ONLINE CATALOG
Advanced Searching
Learn How to Use the
Hinds Community College
Online Catalog
ONLINE CATALOG
Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
Computerized union catalog
Lists books and media at all Hinds
Community College Libraries and Media
Centers
Shows if materials are available for check
out
Easy to use
Available via the Web
LRC Web page: http://lrc.hindscc.edu
LRC Homepage
http://lrc.hindscc.edu
Click: Online Catalog
HCC’s Online Catalog
Basic Search Screen
Ways to Locate Information
Basic Search (Basic searching is covered in
the Web tutorial “Online Catalog – Basic
Searching.”)
Power Search
Browse
Subject Headings
Specialized Search for Literary Criticism
Power Search (Keyword Searching)
Use to Combine Words and Refine the Search
Click: Power Search
Power Search Screen
The Search Options (left) and the Boolean Connectors (right) Have
Drop Arrows for Making Selections
The Options That You Choose and the Search Terms That You Use
Determine What You Locate
Boolean Connectors
Search Options
Keyword Searching
Improve Your Results
In keyword searching,
Use only a few main words
Use Boolean Connectors between all words and phrases
Boolean Connectors are: AND, OR, NOT
Use AND to combine terms so that each term is in the results
EX cloning AND humans
Use OR when only one of the words needs to be in the results
(For example, with synonyms)
EX man OR men OR male OR males
Use NOT to omit a word
EX automobiles NOT trucks
Power Search Screen
Search For: genetic engineering AND ethics
Use the Search Option: Words or Phrase
Choose: Library - Raymond
Power Search
Searched For: genetic engineering AND ethics
Results: 5 Titles at Raymond
Same Power Search – More Libraries
Search For: genetic engineering AND ethics
Use the Search Option: Words or Phrase
Choose: Library - All
Power Search
Searched For: genetic engineering AND ethics
Results: 11 Titles at All Hinds Libraries
How to Locate More Titles on
Your Topic in the Online Catalog
(Increase Your Results)
Use less words
Be broad in your search when looking
for books
Ex. “cloning” instead of “cloning AND sheep”
(Be more specific when searching for
magazine and newspaper articles.)
Search in more libraries
Browse for Items in the Online Catalog
Power Search Screen
Click: Browse
Browse Screen
To View the Subject Headings For a Topic, Type the Topic in the
“Browse On” Box (teen suicide) and Click: Subjects
Browse for Subjects
Results: There Are No Items Listed For “teen suicide.”
Click: See Related Headings For: Teen Suicide
(This will show the correct subject heading to use.)
Related Headings for Teen Suicide
(The subject heading to use is “Teenagers Suicidal Behavior.”)
Click: Teenagers Suicidal Behavior to View the Titles on That Subject
Clicked the Subject: Teenagers Suicidal Behavior
Results: 9 Titles on That Subject
Click: Details to View the Complete Entry For a Title
Detailed Entry
of a Catalog Record Contains
Complete bibliographic information
(Everything that you need for a bibliography.)
Author
Title
Copyright date
Publishing information
The “Official” Subject Headings for the item
Holdings
Detailed Entry
Another Way to Locate Subject Headings Is:
1) View the Details for a Title
2) Click: Any Subject Listed That Is Appropriate For Your Topic
Subject Headings
Subject Headings for This Title
Click the Subject Heading: Suicide – Prevention
To Locate All of the Items in the Catalog on That Subject
Clicked the Subject Heading: Suicide – Prevention
Results: 31 Titles on the Subject
(Titles listed under Subject Headings are pertinent to your topic.)
Subject Headings
Review
“Words or Phrase” is keyword
searching
Keyword searching
Does not locate all items on your topic
Locates titles not on your topic
Subject headings locate everything
cataloged on the subject
Ways to Locate Information
Types of searches that we have covered
Power Search
Browse
Subject Headings (in the detailed records of
items)
Another type of search
Literary Criticism
Literary Criticism
May Include
Criticism of a literary work (novel, play,
poem, etc.)
What others have written about an
author and/or his writings
Explanations of the imagery,
symbolism, etc. used by an author in
his writings
Locating Literary Criticism
Type the Author’s Name and Use the “Subject” Option
(Search for the author as subject. This searches for items about
the author and his writings.)
Literary Criticism for Eudora Welty
Results: 10 Items Located at Utica
Online Catalog
Review
The online catalog is Internet accessible from
Library
Home
Work
If you need help, contact any Hinds Community
College Library/Media Center
Contact information is available at :
http://lrc.hindscc.edu/General_Info/Branches/
This concludes the Web tutorial
“Online Catalog –
Advanced Searching.”
Too much information?
For help or to learn more about the
Online Catalog, contact your local
Learning Resources Center/Library.