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====== Mystic Help ====== | ====== Mystic Help ====== | ||
- | ==== What is an OPAC? ==== | + | ===== What is an OPAC? ===== |
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In the past, the results of an OPAC search would typically provide you with confirmation of basic details and the classification of the item - such as the traditional Dewey system - which would allow you to find the item on the shelves of the library. | In the past, the results of an OPAC search would typically provide you with confirmation of basic details and the classification of the item - such as the traditional Dewey system - which would allow you to find the item on the shelves of the library. | ||
- | In a modern OPAC, the results may additional include far more information, an abstract of the item, and a range of other multi-media attachments. In fact the item itself may be virtual, not physical, and exist only as a record in the database. | + | In a modern OPAC the results may additionally include far more information, an abstract of the item, and a range of other multi-media attachments. In fact the item itself may be virtual, not physical, and exist only as a record in the database. |