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To sort search results
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Click
the Sort by drop down button and select an option from the list.
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2.
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Click
the A..Z or Z..A
button to re-order the results in alphabetic or reverse alphabetic order.
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Note:
The Sort by options will not appear if the set returned is too
large.
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To find out more details about material of interest
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For all
types of material you can click on the title to display more details
about the material and to see what copies or holdings are available.
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2.
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For
most material e.g. books  ,videos
 and cassettes  click on list to see details of copy availability.
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To reduce the number of search results
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Repeat
the search with one of the following suggestions:
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- Add more information
about the author or title.
- Apply additional limiters
to the search (Location, Collection, Library Site, Date from the standard search screen. Advanced
searching also offers language, format and Opus number limiters).
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To increase the number of search results
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Repeat
the search with one of following suggestions:
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- Remove some of the
search terms.
- Don't apply any
limiters.
- Try a keyword search
rather than a title search.
- Try searching for just
a keyword, or just the title, or just the author
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2.
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Go to
advanced search.
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a.
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On
the browse a list form set Choose a list to browse to an
appropriate index.
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b.
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Enter
the search term.
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c.
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Click
the Search button.
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The
screen will display details of the index which match your search on the
left hand side and details of the material associated with the
highlighted index entry on the right.
Click on other entries in the list to see details of the material
associated with these entries.
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Search results look irrelevant
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Try one
of the following suggestions:
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- Use Next and Previous
to browse through the results.
- Click on the title to
view full details of the item.
- Repeating the search adding
some further limiters. (Location, Collection, Library Site, Date from
the standard search screen. Advanced searching also offers language,
format and Opus number limiters.)
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References
can look irrelevant if index entries are created from different parts of
the record. For example entries in the author index can be created for a
writer where s/he is the subject rather than the author of the book.
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To browse an index (following a Browse a list
search on the advanced search screen)
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In the
index panel on the left of the screen click Next icon to see the
next set of entries in the index.
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The
left hand panel will display the next set of index entries.
The right hand panel will show the material associated with the highlighted
index entry.
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Use Previous
to see the previous set of index entries.
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To view the records for an index entry (following a
Browse a list search on the advanced search screen)
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Click
the index entry you are interested in.
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The
right hand panel will display the items associated with your selected
entry.
If there lots of items associated with the index entry you can see details
of items further down the list by clicking on Next on the right hand
side of the screen.
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To
request a title
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1.
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Click
the request icon next to the right of the title you require
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If you
are not logged in the screen will ask you to enter your barcode and pin
number.
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The
screen will offer you a choice of requests.
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2.
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Click
the Place Request button.
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The
screen will guide you through the process of placing the request of your
choice.
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For
further information click on Place Request Help.
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What
does Reserves mean in the copies information?
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The
number under the Reserves heading indicates how many reservations there are
outstanding for the item.
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If you
choose to request the item then it will take longer for you to get a copy
the more reservations there are.
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What
do the dates under Availability mean?
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The
dates are the due dates of the items. This tells you when the item(s)
should be back in the library.
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You can
request an item using the request icon if all the copies are on loan.
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