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Barnes & Noble Searching Procedures

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer.

  2. From the Acquisitions homepage, click on "Barnes and Noble". Then click on the "BOOKS" tab.

  3. Click on "More Search Options" to search in Advanced Search mode.

  4. Search each title in Barnes & Noble.com by title, author, ISBN, and publisher.

  5. If you find a matching record, make a screenprint.

  6. Check to see that the title, author, ISBN, publisher, year, and edition match.

  7. If all the information matches, put a check mark on the Barnes & Noble line of the BRF.

  8. If the information mostly matches but there are some discrepancies, put a question mark on the Barnes & Noble line of the BRF.

  9. If you couldn't find the title in Barnes & Noble.com, put a null sign on the Barnes & Noble.com line of the BRF.

  10. If the item has "not yet been released", put a null sign on the Barnes and Noble line of the BRF and "NYP" next to your initials and the date of the search.

  11. If the title is currently unavailable, put a ? on the Barnes and Noble line of the BRF.

  12. Put all Barnes & Noble check, question mark, and null records in the Barnes & Noble tray.


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