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   Library Software FAQ> Auto-Cataloging, Web Search> How to retrieve information from the browser, direct search.

Question/Topic: How to retrieve information from the browser (Direct Search)?

September, 2014:
We suggest to update Library software and Web Search Script files. The direct search explained below on this page is improved by the following 2 methods:
How to search Library of Congress (books) and import search results?
How to search Amazon (books) and import search results?


Direct Search: use online search engine (example: Library of Congress, Amazon.com). Transfer book, movie, cd, resource data from the browser to library database. You can use predefined search sites and search scripts (Amazon.com, Library of Congress) or you can define and add new ones.


Amazon.com direct search and automated cataloging:

  • On the Web menu click Add Records from the Internet.
  • To start Direct Search click Browser tab (1).

    direct search, amazon.com

    Search Amazon.com online catalog (2). Review a list of found items (3). Click on the item that you are looking for.

  • If you want to retrieve data click Import From This Page icon (4).

    direct search, amazon.com
  • Data retrieved from the web page is displayed in the Found Items table. Click Import to move data to your library database.

    direct search, amazon.com


Library of Congress direct search and automated cataloging:

  • On the Web menu click Add Records from the Internet.
  • To start Direct Search click Browser tab (1).

    Library of Congress direct search

    Search Library of Congress online catalog (2). Review a list of found items. Click on the item that you are looking for (3).

    Library of Congress direct search

  • If you want to retrieve data click Marc Tags tab (4) and then click Import From This Page icon (5).

    Library of Congress direct search
  • Data retrieved from the web page is displayed in the Found Items table. Click Import (6) to move data to your library database.

    Library of Congress direct search


questions:
How do you search the Internet to find a book when you don't know the ISBN number? We have a lot of older books that were printed before they were assigned an ISBN. When I demoed the program for the Librarian today she liked the ISBN look-up for downloading data but pointed out that that would only work with books that had an ISBN.

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