Using WorldCat

 

 

 1.  Go to the Hartness Library web site at http://hartness.vsc.edu

 2.  Mouse over Books & More and click on Other catalogs.

 3.  Click on WorldCat at the bottom of the list.

4.      At Hartness Library locations, you’ll go right into the database.

5.      At home, enter your Maple User ID (initials, birth month, birth day, zero).

6.      Then enter your Maple password (initials, last four digits of your social security number).

7.       Click on Login.

 8.  Enter your topic in the box next to Keyword.  You may also search or limit by Author, Title, ISBN (International Standard Book Number), and/or Year.

 9.  Click on Search.

10.  You'll see that the results are broken down into media type at the top.  Click on the media type you'd like.

11.  Items in the list that we own will say VERMONT TECH COL in green.

12.  Clicking on the title of an item in the result list will bring up more information about that item.

13.  If you'd like to borrow the item, click on Borrow this item from another library (Interlibrary Loan) under GET THIS ITEM.

14.  Fill out the online form that appears.  You may use the same form for items that we own.

15.  If you'd like to place more limits on your search to begin with, click instead on Advanced Search in Step #7. 

16.  Then you may limit to year, language, number of libraries owning the item, media type, several subtypes, as well as to items in your library. 

17.  See steps #13 and 14 if you'd like to borrow the item.

18.  To print or e-mail information about the item, click on either the Print or E-mail icon above the information about the item.

19.  To see more results if they're available, click on the small right arrow at the bottom of the list of results or the Next button at the top of the list.

20.  If you want to make a list of selected records, you can click in the small box to the left of each article you'd like in the list.  Then click on Marked Records and print or e-mail the list.

 

8/3/05