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February 24, 2005
what is Blais?
Blais is our online catalog, and will tell you what is owned by the Claremont libraries. Blais is great for finding books and for locating print and online journal titles, and much more. you can do author, title, and keyword searching in Blais to find what you want.
author -- this can be one or more people, or a publishing body like, 'International Conference on Computers and Communications'
title -- usually the actual item title, but occasionally a series title, where a series of books share the same title. For example, Lecture Notes in Mathematics or conference proceedings
keyword -- this will search for words anywhere
subject -- subject searching uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings. every item is assigned at least one subject category, and this is a great way to find a variety of items specific to one subject area. See the Big Red Books for more info
journal cross references -- don't forget to check the title change links towards the bottom of your item record. journal publishers change titles from time to time, and the title changes are interlinked with either 'continues' or 'con't by' links
limiting your search -- limiting your search is a good way to sort out unnecessary results. the limit button is one of the maroon buttons at the top of the screen. some limit options are location, item type (video? journal?), or language
mailing marked records -- mark items and email them to yourself
example of a journal record doc pdf
example of a book record doc pdf
cool things about Blais:
preferred searches
featured lists
my Blais
Posted to blais | library 101 by jez at February 24, 2005 09:10 PM