How to look for books in the library catalogue

Log on to the VLE, and look for the link which says ‘Search the Library Catalogue’

This is the screen you will see. You are automatically logged into your own account in the library. Click on to the Searchstar

button to move on.

This box tells you how

many books you have

out of the library and

whether they are late

or not.

Click on the Searchstar

button to search for books

in the library, and reserve

them. This tells you the

opening times of the

library this week.

This box will tell you about the latest

resources which have been added to the

library this week.

This box tells you

which books have

been the most

popular this week.

Maybe you could

try one out for

yourself!

This is the screen you can use to search the Library catalogue

This shows you a

picture of the cover of

the book you have

highlighted, so you can

find it on the shelves

This box tells you

whether the book is in

the library at the

moment or not

This book gives you a

summary of what the book

is about, to help you decide

whether you want to

borrow it or not

Use this box to search for

exactly what you want to find

Use this to highlight and

choose just some of the things

on the page, so you can print

or export them

Use this to reserve a resource

that is on loan at the moment.

Anything not in the library

shows up with blue or red

writing

Use this to check on your

library account.

This symbol next to a

resource shows that it is

a website. These have

been carefully chosen to

help your research, and

are easier than looking all

through Google.

Highlight the resource

you want to look at and

click on Show, if you

want to access the

website.

This box will appear.

Click on Visit this site to

go straight to the

website.