using the owens community college library
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Using the Owens Community College Library. Accessing a wealth of knowledge in books. Where do I begin to look for books?. Start in the Book and Audiovisual catalogue ExpressLINK is the online book and audio visual catalog of the Owens College Library It contains over 45,000 titles - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Using the Owens Community College Library
Accessing a wealth of knowledge in books.
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Where do I begin to look for books?• Start in the Book and Audiovisual
catalogueExpressLINK is the online book
and audio visual catalog of the Owens College Library
It contains over – 45,000 titles– It is available on the Internet at
www.owens.edu/Library
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How does it work?
• Look at the top of the Library’s home page at the box titled:
Owens ExpressLINK Catalog
In this box you will insert key words to guide your
search
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Insert key word(s) here
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Note, the inserted word is insurance
• This is an initial key word search
• On the next slide, you will see that there are 219
number of texts in the Owens’ collection that relate to that word
• Note that the most recent title appears first
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Choosing a text
• I am most interested in medical coding, so looking down the list of titles, I find a text that will be helpful
• I will then click on that title
• I chose the forth one down the list
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This page tells me that the book is locatedon the Toledo Campus, the specific location, and the statis
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Two options for refinement
• Click on the term of most interest and you will automatically be taken to other titles focus on that subject
• Go back to your original search and insert one of the subject terms that most closely fit your subject
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The blue subject list also gives me three options for subject searches to help refine my search
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There are 4 texts that relate to code numbers
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After clicking on my subject choice there are now 4 texts to choose from
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For more choices
• You can check for other books that would be housed on the same shelf in the library
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Click on the call number to see other options housed next to this one on the shelf
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Here is a list of what can be found
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If you need even more sources
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Boolean operators-help to further refine the search
• AND or + requests sources that use all given words
• Not or – narrows the search by excluding given words
• Or broadens the search by including both alternate terms
• * use the wild card to permit different versions of the word such as: health* =>healthcare, health careers, health insurance…
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How can I check out a book?
OrWhy do I need an OCID and ID card?
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To check out any materials you will need an Owens ID card which is scanned when you check out
If you wish to use Ohio Link, explained later, you will also need to know your OCID number found on Ozone to request any materials.
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Ohio Link
Your free connection to over 41million titles from every major college in Ohio.
It allows you to pick up materials close to home whether that means Toledo, Findlay, Sylvania, or even Athens.
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Begin by clicking on the home page
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Now add your search term
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Now there is an increase to over 2,667 titles—time to refine!
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Add nosology to narrow the search
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Clicking on a title will bring this up
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Click here to request this title
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Insert your OCID number, nearest location and submit. Is should arrive in a few days.