
Searching the Physical Collections -
Direct
Borrowing
Now that we've expanded
the catalog parameters to all USMAI campuses, let's
conduct a sample search in
catalogusmai
using the subject 'home
schooling' to see what materials are
available.
STEP 5: Type the
words 'home schooling'
in the "enter word/s to search" field (#5
below).
STEP 6: From the
drop-down box in the "search for words in..."
field, choose the appropriate type of
search, in this case you may choose 'subject'
or you may leave this as 'all
fields' (#6 below).
STEP 7: From the
drop-down box in the "search as..." field,
you may choose to search as 'words'
or as
a 'two word phrase'
(#7 below).

On the results screen below, notice
that we've found
90
items!

Next, let's learn how to place an
electronic request through the catalog for one of
these 90 items.
STEP 8:
Say we want item #4 from our results list, the book
The Well-trained Mind: a guide to classical
education at home, which is owed only by
UMCP (University of Maryland College Park).
From the brief record view, simply click the
'UMCP-McKeldin-Library(1/0)'
link on the
location line (#8 below).

STEP 9:
This will open an availability view, from
which you must click the
button.


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