Searching the OPAC
The simplest way to use the OPAC is to enter a word or phrase in the [Search] field and press return. This method of searching applies this criteria to the:
- Title
- Keywords
- Series Title
- Subject
- Contributors (Authors, Illustrators etc.)
The displays the results on screen in a tabular format consisting of three fields - the item accession number, the title of the item, and the class-mark. An additional forth field is added the end of a line to indicate where the item is currently out of the library (i.e. on loan to another reader).
Each title in the list is a standard hyper-text link which can be clicked to display the item details.
Key details in this new display are also hyper-text links and can therefore also be clicked to allow a general browsing of the catalogue contents. Once any additional page is displayed, the [Back] and [Forward] toolbar icons become active to allow the user to move backwards and forwards through the results in the same way as browsing visited internet pages.
At any time when a new search is entered in the main [Search] field, this browsing history is cleared.
