Demonstration options: Searching the catalogue for a book

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• When searching for a book in the library catalogue (http://libcat.qut.edu.au), you have the option to search by: AUTHOR, AUTHOR AND TITLE, or TITLE
• Use an AUTHOR search when there are multiple resources with the same title.e.g. Ethics
• Use an AUTHOR AND TITLE search when both the author and title are common.e.g. Ethics by Healy
• In most cases you can use a simple TITLE search.
• YOUR TURN! Select a TITLE search.
• YOUR TURN!
  1. Click in the search box
  2. Enter the title of the book below:
     Beauchamp, T. L. & Bowie, N. E. (2004). Ethical theory and business. 7th ed. New York : Pearson Prentice Hall.
  3. Press ENTER
  Hints: Remember, the title is the part of the reference in italics. In this demonstration, make sure you press ENTER rather than using a mouse click.
• You are looking for Ethical theory and business
• Note the year of publication. You want the latest edition (2004).
• The library holds five copies of this book.
• To locate the item in the library, you need to note the: ITEM LOCATION, CALL NUMBER, and STATUS
• The ITEM LOCATION tells you which branch holds the item and which collection the item is held in.
• The ITEM LOCATION is linked to a description which indicates where the collection is held.
• A link to the floor plan is provided.
• A CALL NUMBER is used to locate the item on the shelves within the library.
• Full stops, spaces and slashes separate the different parts of the CALL NUMBER. These punctuation marks must be written down correctly in order to find the item on the shelf.
• The STATUS indicates whether the book is available for loan.
• IN LIBRARY means the item is available on the shelf.
• Now, when you have a reference to a book, you should be able to search the library catalogue to locate it.