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

Exercise: Performing a Title Search

Complete the following ten steps to perform a title search.
You will search for the book titled The Man Who Was Taller Than God.

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 the Tab key to move to the Media For Title 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 Title Edit Field.
5. Type Man Who Was Taller Than God in the Title edit field.
   Reminder: When you are conducting a title search, do not use leading articles (e.g., "a," "an," or "the").
6. Press Alt-O to activate the OK button.
   The OPAC will begin searching for books on cassette with a title beginning with the words "Man Who Was Taller Than God".
   When the search is complete, the Results page appears 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 announces, "RC51037 Adams, Harold. The Man Who Was Taller Than God; 9 Carlwilcox". Then, press the Up Arrow key to verify that the radio button associated with this title is checked. JAWS should say, "Radio Button Checked".
9. Press Alt-O to activate the OK Button.
   A Bibliographic page appears with information for The Man Who Was Taller Than God by Harold Adams.
10. Once you have reviewed the bibliographic information, return to the main OPAC page by pressing Alt-Left Arrow twice.
    (You can press Insert-T to verify that the focus is on the main OPAC search page. JAWS will tell you that you are on the Online Public Access Catalog page.) You are now ready to perform another search.

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