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 ====== Mystic Help ======
-==== Searching the OPAC ====
+===== Searching using the OPAC =====
-This help file has not yet being released.
+{{:pergamonmystic:linkedhelp:mystichelp_opac_0001.jpg?direct&200 |}}
-The Mystic Help Files are being re-written for the release of **Mystic v1.5, during the summer of 2021**.
+In order to search the catalogue using the OPAC, select the **[Search]** menu option from the side bar in the Workspace. Mystic displays a simple text field in which the reader can enter a word or phrase that is required. Either click the **[Search]** button next to this field or just press **[Enter]** on the keyboard to start the search.
-For now, please use the Pergamon Help files by clicking the **Pergamon Wiki** Icon at the top of this page, or **Pergamon Wiki Home** below.
+Mystic uses the word or phrase as a key to search the catalogue titles, series name, authors, keywords and several other dynamic data fields in the catalogue.
+Any catalogue items that are found are displayed as a list below the search field, initially displaying:
+  * The Mystic HID (the barcode or accession number) of the item
+  * The Title
+  * A date when the item will be returned, if it is already on loan
+  * Whether the item is additionally reserved for someone else.
+  * The Classification of the item (such as its Dewey code)
+----
+==== Displaying Item Details ====
+{{ :pergamonmystic:linkedhelp:mystichelp_opac_0002.jpg?direct&200|}}
+To display more details of the item, either **Double-Click** the item line, or click the **[View]** button in the line.
+Any data field displayed with an __underline__ represents a field that can be clicked in order to perform a new search on those details - a reader can therefore walk from search to search by clicking fields in item details displays.
+As well as the details of the item, the Item Details dialog displays four buttons:
+  * **[Previous]** and **[Next]** allows the reader to  display the previous or next item in the results list with our needing to return to the list first.
+  * If the reader is permitted and the facility has been turned on within the library, the **[Reserve]** button allows the reader to place a reservation for the item.
+  * The **[Close]** button closes the Item Details dialog and return the reader to the list of search results.
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