Using The VSC Library Catalog
Contents of this page:
- What is the VSC Library Catalog?
- Using the VSC Library Catalog to Search (Connect to VSC Online Catalog)
What is the VSC Library Catalog?
The VSC Library Catalog is the online catalog of materials in the following Vermont State College libraries:
- Castleton State College library
- Johnson State College library
- Lyndon State College library
- Vermont Technical College and Community Colleges of Vermont library
- Books
- Videos and videodiscs
- Government documents
- Periodical titles
- Music and spoken recordings (compact disks, LP's, cassettes)
- Computer software
- Music scores
- Special Collections
- Maps and atlases
Using the VSC Library Catalog to Search (Connect to VSC Library Catalog)
The VSC Library Catalog is a user friendly system. Most users are able to find what they need by following directions on the screens. Four search capabilities that you might find especially useful are:
- Word Search - Search significant keywords in the title, subject headings,
contents notes, and author. Combine terms with AND, OR and NOT, and use nesting
( ). Use $ for truncation.
- global warming AND forests
- counseling OR psychotherapy
- Apartheid NOT South Africa
- counsel$ picks up: counseling, counselor, counselors
- counseling OR psychotherapy) AND adolescents
- limit function - Restrict your search by material type (e.g. videotape, periodical), date, etc.
- Browse by order on shelf - View a list of related items in call number order as they would appear on the shelf by clicking on "Items on the Same Shelf" option in the Details Display.
- Show similar items - Find items by the same author or on the same subject by clicking on highlighted subject terms or author.
