Exercises: Searching the OPAC with JAWS For Windows continued - Requesting a Book

Exercise: Requesting a Book

Once you've found a book you would like to read, you can order the book from the Library.

Important Points to Remember: In order to request materials, you must have a User ID and a Password. If you need a User ID and/or a Password, contact your Reader's Advisor.

Also, remember that when you request an available book, it will be sent right away. So, if you decide to order several books at once, they will all be sent at the same time.

Complete the following fifteen steps to review the process of searching for and requesting a book.
You will search for the book Persuasion by Jane Austen.

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. Then, press Ctrl-Home to move the focus to the top of the page.
Press the Tab key to move to the Media for Author Search combo box.
Press Enter to activate the JAWS Forms mode. Then, select the Cassette option by pressing the Down Arrow key until JAWS announces, "Cassette".
Press Tab once to move to the Author Name edit field.
Type Austen, Jane in the Last Name or Last First Name edit field.
Press Alt-O to activate the OK button. The OPAC will begin searching for all books on cassette authored by Jane Austen. When the search is complete, the Results page appears with a list of matching titles.
Press Ctrl-Home to move the focus to the top of the page.
Press the Down Arrow key until JAWS announces, "RC51057 Austen, Jane. Persuasion."
Then, press the Up Arrow key to move the focus to the radio button associated with this title. JAWS says, "Radio Button Not Checked".
Press Enter to check the radio button. JAWS will say, "Radio button checked," repeat the information about the selected book, and indicate "Forms mode on".
Press Alt-O to activate the OK Button. A Bibliographic page appears with information for Persuasion by Jane Austen.
After you have read the information, press Alt-O to activate the Order Button. The Login to Send Materials page appears.
Press Ctrl-Home to move the focus to the top of the page.
Then, press the Tab key until JAWS announces, "User ID: Edit".
Press Enter to activate the JAWS Forms mode. Then, type your User ID.
Press the Tab key to move to the Password field. JAWS announces, "Password: Edit". Then, type your Password. At this point, you would normally choose the OK button to complete the request process.
For this exercise, however, you will choose the Clear button to cancel the request.
Press the Tab key until JAWS announces, "Clear Button". Then, press Enter. When you activate the Clear button, the OPAC clears the User ID and Password fields. The focus remains on the Login to Send page. You may return to the Results page to order more books by Jane Austen or return to the main OPAC page to search for another item. (Use Alt-Left Arrow to return to the appropriate page.)
In the future, if you decide to request a book, you would enter your User ID and Password and then choose the OK button on the Login to Send page. Once you have chosen the OK button, a Confirmation page will appear indicating that the item will be sent to you.