What is an OPAC?(and what can it do?)

David Kent, Librarian

Peninsula College Library

2008

What is an OPAC?Acronym for online public access catalog

The OPAC lists everything in the library collection: DVDs, periodical subscriptions, books, music scores, etc. and links to e-books:

Other OPAC Functions See what you have checked out & renew items. Access interlibrary loan request forms. Create a list of new Library acquisitions.

Access the Library catalog from the College home page:

http://pc.ctc.edu

Peninsula College Library Catalog… or, OPAC

The OPAC default search is a simple keyword search

This Title (Left anchored) search will find titles starting with the words: Child development

Enter the author's last name first for an author browse search.

Links to Help or ? or

Search Tips give ideas to improve your searching.

Find 18,000 other OPACs in Cyberlinks

Other OPACs

Cyberlinks to OPACs of other libraries.

WorldCat, located at: http://www.worldcat.org is the world's largest OPAC!

This ends the What is an OPAC? tutorial. Other Library catalog tutorials found here: http://tinyurl.com/5p9n28