Starting cataloging – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Chapter 21 Cataloging basics

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Starting Cataloging

To start Cataloging, from the computer desktop, open the Follett Applications

folder and doubleĆclick the Cataloging icon. You can also access the Follett

Applications menu from the Windows Start | Programs menu or from the Mac

OS Apple menu.

If you are using the password option from System Setup's Site setup (see page

40), a password dialog appears. Enter the Cataloging password (by default

MODTITLE

) and click OK.

If Alliance Plus is installed, you can search the contents of your Alliance Plus

data sources through Cataloging. When you start Cataloging, it automatically

checks your workstation and network for an Alliance Plus Online connection and

any mounted Alliance Plus CDs. (To update your CD selections, select File |

Refresh CDs.)

From the Cataloging main window, you can click one of the toolbar buttons to

search for or add a record and to access windowĆspecific help:

Menu bar

Toolbar

To choose the size and

number of buttons that

appear,

see Customizing the

toolbar," page 236.

Search text box

Click here to select

the database you

want to search

(see page 245).

Number of titles in the

Book Cart

From the menu bar, you can also access the following submenus and help:

S

FileĊContains commands for adding, editing, printing, importing, and

exporting MARC records. To update the Alliance Plus CDs shown in the

database drop-down list after starting Cataloging, select Refresh CDs. You

can also configure the Cataloging toolbar buttons, limit access to the features,

and switch between the MARC Proof Sheet and the OPAC displays. Select

Exit/Quit to close Cataloging.

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