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Scope note: This web page supplements the information needs of School of Social Work students. The primary purpose of this page is to highlight key features of Mirlyn as well as to provide search examples and tips on how to maximize results when searching the library catalog. For more comprehensive assistance using Mirlyn, please contact Library Staff at social.work.library@umich.edu.
Mirlyn is the University of Michigan's library catalog. Mirlyn includes:
Additional helpful information about using Mirlyn is available at: http://www.lib.umich.edu/help/mirlyn/help.html
Mirlyn Tips:
After several minutes of inactivity, your session will "time out." If this happens, you must click on the Login link again to connect to Mirlyn.
If you retrieve too many results, narrow your search by limiting to specific dates of publication, type of format, library location, or language. Think about searching for variations of spellings, e.g. American English spelling of "center" and British English spelling of "centre," and try the truncation feature (?). When conducting a "Title begins with . . ." search, leave off the initial articles (a, an, the). Do not search for journal titles by the journal abbreviations -- spell out the journal title in the "Journal/Serial Name begins With . . ." search input box.
Mirlyn is not case-sensitive.
Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase, such as: "interpersonal practice"
Both the Basket feature and the My Shelf feature let you mark and store records for later use. However, the Basket is only a temporary storage space; records saved to the Basket will be lost after the current Mirlyn session is ended. Records saved in My Shelf, on the other hand, are permanently saved and may be recalled in any subsequent Mirlyn session once you log in.
You can use the Get This feature in Mirlyn to request a Library-to-Library delivery for currently available items (and the same function to request a recall if the item you want is checked out). You must be logged into Mirlyn to use the Get This feature. To make a Get This request, you need to display the "What libraries have" screen of the item which you wish to request (go to this screen from a results list by clicking on the specific library link in the Location column). Once you are at the "What libraries have" screen, you will see a Get This link next to items for which this delivery service is available. Click on that link, and you will be taken to a Get This form on which you can indicate what library you would like the item delivered to.
Other Mirlyn tips can be found in the Mirlyn Help page at: http://www.lib.umich.edu/help/mirlyn/help.html
Mirlyn Search Examples: (Follow steps 1-33 to experiment with
Mirlyn.)
| # | Search Examples: | Results: |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point your favorite web browser to http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/ | Connects to Mirlyn Basic Search menu as "guest" |
| 2 | Click on "Login" link at top of screen; type in uniqname and password | "Authenticates" a search session with your library information and authorizes service requests, and My Account features |
| 3 | At Basic Search screen, type in: welfare reform as Words Anywhere search (click on "Search" button) |
Searches for all instances of welfare as well as instances of reform, anywhere in catalog record |
| 4 | Click on "Basic Search" link | Returns to Basic Search input screen |
| 5 | Type in: "welfare reform" (click on "Search" button) | Searches for all instances of welfare reform as a phrase |
| 6 | Click on "Advanced Search" link | Returns to Advanced Search input screen |
| 7 | Type into 3 separate input boxes: welfare, reform, and child? as Word(s) Anywhere search. Select AND between input boxes and then click on "Search" button | Searches for instances of welfare and reform as well as variant forms of child (e.g. children) anywhere in Mirlyn record |
| 8 | In the "Limit Options" line at the top of the results list, click on the "Modify Search" button | Displays original search with options for refining or limiting the search results. |
| 9 | Select "Social Work" from the "Location" pulldown menu (click on "Search" button) | Limits search results to those items in the Social Work Library |
| 10 | Click on "Advanced Search" link | Brings up blank advanced search form |
| 11 | Type: kozol in author and rachel in title and children in title. Refine the results to the Social Work Library (click on "Search" button) | Searches for kozol as author and Rachel and children in the title of item found at the Social Work Library |
| 12 | Click on "Previous Searches" link in Mirlyn banner | Displays all searches conducted since login |
| 13 | Select all previous searches listed prior to (welfare and reform and child*) and w-sublibrary=soc by clicking in checkboxes next to searches. Click on "Delete" button. | Selects all unwanted searches conducted during session and deletes them. |
| 14 | Select the welfare reform search mentioned in above step. Click on "View" button. | Redisplays the results from the selected search. |
| 15 | Click on the title of the first record in the results list | Brings up full (complete) record for title listed |
| 16 | Click on "What libraries have" link near the top of the record | Displays Holdings screen, indicating where book is located on campus and if it is checked out. |
| 17 | Click on "Back " button near top of screen | Brings up full record again |
| 18 | Click on "Add to Basket" button. Enter a note, if interested, and click on "Add to Basket" button. | Saves record in "Basket" for printing/emailing/saving |
| 19 | Click on "Basket" link in Mirlyn banner | Displays contents of Basket |
| 20 | Click on "Print/Export/Mail All" button | Displays Print/Export/Mail form |
| 21 | In "Select Predefined Format" pulldown menu, select "Full". Leave "Encoding" to default "ASCII (recommended/default)". Click on "Print/Export" button | Redisplays record(s) in Basket in window for printing or saving |
| 22 | Use web browser's Print command to print record(s) | Prints record(s) to your local printer |
| 23 | Return to Print/Export/Mail screen (click on browser "Back" button) | Returns to Print/Export/Mail form |
| 24 | Click on "Basket" link in Mirlyn banner | Redisplays Basket contents |
| 25 | Click on "Results List" in Mirlyn banner | Displays results from last search performed |
| 26 | Click on the title of one of the records, and from the full record, click on "Save to My Shelf" button | Displays a screen prompting you for a folder name or note |
| 27 | Create or assign a folder and a note to this record (click on "Add" button) | Adds record to your permanent server space, labeled "My Shelf" |
| 28 | Click on "My Shelf" in the Mirlyn banner | Displays the contents of your permanent "Shelf" |
| 29 | Click on the "Delete" link (or "Delete All" button) | Deletes the record(s) permanently from your permanent server space. |
| 30 | Click on "My Account" in Mirlyn banner | Displays information on your library catalog account, including your contact information |
| 31 | Click on "Items Checked Out" button | Displays all the library materials checked out under your account and indicates date due |
| 32 | Click on the "Renew All" button | Renews all material that can be renewed, and assigns a new due date. |
| 33 | Click on "Logout" link in Mirlyn banner. Click on "Logout" button on "Logout/End Session" screen. | Disconnects your session, deleting your Basket and Previous Searches. |
Created by: Karen Reiman-Sendi
Content last updated on: 31 January 2005
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