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Using the Automated Catalog
Library Pro
  • Anne Werps, Reading and Library Media Specialist
  • Middlesex Elementary School
  • Baltimore County Public Schools
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How Do You Get Started Looking for the Book You Want?


  • You will need to know how to use our automated catalog, called Library Pro.  Use this Power Point slide show to point you in the right direction.  Let’s start with a title search!
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GETTING STARTED
  • Know the title but not the author?
  • Go to one of the computers (MACS) with Library Pro.
  • Click on Library Pro Explorer (look for the book icon!)
  • Click in the box next to Guest (you do NOT need a login or password).
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LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN AUTHOR?
  • Click on Author Searching.


  • Type in the name of the author.


  • Read the list on the left to find your author.


  • Remember if you are not sure of the spelling as soon as you type the first few letters you may find it in the list.
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Author Search Example
  • Let’s try Dr. Seuss.


  • After you are in author searching, type in Seuss or Seuss, Dr.


  • What do you see?
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SUBJECT SEARCHING
  • Click on Subject Searching.


  • Type in what it is you are looking for.


  • Use the list at the left to find it.  You will need to write down the call number.
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