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HOW TO SEARCH THE ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOG
The school’s Library catalog is available online from any computer on and off campus. You can use the catalog
to find out if we have a book, DVD or other item in our collection and you can also see how many copies are
available for check out and where they are located. You will find our online catalog to be very useful, here are
a few tips to make browsing the collection easier.
http://opac.libaryworld.com
Logging on…
The Library catalog username is LA Film School Library. There is no password.
You are now on the homepage. From here you can browse recently added items or search the catalog.
Search for a Title
We will first start out by searching for a movie by title. All title searches are done in the same manner. In the search
window type the title of the item you are looking for. If you do not know the exact title you can leave the search option
to “all words” and type what you know.
Here we are searching for Oz the Great & Powerful. Type title or keywords into the search window and press the search icon.
Here are our search results.
Click on the title of the item you
are interested in exploring
further. This will provide you with
more details.
At the bottom of the page you
will find how many copies we
have in our holdings, if they are
checked in or out and the
location.
Here you can see the item is
checked in. There is one copy
available and it will be located
with the DVDs under the letter O.
Keyword Search
Now let’s do a keyword search so we can learn more about how to explore the catalog. Return to the homepage by
clicking the home button. Here we are searching for items in the collection on “game programming.”
Here you see the results of our search. Viewing the results as a list you can quickly see what items are available and
where they are located. Clicking the title will provide you with more details.
Author Search
Now let’s try searching for books by a particular author. From our homepage we select the drop down menu and choose
“author” and in the search window type the name of the author.
In this case our results show us there are 3 titles by the author and the details of how many copies are available and
where they are located.
Clicking on the title of the items reveals further details. From this record you can learn that we have two copies of this
book. One is available in the film section at 808.23 22 and another copy is available in our reference section under
808.23. The copy in the general collection is presently checked out.
Browsing Collection
The last thing we will explore is browsing an entire collection of items. The most common request for a search like this is
“How do I see a list of all the DVDs you have?”
In the search window with “all words selected” search for “DVD.”
This search yielded 1,763 titles, in alphabetical order, the entire collection of DVDs that our library contains. You can
click through the search results to view what we have and what is available for check out.
If you have any difficulty finding an item please ask the library staff for assistance.
Call 323 860 0789 or email ttreadwell@lafilm.edu or igreen@lafilm.edu.
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