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Chapter 35 Using your OPAC
An online public access catalog (OPAC) lets your patrons search your library's
collection quickly and easily. This chapter discusses how to use the different
searches, their results, and the tools available in your OPAC.
Note:
Before your patrons use your OPAC, review Chapter 33, Setting up your
search stations," and make any desired changes to the setup.
To start OPAC, from the computer desktop, open the Follett Applications folder
and doubleclick the OPAC icon.
Note:
You can also access the Follett Applications menu from the Windows
Start | Programs menu or from the Mac OS Apple menu.
To exit, choose File | Exit or Quit. If password protection has been set up, type
your exit password in the dialog that appears, and click OK.
Choosing the interface
There are two different interfaces that the patron can use to search your
collection: text and visual. Each has its own windows and search options:
Enter a search term and
Click an index button to
produce a selection list
in the text interface.
Click a preconfigured action
button to produce a selection
list in the visual interface.
The text interface allows the patron to enter a term and choose one of the
many indexes in your database to search. The patron can narrow a search to
find items belonging to a reading program or meeting Boolean search