Browsing New Titles @ your library [PDF]

How to Search for new titles in the library catalog

1. Click on the online library catalog link or go to: http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp

2. The catalog defaults to a basic search. Select the Advanced Search option to the right of the search box
   

3. Once in the advanced search screen, use the drop down menu for Location and select HSC Library, Jacksonville and hit the search button.
   

4. You will now see all the titles the library owns (nearly 10,000). At this point you can begin to narrow down the results with several options. The first thing you should select is the New Titles link just below the number or results.
   

5. Now you will see a much smaller number of results, and you will also see various other options for narrowing your search such as Library/Collection, Format, Subject, etc.
   

6. If you take a look at the left hand column, you will see all the various options for narrowing down your search. However, towards the top of the results you should see a navigation bar that looks like the image below:

You’ll notice that one of the options is to browse results by call number and that one of the options is National Library of Medicine.  This is the classification system that is used here at Borland. Select that option and you will see a list of call numbers with subjects, for example, WO- Surgery. The numbers in parenthesis are the number of new titles.  By clicking on one of the subjects, you’ll be taken to the list of new titles under that subject.
   

7. Now that you have your list of results, you can set up an automatic alert or news feed (RSS) to allow the system to notify you when a new title has been added to the collection that meets your search requirements.


You have a choice of using various RSS readers such as Google Reader, Live Bookmarks, or Bloglines.

8.  Newly acquired titles will continue to be listed as new titles for 90 days.