Webinar- Searching the Catalog: Foundations
Webinar
Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 11:00am
Topic
This webinar session discusses fundamentals of navigating the AAS catalog.
Questions addressed include
- How do I find materials on the topic I’m interested in?
- How do I find a book when I know the title?
- Can I look for exact wording?
- Why am I getting this search result when the words I searched aren’t in this record?
- What are the differences between the catalog and Google?
Formally, topics include
- What is the catalog?
- The quick search bar
- Anatomy of a catalog entry
- Exploratory searches and known title searches
- Keyword searching
- Keyword anywhere
- Title keyword
- Name keyword
- Subject keyword
- Search options “all of these,” “any of these,” and “as a phrase”
- MARC view (a glimpse behind the scenes)
About Our Host
Amy Tims, Cataloging Initiatives Librarian. Amy joined the AAS staff in 2012 as a cataloger for the North American Imprints Program (NAIP), and she now takes on a variety of projects to enhance access to the Society's holdings.