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Online Tutorial Search Results

The Search Results screen in the Five College Library Catalog lists all items matching a given search.
The Search Results screen provides information about the item's...

author, title, format, and publication date
location and call number
number of copies owned and availability
Using the Search Results screen, you can...
  modify or limit your search
save or email your search results

Connect to the Five College Library Catalog, and search for the item of interest. To determine the call number for and its availability, click on the library name in the right column.

library link to full record view
   

To see an item’s full record (including publisher, notes, subject terms, and other information), click on the title.

clickable title
   
To re-sort the results list by author, title, or format, click on the appropriate term in the gray bar above the listings.
sort list function
   


Click Modify Search to limit or expand your search.

modify search button
   

Click Email/Save to email selected records or save them on a local computer drive .

email save link
   

 

Use your browser’s print function to print lists or records from the library catalog

browser print function
   

Click Recent Searches to display all searches for your session and run them again.

recent searches link
   
Special Tips for Begins With Searches:

A Begins With search by author, title, subject, or call number will produce an alphabetical list in your chosen category. The number of records for each term in the list is given to the left of the entry. Click on the term to see the list of search results.

browsable list
   

The Brief Records button will sometimes appear in an alphabetical list retrieved by a Begins With search. This link leads to another browsable list of entries helpful in sorting through long lists of titles by prolific authors or frequently published titles, or in searching for music.

brief records button

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