Alley Cat Tutorial Part 1: Searching the CCAC catalog, ALLE(ghen)Y CAT(alog) 1. Access the library homepage: www.ccac.

edu/library 2. Locate Find Books & Videos 3. Then, click on Library Catalog: AlleyCat 4. Next, click on Advanced Search Task 1: Find a book written by Ron Paul [Hint: Author] Click on title to locate the following information: Title: Place of publication: Publisher: Year of publication: Call number: Campus location: Availability:

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Task 2: Click on Advanced Search Find a recent book about the famous house named Fallingwater. [hint: Words or Phrase or Subject] [hint: Format: Book] [hint: Sort by: New to Old] Title: Campus location: Availability: Task 3: Click on Advanced Search Find a DVD focusing on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. [hint: Words or Phrase] [hint: Format: AV Materials] Title: Campus location: Availability:

Part 2: Searching for Articles 1. Access Library Home 2. Locate and click on Databases A to Z 3. Next click on Academic Search Premier 4. Now click the Full Text box Task 4: Find an article that discusses the following issue: Why are bees disappearing? [hint: bees (first search box), disappear (second search box)] 1. Click on Search 2. Select an article 3. Click on the title Article title: Author: Source (Journal): Volume: Number: Pages: