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This tutorial
provides a quick introduction to the essential features of Orbis -- the
principal online public access catalog (OPAC) for the Yale University Library.
What is
Orbis?
Orbis is
the online library catalog with records for over 10.5 million items located
in 22 libraries on the Yale campus and at the Library
Shelving Facility. Included are records for books, serials (journals,
magazines, newspapers), electronic resources, government documents, and
other research materials.
What library
materials are not in Orbis?
There are
several categories of resources that are not in Orbis. These include:
More detailed
information about Orbis is available from the Orbis
Help Guide.
Library
staff are available to provide additional help in using Orbis.
You can submit
your question to reference staff live, pass text messages back and forth,
and browse web pages together through the Ask!
a Librarian service.
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