Jennifer BrownTracey YoungMEDT 7478Spring 2013

Using the Library CatalogSurpass Safari

Why Use Surpass Safari

• To Locate Book• For Research• To check the status of a book to see if it is

available for checkout

How can you search?

• Author• Title• Subject• Keyword• Advance searches including format• and call number

Finding a book using the“CAT” method

• Once you have found a title in the catalog that you want to locate, you will need the “CAT” information to find the book on the shelve.

C = Call NumberA = Author

T = Title

Title Search Step 1

• Click on Title

Title Search Step 2

• Type in the title you are trying to locate.

Title Search Step 3

• “Matching Titles” will appear, click on the title that matches your search.

Title Search Result1. Call Number2. Author3. Title4. Bibliographic Info, Number of Pages and Size5. Summary6. Copy Availability

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To begin another search clickon the home icon.

Subject Search Step 1

• Click on “Subject”

Subject Search Step 2

• Type in the subject you are researching.

For this demo, we will search “cats”

Subject Search Step 3

- This search brought up a list of 61 books, toolarge. The search would need to be narrowed byclicking on back and being more specific.

- To continue from list, select a title by clicking onthe blue title.

Subject Search Step 4 1. Call Number

2. Author3. Title4. Bibliographic Info, Number of Pages and Size5. Summary6. Copy Availability

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