Tips for Using Your “New” Library Catalog www.aclib.us

Searching the Catalog www.aclib.us Start Your Search: In the search box on the home page (catalog is default choice):

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Start Your Search:

In the search box on the home page

(catalog is default choice):

Refine Your Search: Using the Menu If needed, refine (limit) your search by using the categories to the right of search results.

If needed, refine (limit) your search by using the categories to the right of search results.

Refine Your Search: Menu Categories AquaBrowser offers a number of categories that allow you to refine your search results to get exactly what you want. After you have searched your terms, use the Refine menu on the right to pick the exact format , author , subject, language , series , etc. Click on more to see a full list of choices. For example, for Library format, you can search by these choices

AquaBrowser offers a number of categories that allow you to refine your search results to get exactly what you want. After you have searched your terms, use the Refine menu on the right to pick the exact format , author , subject, language , series , etc.

Click on more to see a full list of choices.

For example, for Library format, you can search by these choices

Refine Your Search: Using “Advanced Search” Advanced Search is in blue bar at top of page.

Advanced Search is in blue bar at top of page.

Refine Your Search: By Location To view titles only available at your local library branch select the drop down box on the right hand side of the screen. Scroll down the listing and select your local library location. (The default is set to search all Library District locations.

To view titles only available at your local library branch select the drop down box on the right hand side of the screen. Scroll down the listing and select your local library location. (The default is set to search all Library District locations.

Refine Your Search: Using a Wildcard The asterisk ( * ) is a wildcard, used to truncate a term. unit* lists titles with a word anywhere in the record that starts with unit . subject:unit* lists titles with a word in a subject field that starts with unit (United, Unitas, unit, unity, Unitarian).

The asterisk ( * ) is a wildcard, used to truncate a term.

unit* lists titles with a word anywhere in the record that starts with unit .

subject:unit* lists titles with a word in a subject field that starts with unit (United, Unitas, unit, unity, Unitarian).

Refine Your Search: with AND, OR, NOT AND is the default. A space between search terms is regarded as an AND . A search for geisha memoirs looks for geisha and memoirs in the same cataloging record. OR can be used to look for either term, or both, as in geisha OR memoirs . NOT (or the – symbol) can be used to exclude a keyword. A search for geisha NOT memoirs (or geisha –memoirs ) looks for records containing geisha , excluding those that contain memoirs .

AND is the default. A space between search terms is regarded as an AND . A search for geisha memoirs looks for geisha and memoirs in the same cataloging record.

OR can be used to look for either term, or both, as in geisha OR memoirs .

NOT (or the – symbol) can be used to exclude a keyword. A search for geisha NOT memoirs (or geisha –memoirs ) looks for records containing geisha , excluding those that contain memoirs .

Refine Your Search: Searching Multiple Terms To search for a specific author, precede the name with author: and use quotation marks, as in author:“lisa jackson” or author:“jackson lisa” . The order of the terms is immaterial. Searching without author: and quotes gives results for lisa or jackson used anywhere in the record. It's possible to search multiple authors at once, separated by OR , by typing author:"james patterson" OR author:"lilian braun" OR author:"alice sebold" . You can also use NOT (or the – symbol) to exclude a term. For example, a search for mexico includes titles on Mexico and New Mexico . To exclude New Mexico, type mexico NOT new (or mexico –new ).

To search for a specific author, precede the name with author: and use quotation marks, as in author:“lisa jackson” or author:“jackson lisa” . The order of the terms is immaterial. Searching without author: and quotes gives results for lisa or jackson used anywhere in the record.

It's possible to search multiple authors at once, separated by OR , by typing author:"james patterson" OR author:"lilian braun" OR author:"alice sebold" .

You can also use NOT (or the – symbol) to exclude a term. For example, a search for mexico includes titles on Mexico and New Mexico . To exclude New Mexico, type mexico NOT new (or mexico –new ).

Place a Hold We are hoping that we will be able to offer persistent login this summer. In the meantime, if you click on Place Hold you will see Catalog at the top as a link.

We are hoping that we will be able to offer persistent login this summer.

In the meantime, if you click on Place Hold you will see Catalog at the top as a link.

Place a Hold continued Click on Catalog; insert your library card number and pin under Login Your library card number will remain logged in as long as you remain in this window.

Click on Catalog; insert your library card number and pin under Login

Your library card number will remain logged in as long as you remain in this window.

Discover: Helps You Explore The magic of AquaBrowser Library's discovery principle is the “word cloud“ which appears with the most relevant associations, translations, spelling variations and synonyms. Clicking here broadens your search results On the left side of the screen, you see a cloud of words based on your query. These words are suggestions for you to discover new information and help you in formulating your query. These suggestions consist of translations (to another language), spelling variations (to correct for spelling mistakes or words that can be spelt in more than one way), and associations (free 'brainstorming' associations)

The magic of AquaBrowser Library's discovery principle is the “word cloud“ which appears with the most relevant associations, translations, spelling variations and synonyms. Clicking here broadens your search results

On the left side of the screen, you see a cloud of words based on your query. These words are suggestions for you to discover new information and help you in formulating your query.

These suggestions consist of translations (to another language), spelling variations (to correct for spelling mistakes or words that can be spelt in more than one way), and associations (free 'brainstorming' associations)

Clicking on any of these terms in the word cloud yields a new search combining that term with the original one. The system thereby ranks relevance by this history, finding the combination on top of your list of results. The words you clicked on in the word cloud are shown in a different color, as a trail of suggestions in the word cloud, thus never losing your original term. Discover: the Word Cloud

Clicking on any of these terms in the word cloud yields a new search combining that term with the original one. The system thereby ranks relevance by this history, finding the combination on top of your list of results. The words you clicked on in the word cloud are shown in a different color, as a trail of suggestions in the word cloud, thus never losing your original term.

Discover: Word Color Codes • Black words are variations; these terms have something to do with your query, and can help you formulate a direction in your search; click on an association to search for it in the context of your current results. Orange words are spell variations. Sometimes, there are multiple ways to spell a word, or spelling inside the catalog. Click on a variation to see results for it. Gold words are translations; click on a translation to search with your word in another language. Grey words are thesaurus terms; click on a term to search the catalog using that term. Blue words are terms you have already visited. As for the word size: the larger a word, the more relevant it is deemed by the automatic relevancy algorithm. A word's position in the constellation has no direct meaning.

• Black words are variations; these terms have something to do with your query, and can help you formulate a direction in your search; click on an association to search for it in the context of your current results.

Orange words are spell variations. Sometimes, there are multiple ways to spell a word, or spelling inside the catalog. Click on a variation to see results for it.

Gold words are translations; click on a translation to search with your word in another language.

Grey words are thesaurus terms; click on a term to search the catalog using that term.

Blue words are terms you have already visited. As for the word size: the larger a word, the more relevant it is deemed by the automatic relevancy algorithm. A word's position in the constellation has no direct meaning.

Subject: Lets You Browse If you don’t have a specific title or author you are looking for your can browse our catalog by Subject.

If you don’t have a specific title or author you are looking for your can browse our catalog by Subject.

Subject: Lets You Browse Note: The refined search results for “Library Relationships 21” resulted in titles including the call number 372.21

Note: The refined search results for “Library Relationships 21” resulted in titles including the call number 372.21

Author: Narrows Your Search If are trying to narrow your search by author you can use the “Author” tab as a shortcut.

If are trying to narrow your search by author you can use the “Author” tab as a shortcut.

Author: Narrows Your Search Example: After clicking the “Author” tab, a list of authors with the term “Library” in the Author’s name appears. Using the list to the left I selected the author: Library: Hennepin County Two search results were found

Example:

After clicking the “Author” tab, a list of authors with the term “Library” in the Author’s name appears.

Using the list to the left I selected the author: Library: Hennepin County

Two search results were found

My Discoveries ® Make the Catalog Your Own With My Discoveries®,you can: Make your own lists of titles—favorites, what you’ve read, what movies you’ve seen, wish lists Rate titles (1 to 5 stars) Add reviews for books and other library materials Tag library materials to make finding them easier Lists can be made for your private use or to share with others. You can enter more than one tag for each item, using spaces to separate them. To make multiple word tags, use quotes: "United States". All public lists, all tags, reviews and ratings are visible to all users.

Make the Catalog Your Own With My Discoveries®,you can:

Make your own lists of titles—favorites, what you’ve read, what movies you’ve seen, wish lists

Rate titles (1 to 5 stars)

Add reviews for books and other library materials

Tag library materials to make finding them easier

My Discoveries ® Getting Started You can start by searching for a title to tag, rate, review, or add to a list. You can log in before or after searching for the item in question. Simply click on the top right:

You can start by searching for a title to tag, rate, review, or add to a list. You can log in before or after searching for the item in question.

Simply click on the top right:

My Discoveries ® Create an Account

My Discoveries ® Save and Tag After you have created an account and logged in you can start customizing your library experience. On the main catalog screen you will now see a “Save or Tag” Link.

My Discoveries ® Looking at the drop down box I can create a new booklist or add this title to an existing booklist. Or I can tag this title with key phrases like: “marketing” “selling” “advertising” “cold calls” “publicity”, or any other term I may assign to this title.

Summary of Title Table of Contents First Chapter Excerpts Reviews (example) More Features in the Catalog

Summary of Title

Table of Contents

First Chapter Excerpts

Reviews (example)

See other cover jackets used for the same book to eliminate confusion. Example: King Lear by William Shakespeare More Features in the Catalog

See other cover jackets used for the same book to eliminate confusion.

Example: King Lear by William Shakespeare

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We’re interested in what you have to say about your New Library Catalog.

Please fill out a survey located at the bottom of each web page.

Use the star feature to Rate each page

Or send us an email at: [email_address]