Lesson 2

Locating books through

OPAC
Before we go through the process of searching the book, have you ever
wondered of the meaning of OPAC or where it came from?

Did you know that before, we look for books manually through the
catalogue cards in a catalogue
cabinet? The cards are arranged
alphabetically either by Author’s
name, Subject or Title,
But now, we use OPAC in
searching for available titles in
our collections. Much-much
easier to do. Just type in your
query and bingo, it will give you
the result.

So, what is OPAC?

• What is OPAC?
OPAC stands for Online Public Access Catalogue. It is an online
database of materials held by a library or group of libraries through
which users search a library catalog principally to locate books and
other material available at a library, one of the unique aspects of an
online public access catalog is that it is user-friendly and accessible by
all parties. That means - anybody, regardless of their age, status, or
even their level of knowledge about computers, can be able to use the
system.
• How to access JRU OPAC?
Users have two options to access JRU OPAC,

First is through JRU.EDU, a JRU website that caters and helps

student, faculty, and staff and even outside users. It has all the
information about JRU.

STEP 1. To access JRU LIBRARY OPAC, just click the “Library” icon
and you will be directed to JRU OPAC

www.jru.edu

Or you may go to its direct link which is

 www.library.jru.edu

 JRU OPAC tools and Functions

Let’s start with the boxes
SERVICES is a
RESOURCES is a
list of services
list of links that
provided by
provide us
the JRU
references and
library. It has
information,
the
so if you want to information
know the for each
Electronic services.
resources of the
JRU LIBRARY, FACILITIES
you may click the refers to physical
ON-LINE information and
RESOURCES location of
different
LIBRARY
Branches
 Step 2. Type in your query in the search box.

Type here

Click here
You can search using these
to proceed
category-- title, author, Subject,
ISBN, Series and call number. Just
click the arrow down and choose
your desired category.
You can also limit your search by the type of
library, such as Elem, Graduate, law school,
High School and Main Library collection.
Just click the arrow down and choose.

Step 3. Check status of the book and copy the

information

Copy this information and request for the book

Or click the title of the book, it will transferred to a page where in you can read the summary of
the content and get the complete information such as the Item type, location, call number
and the barcode
SUMMARY:

 STEPS IN SEARCHING FOR BOOK TITLE

Step 1: Go to www.library.jru.edu

Step 2: Simply type in your query in the search bar. You may search by keyword, title, author,
subjects, ISBN series and call number. You may still limit your query by the type of library (ES,
JHS, Main, GS, LS)

Step 3: Once result is given, choose your preferred books. You need to check the status of the
book if it is available. If available, you need to copy the information provided on the book (title,
author, Location, call number and barcode number) if you want to request for the materials.

**Thank you*