On-Line Public Access

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An online public access catalog (often abbreviated as OPAC or simply library catalog) is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Users search in library catalog principally to locate books and other material available at a library. In simple language it is an electronic version of the card catalog. OPAC is the gateway to library's collection.

Roles

Library Admin

Path

Catalogue » On-Line Public Access

Terminology Used

On-Line Public Access - An online public access catalog is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Users search in library catalog principally to locate.

Search - Search Books for public access.

Regular Search - Search any criteria of library data like Books,Title,Author,Subject,Publisher,Keyword,Accession No.,Accession barcode,ISBN No.wise.

Boolean Search - Search criteria will be define like Title,Subject,Author,Publisher,Keyword,ISBN No. wise.

Input Needed

Search Criteria

Functionality

- User can define search criteria be like Books,Title,Author,Subject,Publisher,Keyword,Accession No.,Accession barcode,ISBN No.wise.

- User can define search criteria be like Title,Subject,Author,Publisher,Keyword,ISBN No.wise.

- User can define settings for library selection.

- User can save the book search criteria or query.

Screen Shots / Steps

Online Public Access

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Settings

For OPAC setting click on Settings

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Advance Search

To search by regular search click on Advanced Search

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To search by boolean search click on Boolean Search.