Technews Bulletin
JUNE/JULY, 2006
ISSUE #22
Carmen Marrero, Technical Services, Guest Editor
561-649-5418 or marreroc@pbclibrary.org
TRICKY YET USEFUL: SEARCHING BY CALL NUMBER IN
UNICORN
If you haven’t tried searching by
call #, try these.
In “Item Search and Display” screen –
1. You can Search for “General” in “ALL LIBS” and get a list of
titles with newest publications first. This kind of search, however,
picks up any 3-digit number in the record (number in title, number
of pages, 3 digits after the decimal, etc.) See Samples page 1.
a. Search – General – All Libs for 005.5 (no space before decimal)
and you get 7 titles for Microsoft Office
b. Search – General – All Libs for 005 .5 (space before decimal) and
you do not get anything.
2. Browse for the same call numbers
in MAIN (or your own location) and you get the following:
a. Call number – Browse – MAIN for
005.5 (no space before decimal) produces no hits, but call numbers
that
follow (005.7) See Samples page 1.
b. Call number – Browse – MAIN search for 005 .5 (space before
decimal) produces a long list as follows:
See Samples page 2.
005 .5 DES – 005 .5 WAN
005 .52 ASS – 005 .52 MAR
005 .57 JOH, etc.,
and then you get down the list for numbers with no space before the
decimal
005.1, 005.133, 005.2, 005.26, etc.
3. You can also search for a complete
Exact call number, but results are inconsistent, and therefore not
recommended:
For an Exact call number search,
please note that the Cutter must be in ALL CAPITALS.
However, the searches Exact – Call #
-- MAIN for 005 .52 LAN, or 005 .7565 AND -- two titles found with
Browse search listed above for each call number, produce one, two,
or no titles.
If you’ve found any other hidden
nuggets that you would like to share system-wide, please let us
know. Or if you have any questions about record searching in
Unicorn, please ask!
SEARCHING BY CALL NUMBER IN
UNICORN - EXAMPLES PAGE 1
Search 1a - Search General All
Libraries - 005.5 (No space before decimal)
YOU FOUND 7 ITEMS
Title Author Pub. Year
Office 2004 for Macintosh : the mi
Walker, Mark H. 2005
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 Matthews, Carole Boggs. 2004
Microsoft Office 2003 in 10 simple Desmond, Michael. 2004
Microsoft Office 2003 : top 100 si Kinkoph, Sherry. 2003
Show Me Microsoft Office Outlook 2 Johnson, Steve, 1961- 2003
Computación para PyMEs Szerman, Norberto. 2003
Office XP guía visual Maran, Ruth, 1970- 2001
Search 1b - Search General All
Libraries - 005 .5 (Space before decimal)
Item not found -- perhaps the following list will help.
General Heading Occurrences
4TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS UNITED
STATES 1
see related headings 5-HTP BIOCHEMICAL
5TH AMENDMENT HISTORY UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION 2
Search 2a - Browse (specific library
branch) 005.5 (No space before decimal)
Call Number Title
005.7 BUL How to back up your PC / Patrick Bultema
005.7 GLO File & disk management : from chaos to c
005.7 LEA Learn how to use Microsoft FrontPage 97
SEARCHING BY CALL NUMBER IN UNICORN -
EXAMPLES PAGE 2
Search 2b - Browse (specific library
branch) 005.5 (Space before decimal)
Call Number Title
005 .5 DES Microsoft Office 2003 in
10 simple steps
005 .5 JOH Show me Microsoft Office 2003 / Steve Jo
005 .5 KIN Microsoft Office 2003 : top 100 simplifi
005 .5 MIC Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 / Marty Ma
005 .5 QUI Quick course in Microsoft Office XP / On
005 .52 ASS QuarkXPress 6 for dummies
/ by Barbara A
005 .52 ACK Special edition using Corel WordPerfect
005 .52 GOO Word 2003 for dummies / by Dan Gookin.
005 .52 LAN Microsoft Office Word
2003 for Windows /
005 .52 LAN Creating résumés, letters, business card
005 .52 MAR Teach yourself visually Word 2003 / [aut
005 .57 BOY Microsoft Office Outlook
2003 for Window
005 .57 JOH Show Me Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 /
005 .58 LOW PowerPoint 2003 for
dummies / by Doug Lo
005 .713769 MAT Windows server 2003 :
a beginner's guide
005 .72 BEN Designing websites for every audience /
005 .72 CRO Building a Web site for dummies / David
005 .7565 ACC Access 2003 personal
trainer / CustomGui
005 .7565 AND How to do everything with Microsoft Offi
005 .7565 AND Microsoft Office Access 2003 : the compl
005 .7565 JOH Show me Microsoft Office Access 2003 / S
005 .8 FOR Absolute beginner's guide
to personal fi
005 .8 MIT The art of intrusion : the real stories
005 KAN Bad software : what to do when software
005 MIN The software conspiracy : why software c
005. 133 DAV C++ for dummies / by Stephen Randy Davis
005.1 MCC Code complete : a practical
handbook of
005.1 PER Sams teach yourself beginning programmin
005.1023 WAN The programmer's job
handbook / Gene Wan
005.11 KHO Object orientation : concepts, analysis
005.12 MAC Algorithms for personal computing / by D
005.8 MAI Network security : a beginner's guide /
005.8 MCA Computer viruses, worms, data diddlers,
005.8 MCC Hacking exposed : network security secre
005.82 STA Protect your privacy : the
PGP user's gu
006 .6 ANI Animusic [videorecording (DVD)] : a comp
006 .6 CON Macromedia Fireworks MX for Macintosh an
006 .686 AND Show Me Adobe Photoshop CS / Andy Anders
006 .686 DRA Plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop : a guide f
This newsletter editor would appreciate your suggestions for
future issues.
Please send them to Sue Bermann, Technical Services (or e-mail bermanns@pbclibrary.org)
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