for materials.

Keyword Title

Author Subject

Power Search Visual Search

Step 3 :Choose a search type

Library Search

Use the Library Search to search by Keyword, Title, Author or Subject

Let’s Perform a Keyword Search for George Washington. Type George Washington in the

Find box, then click on Keyword.

Here are the results from our Keyword “George Washington” search.

Title of Book – you can click here forMore details on the book.

Pages of ResultsAvailabilityCall number

Let’s Perform a Title Search for George Washington. Type George Washington in the

Find box, then click on Title.

Here are the results from our Title “George Washington” search. These books all have

“George Washington” in the Title.Title of Book – you can click here for moreDetails on the book.

AvailabilityCall number

Let’s Perform an Author Search for Shel Silverstein. Type Shel Silverstein in the Find box,

then click on Author.

Here are the results from our Author “Shel Silverstein” search. These books are all by Shel

Silverstein.Title of Book – you can click here for moreDetails on the book.

AvailabilityCall number

Let’s Perform a Subject Search for Dogs. Type Dogs in the Find box, then click on Subject.

Here are the results from our Subject “Dogs” search. These books are all about Dogs.

Title of Book – you can click here for moreDetails on the book.

AvailabilityCall number

A Power Search can be used when you want to be very specific. This is an example of a Power Search for Dog, Cat, and Lion. It resulted in the one book in the collection with those three tags.

A Visual Search is a great student introduction to searching for materials in the collection. To

begin a Visual Search click on Visual Search on the Library Search Home Screen.

A Visual Search is a great student introduction to searching for materials in the collection. To

begin a Visual Search click on Visual Search on the Library Search home page.

The Visual Search page will open. Users can click on any category of interest.

Let’s do a Visual Search for Animals. Click on the Animals picture on the Visual Search page.

There are many categories of animals. Let’s click on Bears to see the available materials.

Here are the results from our Visual Search for Bears. These books all have a Bears tag.

Title of Book – you can click here for moreDetails on the book.

AvailabilityCall number

Let’s click on the title The Three Bears to get more details about the book. You can click on

any title to get more information about any book in the collection.

Title of Book – you can click here for moreDetails on the book.

Here are the title details for The Three Bears.Title, Author, Illustrator.

Call number

Other topicsthat might beOf interest.

Availability

Brief description

Thanks for participating today. Hopefully you now have a better understanding of how to use our

O.P.A.C. Please complete this quick survey

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