Access
The Clark State Library Catalog contains records for the books and videos in our small library. Clark State also has access to items in almost all of the other college and university libraries in the state of Ohio via OhioLINK. OhioLINK provides access to millions of records for books and videos. Many are available for borrowing and, once requested, usually arrive in two to three days.

To access the OhioLINK catalog directly click olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/.

Searching
The OhioLINK search screens look much like Clark State's online catalog screens and perform the same functions. You can search by author, title, word (or keyword), and subject.

Author: Type in the author's name, last name first. The comma is optional.

Title: Type in as much of the title as you know. There is no need to use capital letters.

Word: Type in a word or words from the title or topic of what you're looking for. Look at some of the records that result. In the record you'll notice lists of subjects that the book covers. You can click on the subject and get a list of all the books on that subject.

Subject: If you know what the subject is called, you can search that way. Often you'll be told what the correct terminology is, and the screen will ask you if you want to search for that correct subject.

Results
You can limit the results of a search using a variety of criteria. For example, you may want to find the most recently published materials.

The limit feature also helps you identify materials of a particular type (books, maps, audiovisuals, etc.), with a certain word in the title or subject, or written by a certain author.

You can mark titles in your final list and save the list for later. You can even e-mail the list to yourself to use at home or when working at another computer.

To see the full record of a book in your title list, just click on the title. This step will take you to a page that gives you the author, title, publishing information, and subject. Many bibliographic records also show the table of contents. By clicking on the statement of how many OhioLINK libraries own this item, you can see which libraries have the item and if the item is available.

When to Search the OhioLINK Library Catalog

• When you're looking for a book which is not owned by Clark State.
• When you don't know exactly what you're looking for, and you want to explore a larger database.
• When you want to borrow a book, and Clark State's copy is checked out to someone else.
• For fun--mysteries, novels, romances, sci-fi.

Updated: December 2009