In this demonstration, we'll look in Rothrock library's ...
collection for a book about Benjamin Franklin.
From the college's homepage, click on the library tab located ...
toward the top of the screen.
This brings you to the Rothrock Library's homepage.
let's enter in the term "Benjamin Franklin"
in the Encore box, and click on the go tab.
This brings you to the results page.
Here you will notice: one,
details about your results in the left column,
all clickable to limit the search;
two, the number of results in your ...
results list; three,
that you have the ability to sort results by title or date;
four, that the short result list ...
provides some basic information such as: title,
author,
location, call number,
and availability about an item.
This information is sorted by relevance,
and can also be sorted by title or date.
Five, the icons next to an item ...
indicate it's format:
ebook, DVD,
print book, website,
or streaming video.
Six, the request button allows you ...
to have the material pulled and held Rothrock or ...
delivered to the front desk at a center.
Let's look at the information for the title "Benjamin ...
Franklin: an American Life"
by clicking on the book box located under the format tab ...
on the left of the screen.
This repopulates the search results so that now we are ...
only seeing a listing of physical books related to ...
Benjamin Franklin.
In this brief record you will see the following:
one, that it's a print book;
two, its author is Walter Isaacson;
Three, it's located on Rothrock ...
library's lower level;
four, its call number directs you to ...
its exact location on a shelf;
and five, it's available for you to ...
borrow, or it's in circulation and due ...
back on the date indicated.
You can also click on some additional options including ...
request it, to pick it up at the library ...
service desk, or to have it sent to the front ...
office at the Jim Thorpe, Donley,
or Morgan Center.
This is especially useful when you're working off campus,
but please note that you will need your L number.
If working in house, you may want to add the ...
results to a cart, or to email them to yourself,
in order to pull from the shelves yourself.
You can click on the title of a work in order to see more ...
information about it.
In this case, we can notice its publisher ...
and its copyright date.
If it's a book, you'll see the number of ...
pages and its Library of Congress subject terms as well.
You may also sometimes see a table of contents and a summary.
Let's return to the results list by clicking on "Back to results."
The options along the left side of the screen allow you to limit ...
your results in the many ways indicated.
Please also remember the DVDs and videos are located ...
on Rothrock Library's upper level in LB 109,
the media/ periodicals room
This concludes our brief demonstration of how to use ...
Encore. Thanks for watching!
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