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Web-OPAC
The IIPS Library wants its users to make best use of its online resources. In order to facilitate
efficient and effective searching of information through our catalogue the following few lines
will be useful. This will help you in making the search pinpointed and specific so that desired
and relevant information is retrieved fast.
At present the information about the library information resources i.e. Books, Bound
Volumes of Periodicals, Reprints, Research Articles from Periodicals and Edited Books, CDROMs
are bibliographic in nature.
Web-OPAC provides search option on two levels.
(1) Simple Search and (2) Advance Search
The search query can either upper case or lower case the software accept for
searching but please be extra cautious while mentioning the queries as incorrect spelling or
extra spaces can stop your access further.
Class number search is based on Dewey Decimal Classification 18th Edition. And to
provide in-depth search in population studies and family welfare, special schedule, index
prepared on the basis of the DDC and used in the database.
WebSlim21 offers you following facilities:
1. Word Search
Word Search is a simple search, which allows you to search any word anywhere. Word
search can include phrase also search as ‘mass communication’.
Type the word to be searched in the Word Search text box and click Word Search. The
search engine will search the word in all the access points and the result will be displayed
according to the match found.
2. Advanced Search
Unlike simple search (word search) advance search is a Structured Search with Boolean
operator.
You can structure your search as follows.
a) Search For- Specify your search string such as Sharma
b) Select Field- Catalogue menu lists allow you to select a catalogue.
A catalogue has index entries, which speed up the search. For example, the Author catalogue
has names of authors (usually surname or last name first.)
c) Specify Position in the field- Can specify position of field as specified below
Anywhere in the Field This conducts the search for the word (s) you enter through library
item detail description and the catalogue entries. Searching Bjarne
through Author will fetch items by "Stroustrup, Bjarne".
At The Beginning of the
Field
Use this if you are searching for an author by surname, a key word
by the leading term. The catalogues and the item details are also
available for browsing. A browse through the key word catalogue
gives a good idea of the subjects covered by the library collection.
Exactly Matches The
Field
This is useful if a search using an exact match is required.
Click Search
The search engine will search the word as specified criteria and the result will be displayed
according to the match found.
Can combine above search with Boolean Operator search as AND, OR and NOT. With More
option can add more criteria to the search in advance search.
For above search you can also specify different selection criteria for further filtering your
search such as
a) Range of Accession Dates
Accession Date is the date on which the library acquires the item. By default all items are
considered for inclusion in the search, regardless of the date of accession. It is possible to
define a range of dates, for example: 01/04/1999 and 31/08/99. That is items acquired
between first of April and 31st of August in year 1999. (format is dd/mm/yyyy, both the dates
in the range are needed.
b) Range of Accession Numbers
Accession Number is the unique number given to an item. By default all accession numbers
are taken into consideration in the search. But can filter your search by specifying accession
number range.
c) Range of Year of Publication
By default all items are selected regardless of the publication year. You can provide a range of
publication years such as 1996 and 1999 (4 digits, all numeric, provide both the upper and the
lower limit). When a range is specified, items with publication years within this range are
considered for inclusion in the result set.
d) Select Item Types
Select one or more material types for eg. You would like to search only article or Journal
articles etc.
e) Digital Material Only
If you check Digital Material Only, the search result will include only those items having
Multimedia Links associated with them.
Search result is displayed in tabular format. Click at the accession number to view details of
the item.
You can navigate the search by clicking at the hyper linked object.
Search result can be viewed in Bibliography or publication format by selecting the respective
format.
3. Catalogue Browser
This page displays the list of all the access points in the current catalogue.
Select Catalogue- Allows you to select catalogue search as Title, author, Keyword etc. It lists
all the entries in the selected catalogue.
Select Script- Allows you to select scripts if have collection is entered in different script.
Search For- Allows you to search catalogues specified in search for text box. For eg. If you
want to search all Titles staring with ‘T’ than type ‘T’ in search for and click Display. This will
display all Titles starting with T. Click the item which you want to see the detail entry.
4. Recent Arrivals
To view the Recent Additions to the library collection, click Recent Arrivals. The items list will
appear, which will display the items acquired in the library in the last 30 days. Arrivals. Can
select the Item Types, which has arrived recently.
5. Contact Librarian
To see the library contact information, click Library. Phone number and a link to the librarian's
e-mail address will be displayed. To send an e-mail to the librarian, click the link. This will
open the default mail client where you can type your message and send an e-mail to the
librarian.
6. My Info (ignore, still it is not active)
My info will allow a user to see his account, which allow him to see his loans, reserve a book
etc. But for accessing his accounts he need to login.
To Log in as a user, click MyInfo on the home page. Type the User ID and Password and
click Log In. To change your password, click Change Password. Type User ID, Old
Password and New Password. Click Change. Following operations are possible for the
Logged in Borrower:
a) Loans
To view the loans in the your name, click Loans. List of Loans will be displayed. To Reissue
the item, click on the serial number. To view the reservation queue for the item, click the
Reservations count in the Current Reservations column.
b) Reservation
To view the reservations by the borrower, click Reservation. The details of the item reserved
by the logged in borrower will be displayed. To see the reservation queue for the item, click
the Accession number. To cancel the claim, click 'X' in the delete column.
c) Recent Addtions
To view the Recent Additions to the library collection, click Recent Additions. The items list
will appear, which will display the items acquired in the library in the last 30 days. You can
specify the number of days and whether you want to see the items for All Subjects or My
subjects (defined in SDI as the subjects of interest).
d) Readings
To view the details of the books, that the logged in borrower has read earlier, click Readings.
To view the log, you can specify the date range or number of days and the item types and
click Apply . Eg. If you select the number of days as 30, the result set will show the title,
author and read count of items read by the logged in borrower in the last 30 days. To view the
circulation details, click serial number of the item. If want to know transaction when that item
was taken check show transaction and click apply. This will show transaction details.
e) Subjects
Allow you to select subject of your interest so that Recent Additions will lists items only of your
subject interest.
f) Rules
To view the Lending Policies applicable to the category of the logged in borrower, click Rules.
g) Log Out
To end the session, click Logout.