Searching in the SKC Database
Searching the SKC Database can be performed in three modes in the Web OPAC, you may search in the whole SKC base or in two separate sub-databases: SKCM for monographic and special publications and SKCP for serial publications.
For more information see the Search hints below the search fields and also the Help section.
Browse:
The Browse Search allows you to search the catalogue in alphabetical or numerical order. You can browse forward or backwards through a scrollable list of selected indexes. You can choose one of the indexes:
- Title
- Subject (keywords)
- Authors
- Corporate author
- Publisher
- ISBN / ISMN
- ISSN
- UDC
Basic Search:
The Search function enables you to find records by entering keywords or phrases. You can use "Field to search" pull-down menu to specify the search mode. Available indexes are:
- All Fields
- Title
- Author / Corporate author
- Subject (keywords)
- Publisher
- Place of publication
- Year of publication
- ISBN / ISMN / ISSN
- Document language code
- Country code
- Type of document
- System number
Advanced Search:
Advanced Search lets you search the database by entering keywords. You can use pull-down menus to specify fields and define search mode. The relationship between these three fields is handled by the logical operator AND. It offers the same indexes and additional limitations as Basic Search:
- All Fields
- Title
- Author / Corporate author
- Subject (keywords)
- Publisher
- Place of publication
- Year of publication
- ISBN / ISMN / ISSN
- Document language code
- Country code
- Type of document
- System number
Multi-field Search:
Multi-field search lets you search the database by entering keywords in the fields with pre-defined indexes:
- Author
- Words from title
- Year of publication
- Subject (keywords)
- Publisher
CCL Search:
Common Command Language (CCL) allows you to search for words and headings in several different indexes at once. You will have to specify the code of the word and the heading indexes to be searched. The common abbreviations used in CCL can be found in the Help - CCL Code section or below the search fields in Search hints.
All the search modes (excluding Browse) offer also additional limiting indexes:
- Language code
- Year of publication
- Type of document (predefined as Books, Serials, Maps, ...)
Result of the search will display a simple record in standard view or a list of retrieved records which let you choose one or mark more of them for further browsing or downloading.
Entered keywords are shown in bold.
Underlined details are interactive in the standard view and some of them link you also to the:
- Czech National Authority Database
- indexes of the SKC Database
- other records of the database.
There is a Location Code and library name abbreviations as identifiers of the document owner and even call-numbers, if a library provides them.
The label "Local record" links to the record in the local catalogue of the owner.
It s possible to download (or sent to the e-mail) the marked records in a chosen format, or "Add to Basket" where another processing or sorting can be done before the download.
