WKU Libraries Total Online Public CATalog, TOPCAT 2000 can be used to check the availability of materials (books or periodicals) in our circulating collection.
1. To access TOPCAT
2000 (the WKU libraries book catalog), go to the Internet address:
http://topcat2000.wku.edu
2. At Western Online, click on the word Libraries (where it appears on the page).
3. Click on TOPCAT 2000 button along lefthand side of page.
4. Click on Local Catalog Button (first button at left).
5. The screen defaults to a Basic Search page.
6. First select
KEYWORD (or your preferred option, i.e.: author, journal title, title, etc.)
in the "Search
By" drop box at the left.
7. Type in the keywords for your search in the “search for” box. Put a + before all the words that MUST appear in your results (example: +emergent +literacy). Results will be ranked by relevance (items with the most matching terms will be listed first).
8. Your results will be displayed by title. Underneath each title is the call number of the item, the location of where it is in the libraries*, and status (whether or not the item is checked out).
9. To look at individual records for more information, click on the blue link. Use the back key to back to results list.
10. To look at a number of selected records at a time, click boxes at left to mark items you want, then scroll to bottom of screen and click on Save or Print button. This will display your selected items.
11. To start over at any time, click on the uppermost gray bar at the top of the page.
©E. Knight 1/2003
*Locations found
in TOPCAT include: Main Library (i.e.: Cravens Building, floors 5-9), Reference
(Helm, first floor), Reserves (Circulation Area in Cravens), Juvenile Center
(i.e.: ERC in Tate Page Hall), Periodicals (Helm, second floor), and the Kentucky
Building.