NAVIGATING THE CATALOGUE

Quick Search

Advanced Search

Item Details

A Look Inside/All Content

Catalogue Record

Location

Place Hold

Find more this author

Find more on these topics

Browse Nearby items on the shelf

Print or email marked records

Continue search in TAL, CPL, U of C

Catalogue Top Menu links:

Electronic Resources

Closed Reserves

New Materials

My Library Account

QUICK SEARCH

For a Quick Search, enter keywords into the search box and choose to

search by words or phrase, author, title, subject or series by clicking on the

relevant button.

Remember that the catalogue will search exactly what you input, there is no

“smart” searching. If you enter a search with spelling errors, the catalogue

will not correct your spelling for you or suggest alternatives, it will search for

the word(s) as exactly as you have entered them. For additional search

options, click on Advanced Search. Return to Top Menu.

ADVANCED SEARCH

An Advanced Search offers additional options to limit your search. Using the

drop-down windows, combine different search words using the Boolean

operators and, or and not (ex. sustainable and design; land art or environmental

art; kinetic not calder).

You can also limit your search by item type, location and publication year. Results

are sorted New to Old by default, but other options are possible, such as by

author. Return to Top Menu.

ITEM DETAILS

Access Item Details by clicking

on the item title. Item Details

include links to:

1. A Look Inside/All

Content (summary,

author biography - not

always available)

2. Catalogue Record

(publication info, physical description, subject and other

searcheable terms, may also include abstract and table of

contents)

3. Item Availability (due date if item is borrowed)

4. Location

5. Place Hold option

6. Find more by this author/on these topics

7. Link to Nearby items on the shelf

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A LOOK INSIDE/ALL CONTENT

If available, A Look Inside and All Content provide similar content but in different

formats. The content is usually comprised of a summary and brief author

biography. It may also include book reviews and a table of contents.

Clicking on

All Content will open a pop-up window with the same content, but with individual

links to each separate section and a print button. Return to Top Menu.

CATALOGUE RECORD

By looking at the Catalogue Record, you can quickly link to a list of other work by

the same author as well as browse other search words which may be of interest.

Browsing catalogue records can be very helpful in brainstorming potential search

keywords.

For example, when looking at the catalogue record for the book Art or Sound by

Germano Celant, browsing the subject terms will prompt you to consider

alternative search words and combinations such as: art and music, musical

instruments and art, sound installations, multimedia etc.

You can use these alternative search words in a new search, or click on each

individual search (subject/author/artist) term. You can also try clicking on Find

more on these topics to generate search results based on the first five terms in

the below list. Return to Top Menu.

LOCATION

The vast majority of our collection is immediately accessible to library users in our

open stacks. Additional locations include:

Oversized materials (immediately accessible in open stacks at back of

library)

Archives (restricted access + limited loan period, ask at front desk)

Reserves (restricted access + limited loan period, ask at front desk)

ACAD AV area location (restricted access + limited loan period, ask at front

desk)

ACAD Special Collections (restricted access, ask at front desk)

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PLACE HOLD

You may only place holds on items which are on loan to someone else. You are

offered the option to place a hold both on the Search Results page as well as the

Item Details page. Return to Top Menu.

FIND MORE BY THIS AUTHOR

In Item Details, click on Find more by this author to go to a list of other works

from the same author. Return to Top Menu.

You can also access more work by the same author through the Catalogue Record.

FIND MORE ON THESE TOPICS

When browsing Item Details, you have the option to Find more on these topics.

This option generates Search Results based on the first five subject terms in the

list. Return to Top Menu.

BROWSE NEARBY ITEMS ON THE SHELF

Browse the stacks from home with the Nearby items on the shelf function in Item

Details. The catalogue will generate results for a Call Number Search, listing a

dozen other items sitting to the left and right of the original item you searched.

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PRINT OR EMAIL MARKED RECORDS

While searching the catalogue, compile a list of items (from one or several

searches) by clicking the Mark box to the left of the titles of interest. When

you are ready to Print or email marked records, click on the link in the top

sub-menu. In the pop-up window, choose the view/print button or enter in

your email address. The list will include all the information from the

catalogue record. Return to Top Menu.

LINK TO PAGE

To generate and save a permalink to your search results, click on Link to

Page in the sub-menu and follow the instructions in the pop-up window.

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CONTINUE SEARCH IN

If you don’t find what you’re looking for, or the Library’s copies have been

borrowed by someone else, you may want to continue your search in the

University of Calgary, Calgary Public Library or The Alberta Library (TAL).

For more information on how to borrow from other libraries, go to The

Alberta Library’s TAL Online. Return to Top Menu.

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

When off campus, accessing Electronic Resources will require entering your

Library User ID and Library PIN. Go to My Library Account for Login Help. Return

to Top Menu.

CLOSED RESERVES

It is possible to search only items on Closed Reserves by searching for items by

instructor, course number or course name. This function is helpful when

searching for a single title, but also when you wish to browse all items a particular

instructor or course has set aside. Return to Top Menu.

NEW MATERIALS

New materials are being added to our collection on a daily basis. Follow the link

to New Materials to browse over 40 of our most recent acquisitions listed in

chronological order. Return to Top Menu.

MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT

In My Library Account library users are able to:

check account status (items borrowed and due dates)

renew materials

change + request Library PIN

Learn more by following the link to My Library Account.

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