AVC Library Book Catalog Tutorial 

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Instructions

Instructions

This tutorial is accompanied by a short quiz

To take the quiz:

  • Click on the Take Quiz link at the end of the tutorial. 
  • Please make sure to fill out the top portion of the quiz form completely. 
  • When you have finished the quiz, click on the submit button.  
  • After you have clicked on the submit button, a confirmation page will appear with your score for this quiz.  You will also receive an e-mail confirmationKeep this e-mail and show it to your instructor as proof that you took the tutorial. 

Please note: AOL e-mail users may have difficulty receiving confirmation e-mails.  Students should consider using their AVC e-mail address for these tutorials.

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Introduction

  • The Book Catalog is a Web based electronic catalog that provides access to books and other materials held in the Antelope Valley College Library.

  • The catalog is composed of thousands of electronic records, each representing a title (book, pamphlet, film, etc.) owned by the AVC Library or the Instructional Media Center..

  • Each record is divided into a number of fields including: Title, Author, Call Number, Imprint, Description, Subjects, Notes and ISBN.

  • To find a book or other library holding, you may search the catalog by keyword, author, title, subject, series, call number and ISBN/ISSN.  

  • This catalog uses a Boolean search program, which requires the use of certain Boolean operators.  For more information on Boolean searching techniques, see  Lesson 2: Boolean Searching in this Tutorial.

 

Accessing the Book Catalog

The catalog can be accessed from the library home page:

 http://www.avc.edu/studentservices/library/index.htm   

Click on the Library Catalog link on the left side of the page.  The Basic Search page for the catalog will appear.


 


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Last updated 05/03/07