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New Books

Introduction

This feature searches a list of all items received at each campus during the time periods shown in the Display: box

Note: the results may include material that has a status of In process. This means that the item is being catalogued, and therefore is not available on the New Books display at this time

Searching

Select the option you want from each drop down menu - campus location, time period and sort order. You can only select one option from within each box.

An optional feature is to search for a title word, author word or call number to find an item. This search can be combined with any or none of the Select location, Period or Sort by options

  • Search for a title
    To search for a title enter only one word from that title in the Search box.
    The word can be from the title or subtitle of an item
    eg if you were looking for the book Visual cultures and critical theory you might enter the word cultures
  • Search for an author name
    To search for an author enter only one word from the name
    eg to find a work by Paul Burns enter the word burns
  • Search for a call number
    To search for a call number enter the first part of the call number only (ie the Dewey Decimal number)
    eg to find a title with the call number 155.25 P4672 enter the number 155.25.
    You can truncate the Dewey number to find items in broad subject areas.
    eg if you were looking for items about psychology you could enter 15. This would find all items with a call number from the range 150-159

Records per page

It is possible to change the number of records that will display on each page. Click on the arrow next to the ... records per page option and select the required number of records

Display screen

After a search you will see a list of titles to choose from. To view a record click on any of the hyperlinks for the title you want

Note: the results may include material that has a status of In process. This means that the item is being catalogued, and therefore is not available on the New Books display at this time

Above the results list you will see:

  • your search strategy
    eg New Books: City West
        Search 1 week, sorted by call number
  • number of results currently being displayed on the first screen followed by the total number for this search eg  1-25 of 36 entries

Editing your search

You can modify your search, or start a new one from the results screen, without having to go back to the original search screen. All of the search options can be accessed by using drop down menus displayed above the titles list

#(Hash symbol)

The first column (#) on the results is used only for Selecting records for printing or saving. The boxes cannot be used to place a request

Title

This column shows the title of an item. It is a hyperlink that takes you to the brief record for the title

Author

Personal names are listed with the family name followed by the first name
eg Kendall, Maurice G. Dates of birth and death of the author are included if the information is known

Location

Brief location information is displayed under each title, and indicates which campus holds the item

Call number

Most items are given a call number based on the Dewey Decimal System. This number is also printed on the spine label and helps you to find the item on the shelf
eg Call Number: 175 BAUR
Electronic materials such as ejournals, websites, databases and eReaders do not usually have a call number

6 December 2006, revised 9 January 2008

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