Documentation

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September 2003

Ruth Schiller
ALEPH Core Documentation
• Documentation that is part of the
ALEPH 500 package:

• Web Guide
• Release Notes
• Online Help
• Table Headers

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Web Guide

The Web Guide is the first and

foremost source of ALEPH 500
documentation.

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Web Guide

• ALWAYS START WITH THE WEB GUIDE

• READ THE WEB GUIDE
• USE THE WEB GUIDE
• REFER TO THE WEB GUIDE

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Web Guide

• Minimum reading requirements:

– The General chapter

– The chapters for your modules and functions
– (If you are not a System Librarian, skip the
System Librarian chapters.)

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Web Guide - Understanding the New GUI

Where can I find information about

understanding and using the new GUI?

• General - Using and Customizing Your GUI

3.2 Looking at the ALEPH GUI
• Acquisitions – Overview
• Cataloging– Overview
• Circulation - Overview

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Web Guide - Understanding the New GUI

Where can I find information about

understanding and using the new GUI?

General - 3. Using and Customizing Your GUI

3.2 LOOKING AT THE ALEPH GUI

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Online Help
• Click F1 from a highlighted menu entry.
• Click the Help button.
• Click F1 from the pane in focus.
• Click the question mark and then click a
screen element.

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ALEPH Core Documentation
• Documentation that is available on
the Ex Libris Documentation Center

• Database Management Guide (in two parts)

• List of ALEPH Tables (Excel sheet)
• Oracle Tables Package
• List of Web OPAC HTML Files
• Web OPAC Screens - Structure and Customization
• A Guide to ALEPH 500 Documentation

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ALEPH Core Documentation
• Documentation that is available on
the Ex Libris Documentation Center

• ALEPH 500 Backup and Cleanup

• System Administration Guide
• Client-Network Installation Guide
• Requirements for ALEPH 500 Installation

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The Ex Libris Documentation Center
• How do I get into the Ex Libris
Documentation Center?
• Go to the Ex Libris web site:
http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/
• Click the “Documentation Center”.
• If you do not know your password, click
the Documentation Center link and send us
an e-mail requesting your username and
password.
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