Koha-Library-Management-System/C2/OPAC/English

Visual Cue	Narration
Slide 1 Title	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on How to use OPAC.
Slide 2 Learning Objectives Find an item using Search Find an item using Advance Search	In this tutorial we will learn how to- Find an item using Search Find an item using Advance Search
Slide Number 3 System Requirement	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04 Koha version 16.05
Slide 4a Pre-requisites	To follow this tutorial, you should have knowledge of Library Science.
Slide 4b Pre-requisites	To practice this tutorial, You should have Koha installed on your system. You should having working knowledge of Koha. If not, please refer to the Koha Spoken Tutorial series on this website.
Show a screenshot of all 3 books in the library	To begin with, I have added 2 more books on Microbiology. one with author as Powar and Daginawala another with author as Heritage This makes it a total of 3 books in my library. Before going ahead, Please add 2 more books of your choice into your library as has been explained in an earlier tutorial.
Open Web Browser Type http://127.0.1.1/8000 and Press Enter	Open your Web Browser and type http://127.0.1.1/8000 This URL is based on- The port number and domain name given at the time of installation. Please type as per what you had mentioned. Now, press Enter.
Cursor on Koha Library catalog page	The homepage, Welcome to Spoken Tutorial Library opens.
Cursor on Search.	On the top left side click on Search.
Cursor on Search field. Cursor on Library catalog.	In the Search field, from the Library catalog, drop down, we can search by the following options: Title Author Subject ISBN Series Call number
Type Microbiology in the search field. Click on Go at the right side of the field.	I will type Microbiology in the search field. And click on Go at the right side of the field.
Cursor on Library items having the word Microbiology	All the Library items having the word Microbiology, is listed in the results.
Narration only	The listed items with the search word, can be further sorted as per the user’s choice.
Click on the tab Relevance Select Author (A-Z)	To do so, go to the right side of the list and click on the tab Relevance. From the drop-down, I will select Author (A-Z). You may choose any other relevant option as per your requirement.
Cursor on Authors listed down in alphabetic order	Upon selecting Author (A-Z), a list of Authors is displayed in alphabetic order.
Cursor on Availability	Look below the title of the listed items. Here, we can see the availability of that particular item across all the libraries.
Narration only	So how can we improve our search for even better results?
Cursor on 'Refine Your Search'	We can do so by clicking on the ‘Refine Your Search' tab on the extreme left. Then go to the various tabs under sections like: Availability Authors Item Types Topics
Narration only	Now, let us see what to do in case the required material is not found with a general search.
Cursor on Search Catalog page. Click on the tab Advanced Search.	On the Search Catalog page, click on the link Advanced Search.
Cursor on Search for.	A new page with the title Search for, opens up. Using the multiple dropdown options, we can refine our search for our required material.
Cursor on Keyword Subject Title Author Publisher Publisher Location ISBN Barcode	From the first drop-down on the left side, select the appropriate option such as: Keyword Subject Title Author Publisher Publisher Location ISBN Barcode
Click on Subject	I will select Subject.
Cursor on right side field	And in the right side field, type the details of the option selected from the left side drop-down.
Type Microbiology as Subject	I will type Microbiology here.
For Author type Patel.	Using the second dropdown option, I will select Author as Patel.
For Publisher type Pearson.	Using the third drop-down option, I will select Publisher as Pearson.
Cursor on Item Type- Cursor on Book Reference Serial	On the same page, notice the other options under the section Item Type- Book Reference Serial
Cursor on Publication date range Language Sorting	Followed by options such as- Publication date range Language Sorting
Cursor on Item Type Click on the radio button for Books.	So, under the section Item Type, I will click on the radio button for Books.
Cursor on Publication date range	I will leave the Publication date range as blank.
Cursor on Language: Select English from the drop down.	For Language, select English from the drop-down.
Cursor on Sorting: For Sort by: select Author (A-Z)	Under the section Sorting:, for Sort by: I will select Author (A-Z).
Click on Search	After filling all details, click on Search at the bottom of the page.
Cursor on Subject as Microbiology Author as Patel, Arvind H. Publisher as Pearson	This page will have a list of all items having the following: Subject as Microbiology Author as Patel, Arvind H. Publisher as Pearson
Click on More Options Cursor on Advanced search	Now, let’s go back to the Advanced Search page and click on: More Options button at the bottom of the section Search for: On doing so, the layout of the Advanced search page changes.
Select Subject Type Microbiology	Once again, in the first drop-down, I will select Subject. Then I will type Microbiology.
Click on “and”	Now come to the second row of options. In the first drop-down, I will keep the option “and” as it is.
Click on “Author”	And in the drop-down to the right, I will select “Author”.
Type“Patel”.	Then to the right of this, I will type “Patel”.
Cursor on third row Select the option “or”	Next, come to the third row of options. In the first drop-down, I will select the option “or”.
Cursor on drop-down to the right Select “Author”	And in the drop-down to the right, I will select “Author”.
Type“Heritage”.	Then to the right of this, I will type“Heritage”.
Click on Search at the bottom of the page.	After filling in all the details, click on the Search button.
Cursor on Item type Cursor on- Item Type section	If required, you can further expand the search using the search options under - the section Item type or the rest of the options.
	This is how we can search for items in the library using OPAC.
Narration only	With this tutorial, you have now learnt how a user can easily search for a library item.
This brings us to the end of this tutorial.	This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
Summary In this tutorial we learnt- Find an item using Search Find an item using Advance Search	Summary In this tutorial we learnt to- Find an item using Search Find an item using Advance Search
Assignment Using keyword as Biology, search for the list of Journals in OPAC	Assignment Using keyword as Biology, search for the list of Journals in OPAC
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	This is Bella Tony from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for joining.

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