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Transcript: Module Four:  This module will answer the following questions.  What exactly is MadCat? What is special about a library catalog? When should I use MadCat? How can I find something by title? By author? Or if I have a topic in mind? And, how do I get my hands on the book, DVD, etc, once I know where it is? There will be quiz questions throughout this module.

Module Four    Will answer the following questions:

▪ What exactly is MadCat?

▪ What is special about a library catalog?

▪ When should I use MadCat?

▪ How can I find something by title?                                                            

▪ What if I know its author?

▪ What if I just have a topic in mind?

▪ How do I get my hands on the book, DVD, etc. once I know where it is?

There will be quiz questions throughout this module.

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Transcript: MadCat is the library catalog at UW-Madison.   It's what you use to find books and other items owned by libraries on campus. It's organized by the same basic principles as the original card catalog.

MadCat is...

The library catalog at the UW-Madison.

What you use to find books and other items owned by libraries on campus. * MadCat does not include Journal Articles.

Organized by the same basic principles as the original card catalog.

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Transcript: Not very long ago, you would have needed to use a Card Catalog in order to find things in a library.

you would have needed to use a

card catalog in order to find items

in a library.

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Transcript: A card catalog is basically a chest of drawers...

The Card Catalog

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Transcript: With each drawer representing a certain part of the alphabet.

Each drawer represents a part of the alphabet.

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Transcript: Each card represents an item owned by the library and it points you to where that item is on the library shelf.

Each card points you to where an item is on the library shelf.

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Transcript: The same information that was once only available in these small drawers is now accessible from anywhere in the world through the libraries' online catalog:  MadCat.

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Transcript: Just as there were three different types of cards in a card catalog, there are three main ways to find things in MadCat:  title, author, and keyword.

Three types of cards in a card catalog:  Title, Author, Subject

Three main ways to find things in MadCat:  Title, Author, Keyword

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Transcript: Now let's take a look at how these searches can work for you.

Using MadCat

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Transcript: We'll begin by click on the MadCat link on the Libraries' home page.

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Transcript: Where we click from here depends on what it is we know about the item we want to find.

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Transcript: To find an item when we know its title...

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Transcript: we'll use the basic search option.

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Transcript: Once in “Basic Search”, type the title in the “Search For” box. Be sure to omit initial articles. Then make sure the “Title Search” is highlighted in the “Search By” box. Finally, click on “Search”.

Type the title, omitting initial articles (a, an, the)

Make sure Title Search is highlighted

Click on Search

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Transcript: Since there’s only one result with this title, we’re sent directly into the appropriate MadCat record. Later in this module we’ll learn how to read Madcat records in depth.

Later in this module, we'll learn how to read MadCat records in-depth.

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Button One:  Replay Title Search
Button Two:  Continue on to Quiz Question One

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Search for Author

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Transcript: Basic search also works well when we know the name of the author.

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Transcript: In this case, we’ll type the author’s name in the “Search For” box; last name first, no comma necessary.

Type the author's name in the Search For box - last name first

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Transcript: Next, we’ll need to be certain that “Author Browse” is selected in the “Search By” box. Once we’ve done this, we can click on “Search.”

Click on Author Browse

Click on Search

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Transcript: Now we'll select the author that best matches the person we're looking for.

Click on the link that best matches our author.

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Transcript: As before, since there's only one result with this title, we're sent directly into the appropriate MadCat record.

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Button One:  Replay Search for Author
Button Two:  Continue on to Quiz Question Two

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Keyword Search

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Transcript: Cards in the card catalog only contain a limited amount of information.

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Transcript: And while keyword searches look for our terms anywhere in the record, this is all they have to choose from.

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Transcript: Use “Guided Search” to look for key words or key concepts related to your topic.  Here's how...

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Transcript: Type the key concepts you’ve identified for your topic into search boxes provided -

Type the key concepts in the boxes provided

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Transcript: ...one concept per box.  For concepts consisting of more than one word, be sure to select the appropriate choice from the drop down menu. In this case, for genetic engineering, we’ll select “as a phrase.”

Select as a phrase

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Transcript: For single word concepts, such as food, leave the drop down menu at the default: “all of these.”

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Transcript: Verify that the “Search by” box reads “Keywords Anywhere” and click on search.

Click on Search

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Transcript: Whenever more than one item matches your search, look through the results and click on the title you wish to view.

Click on the title you wish to view

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Transcript: Doing so will bring you to the full Madcat record.

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Button One:  Replay Keyword Search

Button Two:  Continue on to Quiz Question Three

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Transcript: Now that you know how to find a Madcat record, let’s take a closer look and learn what’s inside.

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Transcript: Madcat records contain a variety of information: the author, title, and publisher - which you'll need for your bibliography, a description of the item - which includes its length, and a list of subjects covered.

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Transcript:  Beneath this information you’ll find the location and call numbers for each copy of the item owned on campus.  The status line tells you whether or not it’s checked out.

One

Two

Three

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Transcript: Once you’ve identified the item you wish to check out, copy down everything from the location line as well as the entire call number.

Write down EVERYTHING on the location line!

And the ENTIRE call number

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Button One:  Replay Understanding a MadCat Record
Button Two:  Continue on to Quiz Question Four

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Using a Stack Guide

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Transcript: For example, let's see if we can find this book.  MadCAt tells us it's located at College Library, in their main book collection, on the third floor in room 3191. The call number begins with “SB”, but we'll want to write down all of it.

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Transcript: Since university libraries can be quite large, stack guides are provided which direct you to the appropriate floor or aisle.

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Transcript: From this picture of College Library’s stack guide, we see that items beginning with call number “SB” can be found in aisle 29.

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Transcript: So, to find our book, that's where we're going to head.

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Transcript: Now that we’re in the right aisle, what do all these letters and numbers mean?

What do all these letters and numbers mean?

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Transcript: Books on a shelf follow a numbering order just like houses on the street. It’s easiest to read these numbers one line at a time. One letter “S,” comes before two letters “SB”, which comes before “SD” or “SF.”

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Transcript: Our call number begins “SB123.57”. Within the “SB’s”, 123 follows 107 and comes before 267

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Transcript: ...and reading the third line of the call number, H comes after B.

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Transcript: Here’s our book!

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Button One:  Replay Using a Stack Guide
Button Two:  Continue on to Quiz Question Five

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Transcript: Remember, Madcat is the library’s online catalog. Use Madcat to find items owned by libraries on campus. To find an item by its title, use “Basic Search” and be sure to omit initial articles. To find an item by author, use the “Basic Search - Author Browse”, and don’t forget to put the last name first. Use “Guided – Keyword Search” to find items on a particular topic. When you want to find an item in a library, be sure to write down or print out all the location and call number information. And, use the stack guide to find out exactly where a specific call number is located in that library.

Remember...

▪ MadCat is the Libraries' online catalog.

▪ Use MadCat to find items owned by libraries on campus.

▪ To find an item by its title, use Basic Search and be sure to omit initial articles (a, an, the).

▪ To find an item by author use the Basic Search Author Browse.

▪ And, don't forget to put the last name first!

▪ Use the Guided Keyword search to find items on a particular topic.

▪ When you want to find an item in a library, be sure to  write down or print out ALL the location and call number

   information.

▪ Use the stack guide to find out exactly where a specific

   call number is located in the library.

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Transcript: Don't forget...  MadCat doesn't include journal articles.  We'll learn how to find those next, in Module Five.

Don't forget...

MadCat doesn't include journal articles.  We'll learn how to find those next, in Module Five.

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End of Module Four

Click on Module 5: USING JOURNAL DATABASES in the right-hand menu to continue on with CLUE.

Button One:  What’s in a MadCat record?
Button Two:  Go to MadCat