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Online public access catalog

Known as: OPAC, Online Public Access Catalogue, WPopac 
An online public access catalog (often abbreviated as OPAC or simply library catalog) is an online database of materials held by a library or group… 
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2009
2009
The Next Generation Online Public Access Catalog in Academic Libraries
"Make it more like Google" is a refrain that is often heard by students at academic libraries when asked how library catalogs can… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Title keywords and subject descriptors: a comparison of subject search entries of books in the humanities and social sciences
In order to compare the value of subject descriptors and title keywords as entries to subject searches, two studies were carried… 
1996
1996
KOPAC. Kunitachi College of Music Library Online Public Access Catalog.
国立音楽大学附属図書館では，典拠ファイルによる標目管理を行い，目録作成を行っている。典拠レコード作成の業務そのものが，日本国内において，まだその重要性が認識されていないため，１私企業との共同作成のレベルのものであるため作成件数はまだ数万件である。アメリカでは，国家機関である議会図書館がイニシアティブをとり共同作成のプロジェクトにより典拠レコード作成を行っているレベルとは大きな違いがある。しかし，内容的には，バイスクリプトに対応している。世界でも稀なシステムである。当館では，典拠レコードが利用者の検索にも有効なものであると判断し，OPACシステムの開発の核に位置付けている。本稿では，まだ実験段階である音楽資料検索システム（KOPAC）の機能を紹介する。 
1992
1992
User practices in keyword and Boolean searching on an online public access catalog
Keyword and Boolean searching modes are now becoming more commonly available on online public access catalogs, and questions have… 
1992
1992
Online Public Access Catalogs: Remote Access and the Invisible User
Looks at the needs to begin planning for remote access to online public access catalogs (OPACs), and to consider the special… 
1991
1991
A reference and planning model for library online public access catalogs
This dissertation explores the problem of how library catalogs can be connected or combined, providing library users with access… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Online public access catalog research in the United Kingdom: an overview
Tendances actuelles de la recherche dans le domaine des catalogues et de leur mise a disposition du public au Royaume Uni 
1987
1987
Online Public Access Catalogs and Serials
Online public access catalogs (OPACS) enable the user to search a library's holdings in ways never before possible and to know… 
1986
1986
Designing user manuals for the online public access catalog
The writer of functional documents must make both macro‐ and micro‐level judgments: decisions about the format and layout of the… 
1983
1983
Online Public Access Catalogs: Two Studies
In September, 1982, a graduate seminar was held for the first time at Syracuse University on Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs… 
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