How to Use the LRC Catalog:

Heritage, the LRC Catalog, contains records of library holdings, including books, government
documents, VHS recordings, DVDs, CDs, etc. physically contained in the library. It does not
find periodical articles; for that use online databases. This guide focuses on the Search for
materials in the LRC.
Accessing
LRC Catalog can be accessed from RCSI Library webpage and VLE.
a. Accessing from RCSI- MUB webpage:



Table of Contents
Accessing
Searching


Search Results
The Item Record


Print/Save/Email
Catalog Help




b. Accessing from the VLE:

Searching:

a. General Search

Enter your search term which can be a keyword, subject, title, author or class number.
b. Advanced Search

c. Guided Search

Refining/widening your search:
Refine your search by using the Boolean operators (AND or AND NOT) or by using
double quotes to indicate that you are looking for an exact phrase, not just each word
separately.
You can widen your search by using a single (?) or multiple character wild card (*), or
another Boolean operator (OR).
Keyword- Boolean Search Techniques

To retrieve records with: Search for:
various forms of a word, such as
communication, communicator, communicate
etc
communicat*
a phrase (articles, pronouns and
prepositions are ignored)
"endangered species act"
more than one word, adjacent or not, use
AND
endangered and species
synonyms or other related words, use OR England or Britain or "united kingdom"
multiple words, including synonyms, use ( )
around OR phrase
crim? and violen? and (juvenile? or teen?)
not urban
Author Search Techniques

Type in the last name or the first name or
both.
Davidson

Exact Title or Title Keyword Search Techniques

Type in the title of a book, video, etc. Omit
initial article.
Medicine at a glance
Class Number Search Techniques

Type in known class number 616 DAV
Search Results:
All searches produce a list of results; which contain Author, Title, Location- Loan Type- Status
and Class. Note down the class number after checking the status. Books are arranged from 000-
999 in the LRC.

The Item Record
The Record View of an item record is displayed first. This contains facts such as the standard
number, author, title, and imprint. Also included are descriptive subjects which are clickable
links to lists of subject headings.
Title - The title of the work.
Author - The name of the primary or principal author of the work
Imprint - The place of publication, publisher and date of publication of the work
Standard Number/ISBN - Unique International Standard Book Number assigned to
every book published in the last 30 years
Medium- The format of the work (book, nonmusical sound recording, etc.)
Subjects - Subject Headings assigned to the work
Location - Area in LRC where item is shelved.
Call Number - Item's shelf location.
Status - Indicates availability. "Reference " indicates an item must be used in the LRC

Help
To read instructions on how to use the catalog click on Help at any time while in the catalog.



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