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Titles Information Reports

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Title Available Copies

 Textbook Tracker: Textbook Available Copies

Generates a list showing the number of available copies at each site for selected titles

Use(s)

Run this report after performing an inventory at the end of the year to see how many copies of particular titles are at each site. Then you can move copies between sites or order more copies to ensure an even distribution.

Selections

Title Available Copies report Selections tab

Options

Title Available Copies report Options tab

Example Reports

Include Cover Art unchecked

Include Cover Art checked


Title Information

 Textbook Tracker: Textbook Information

Generates a list of titles with varying amounts of information, depending on the chosen format

Use(s)

Before ordering new books, run this report with the 1 Line format to see which titles you already have.

Selections

Title Information report Selections tab

Options

Title Information report Options tab

Example Reports

Title Information by Award

Generates a list of titles that have won a particular award

Award names are saved under MARC field 586_a.

Manage your MARC award terms in Tools > Authority Control > Titles.

Use(s)
  • Run this report when a librarian, teacher, or student needs a list of titles with a particular award for reading assignments or activities. Note that this information can also be found through Researcher by using the Awards filter in the Search interface. 
  • Run this report and select by a particular award to see which titles are listed as having that award. Then you can determine which titles need to have the award added or removed.
Selections

Title Information by Award report Selections tab

Titles with Awards: Type the name of the award.

Options

Title Information by Award report Options tab

Example Reports

Title Information by Category

Generates a list of titles with a particular category term or General Note

Manage all of your MARC category terms in Tools > Authority Control > Titles. Also, you can add categories to individual titles in the Terms tab of Items Management

Use(s)
  • Select by Titles with Notes to get a list of titles with a particular General Note, which is saved under MARC field 500_a. Librarians or teachers can run this report to get a list of particular titles (e.g. "Translated from Greek" or "Includes Index") for reading assignments or activities.
  • Select by Titles in Bibliographic Categories to get a list of titles with a particular Bibliographic term, which is saved under MARC field 653_a. Librarians or teachers can run this report to get a list of titles with particular bibliographic information for reading assignments or activities.
  • Select by Titles in Curriculum Categories to get a list of titles with a particular Curriculum term, which is saved under MARC field 658_a. Librarians or teachers can run this report to get a list of titles marked for a particular class (e.g. "Geography 212" or "Mrs. Andres") for reading assignments or activities. Note that students can also find this information through Researcher by using the Curriculum filter in the Search interface. 
  • Select by Titles in Interest Categories to get a list of titles with a particular Interest term, which is saved under MARC field 521_a. Librarians or teachers can run this report to get a list of titles with a particular reading level or interest group for reading assignments or activities. 
  • Run this report and select by a particular category or note to see which titles are included and determine what needs to be added or removed.
Selections

Title Information by Category report Selections tab

Options

Title Information by Category report Options tab

Report Examples

Title Information by Language

Generates a list of titles written in a select language

Use(s)

Librarians or teachers can run this report to get a list of titles in another language while planning lessons and assignments for multilingual students or students learning another language.

Selections

Title Information by Language report Selections tab

Options

Title Information by Language report Options tab

Example Reports

Title Information by Publisher

Generates a list of titles with the same publisher and/or titles published within a certain range of years

Publisher information is saved in the 260_b MARC field, and publishing year information is saved in the 260_c MARC field. 

Use(s)

Librarians or teachers can run this report to get a list of titles with particular publishing information for reading assignments or activities. 

Selections

Title Information by Publisher report Selections tab

Titles Published by: Enter a publisher name.

Titles Published between: Enter a publishing year date range. Use YYYY format.

Options

Title Information by Publisher report Options tab

Example Reports

Title Information by Series

Generates a list of titles in each series 

Series information is kept in the 800-830 MARC fields.

Use(s)
  • Librarians or teachers can run this report to get a list of titles in the same series for reading assignments or activities. Note that this information can also be found through Researcher by using the Series filter in the Search interface. 
  • Run this report to see if you're missing any titles in a series. Enter a series name in the Titles in the Series selection to narrow down the report to only one series. If you want to see a list of all series that fall under your other selections, you don't need to use the Titles in the Series selection. When you identify what's missing, you can order new copies.
Selections

Title Information by Series report Selections tab

Titles in the Series: Enter the series name. If you don't use this selection, titles with no series will be listed as well at the bottom of the report.

Options

Title Information by Series report Options tab

Example Reports

Title Information by Subject

Generates a list of titles with a particular subject or genre 

Subject/genre information is saved in the 655_a MARC field.

Use(s)

Librarians or teachers can run this report to get a list of titles with a particular subject or genre for reading assignments or activities. Note that this information can also be found through Researcher by using the Subjects or Genre filters in the Search interface. 

Selections

Options

Example Reports

Titles Not Shown in Researcher

Generates a list of titles that don't show up when looking for items in Researcher 

Items won't show up in Researcher when when the Don't Show in Researcher checkbox is checked in the title record.

Use(s)

Run this report at the beginning or end of the school year to make sure that no titles are hidden in Researcher that shouldn't be.

Selections

Titles Not Shown in Researcher report Selections tab

Options

Titles Not Shown in Researcher report Options tab

Example Reports

1 Line format

Detailed format

1 Line Landscape format

1 Line format (including cover art)

Summary format


Titles with No Copies

Generates a list of titles that don't have any copies

Titles with No Cover Art

Generates a list of titles that don't have cover art