Exercises: Searching the OPAC with JAWS For Windows continued - Performing a Search by Narrator

Exercise: Performing a Search by Narrator

Complete the following eleven steps to perform a search by narrator.
You will search for the books narrated by John Polk.

1. Press Insert-T to verify Internet Explorer is open to the OPAC page.
   JAWS will tell you that you are on the Online Public Access Catalog page. Then, press Ctrl-Home to move the focus to the top of the page.
2. Press Tab to move to the Media For Narrator Search combo box.
3. Press Enter to activate the JAWS Forms mode. Then, select the Cassette option by pressing the Down Arrow key until JAWS announces, "Cassette".
4. Press the Tab key once to move to the Narrator edit field.
5. Type Polk, John.
6. Press Alt-O to activate the OK button.
   The OPAC will begin searching for all books on cassette narrated by John Polk.
   When the search is complete, the Results page appears with a list of matching titles. You may notice a slight delay as the search is being completed. When the search is completed, a Results page will appear with a list of matching titles.
7. Press Ctrl-Home to move the focus to the top of the page.
8. Press the Down Arrow key until JAWS says, "RC27974 ANDERSON, KENT. SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL". Then, press the Up Arrow key to move the focus to the radio button associated with this title. JAWS will say, "Radio Button Not Checked".
9. Press Enter. JAWS will say "Forms mode on," repeat the information about the selected book, and then, "Radio button checked".
10. Press Alt-O to activate the OK Button.
    A Bibliographic page appears with information for Sympathy For The Devil.
    The narrator information appears near the bottom of the page. (You can press Ctrl-End to move to the bottom of the page. Then, press the Up Arrow key until JAWS announces, "Narrator: Polk, John. Narrator Gender: Male. Narrator Accent: No.")
11. Once you have reviewed the bibliographic information, return to the main OPAC page by pressing Alt-Left Arrow twice. You can verify that you are back on the OPAC main search page by pressing Insert-T. JAWS will notify you that you are on the Online Public Access Catalog page.

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