Using WestCat

This module covers how to search the DWC Catalog.

When you have completed this module you should be able to:

  • recognize that the DWC Catalog contains more than books
  • find books on a topic using a Keyword search
  • find books by title, author, or subject heading
  • find journals by using a Title search
  • identify the location of books or journals
  • read a call number and use it to find items in the library
  • find an item placed on reserve using a Course Reserve search
 
Original Searchpath material © 2001-2002 by the Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University. Searchpath incorporates material from TILT (http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/), a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office for the University of Texas System Digital Library, © 1998-2002. This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Searchpath Open Publication License (http://www.wmich.edu/library/searchpath/docs/opl/index.html)