Using the Owens Community College Library

Accessing a wealth of knowledge in books.

Where do I begin to look for books?• Start in the Book and Audiovisual

catalogueExpressLINK is the online book

and audio visual catalog of the Owens College Library

It contains over – 45,000 titles– It is available on the Internet at

www.owens.edu/Library

How does it work?

• Look at the top of the Library’s home page at the box titled:

Owens ExpressLINK Catalog

In this box you will insert key words to guide your

search

Insert key word(s) here

Note, the inserted word is insurance

• This is an initial key word search

• On the next slide, you will see that there are 219

number of texts in the Owens’ collection that relate to that word

• Note that the most recent title appears first

Choosing a text

• I am most interested in medical coding, so looking down the list of titles, I find a text that will be helpful

• I will then click on that title

• I chose the forth one down the list

This page tells me that the book is locatedon the Toledo Campus, the specific location, and the statis

Two options for refinement

• Click on the term of most interest and you will automatically be taken to other titles focus on that subject

• Go back to your original search and insert one of the subject terms that most closely fit your subject

The blue subject list also gives me three options for subject searches to help refine my search

There are 4 texts that relate to code numbers

After clicking on my subject choice there are now 4 texts to choose from

For more choices

• You can check for other books that would be housed on the same shelf in the library

Click on the call number to see other options housed next to this one on the shelf

Here is a list of what can be found

If you need even more sources

Boolean operators-help to further refine the search

• AND or + requests sources that use all given words

• Not or – narrows the search by excluding given words

• Or broadens the search by including both alternate terms

• * use the wild card to permit different versions of the word such as: health* =>healthcare, health careers, health insurance…

How can I check out a book?

OrWhy do I need an OCID and ID card?

To check out any materials you will need an Owens ID card which is scanned when you check out

If you wish to use Ohio Link, explained later, you will also need to know your OCID number found on Ozone to request any materials.

Ohio Link

Your free connection to over 41million titles from every major college in Ohio.

It allows you to pick up materials close to home whether that means Toledo, Findlay, Sylvania, or even Athens.

Begin by clicking on the home page

Now add your search term

Now there is an increase to over 2,667 titles—time to refine!

Add nosology to narrow the search

Clicking on a title will bring this up

Click here to request this title

Insert your OCID number, nearest location and submit. Is should arrive in a few days.