How to Use the

Library Catalogue
Library Catalogue

 What is a catalogue?
 Tool to help you

 What is it for?
 To find what is available
 To locate what is available
LIBRARY CATALOGUE
To access the online catalogue, go to
http://library.utar.edu.my

http://library.utar.edu.my/

This session will show you

briefly how to use the
catalogue to search for
your resources
LIBRARY CATALOGUE
http://library.utar.edu.my

Where to start?

If you have a Reading List

or Recommended Reading,
start with that.
LIBRARY CATALOGUE

Author Search Search by AUTHOR if you know

the name of person/ persons
who wrote it

Title Search Search by TITLE if you know

the name of the book/ what it
is called
Search Tips
For Authors:

David Spark Spark, D

For Titles:

Ignore all capital letters, punctuations or

accent marks

Do not type the articles (a, an, the) if they

appear at the beginning of the Title
 Exercise

Search for books by the following authors:

1. Molloy, Michael S. (2002). Graph colouring and the

probabilistic method. Berlin : Springer.

2. David, Spark (2011). Practical newspaper reporting. Los

Angeles, CA : Sage Publications.
 Exercise
Search for the following books using “Title” search:

1. Molloy, Michael S. (2002). Graph colouring and the

probabilistic method. Berlin : Springer.

2. Charmaz, Kathy (2006). Constructing grounded theory :

a practical guide through qualitative analysis. Los
Angeles, CA : Sage Publications.
LIBRARY CATALOGUE

If you do not have a Do a keyword

Reading List or search
have no clue to
what books to refer
to
Keyword Search: e.g. physics
(system will find books with the word physics in the title)

physics

Database: UTAR
Exercise
Do a keyword search on “physics” in “Title:
 Exercise
 You have search for “Public finance” in the SUBJECT
SEARCH but have not been successful in getting any results
but you are interested in obtaining information on this
subject.

 Using KEYWORD SEARCH, search for “Public finance” in

the Title option:

 Indicate the relevant subject heading used for an entry

with “Public finance” in the title

 Indicate the number of records for the mentioned subject

heading
LIBRARY CATALOGUE = OPAC

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• Online Requests

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 READING CALL NUMBERS

How are books organised?

Library of Congress Classification System

(LCC)

The call number of a book is shown on the

spine of the book
ANATOMY OF A LC CALL NUMBER
HF
5616
Book title: Australian financial accounting A8
Author: Craig Deegan D44
Call Number: HF 5616 A8D44 2010
2005
1. The first line describes the subject of the book.
HF 5616 A8 = Organizational learning
2. The second line often represents the author's
surname. D44 = Deegan
3. The last line indicates the date of publication.
ARRANGEMENT OF BOOKS ON SHELVES

1st Bay 2nd Bay

1st rack
A B L M
2nd rack
C D N P
3rd rack
E F Q R
Where can the book be found on
the shelf?
Write down the call number and
QC
the location: Open Shelf,
Reference, Red-spot, etc 32
P668
2009

QC32 – Physics
textbook
P668 – Surname
and cutter number
2009 - year of pub.
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The Library wishes
you “All the Best”