Icons, Buttons, and Tabs
Icons, navigation buttons, and display tabs appear at various stages
of searching and retrieval in the Library of Congress Online Catalog.
The Library of Congress Online Catalog banner displays on the top
of most screens. Select the banner to return to the Library of Congress
Online Catalog home page at any time:
While using the catalog, a button bar consistently
displays at the top of the screen (underneath the Library of Congress
Online Catalog banner). Selectable items in
that bar will display in dark letters with no colored border. Some
buttons will display with greyed-out letters and are not selectable.
And on occasion, some buttons will appear with a colored border,
indicating that the function is currently in use.
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Selection
enables the user to specify which of the Library of Congress
databases to search: Library of Congress Online Catalog (the
default), Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS), National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLSBPH)
{coming soon}.
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Select this button
to begin a new search for the last search method used. The default
search method is Basic Search. |
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Displays the Headings List
from the most recent Subject or Name search when using the Basic
Search method. |
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Displays the list
of records retrieved in response to the most recent search.
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Displays
a table of all searches performed in the Online Catalog; the
display does not, however, include any limits that may have
been originally applied to a search. From the Search
History screen, old searches can be redone or edited. |
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Displays context-sensitive
help screens related to any activity being performed in the
Library of Congress Online Catalog. |
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Returns
the user to the opening screen for the Library of Congress Online
Catalog. Selecting this icon will clear the Search
History; select only to end the search session or
restart the Online Catalog. |
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Displays
the Set Search Limits screen for restricting most searches
by: Date, Language, Type, Location, and/or Place of Publication.
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Selecting this button
clears all previously set search limits. Search limit selections
remain in effect for all applicable searches until they are
cleared. |
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Displays the previous list for a Headings
List or Titles List, or the
previous catalog record while viewing an individual catalog
record. |
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Displays the next
list for a Headings List or
Titles List, or the next catalog
record while viewing an individual catalog record. |
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Select
this button to execute a search on the words or phrases entered
in any search box.
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Select this button
to clear any words or phrases from the search box. |
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From
a Headings List, select this icon
to display references for a subject or name heading (includes
narrower, see and see also references) or scope notes for a
subject or name heading. |
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Ranging from a series
of five to one-half, this icon indicates the level of relevance
the catalog records has to words or "exact phrase" entered in
the Keyword search. Five icons indicate
the most relevant items, and a one-half icon indicates the least
relevant. |
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Provides
a brief view of the current catalog record, including the call
number. Select another tab for an alternate view. |
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Displays
subject headings, notes (biographical/historical, table of contents,
etc.), the LC Classification and Call Number for the current
catalog record, as well as a link to online versions (if any)
of the material described by the record. |
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Displays
the fullest labelled selection of fields for the current catalog
record, including the call number. Select another tab for an
alternate view. |
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Displays
full MARC tags for the current catalog record, as well as the
Call Number. Select another tab for an alternate view. |
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Select
this button to display a single record or selected set of records
in the browser window for printing or saving to disk. |
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Select
this button to email a single record or selected set of records
to an existing email account (enter the correct email account
address in the window to the right of this button). |
Use the browser's [Back] button to resume
searching.
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