{"id":344,"date":"2025-09-16T10:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T14:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/libraries\/?p=344"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T14:50:41","slug":"range-finder-in-onesearch-will-lead-you-to-your-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/libraries\/2025\/09\/16\/range-finder-in-onesearch-will-lead-you-to-your-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Range Finder in OneSearch will Lead You to Your Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recently, University Libraries introduced a feature in <a href=\"https:\/\/bsu.summon.serialssolutions.com\/#!\/\">OneSearch<\/a> to assist with locating a book or other physical item in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/libraries\">University Libraries<\/a> collections.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Library material is cataloged by location, collection and call number. A call number can be confusing to interpret if you haven\u2019t used a library very much. Range Finder assists your discovery of the specific item by directing you to the library, floor and range where the item is shelved. The Range Finder information is in the search result below other location information after the \u201cShelved at\u201d label.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-345 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/16103921\/Range-Finder-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/16103921\/Range-Finder-image.png 858w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/16103921\/Range-Finder-image-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/16103921\/Range-Finder-image-768x541.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Range Finder will also give students and faculty guidance on the location of other material in the same subject area as the item they are viewing.\u00a0 In the example, you can gather that many other cookbooks are on Fourth Floor West, in ranges 31 and 32, based on the location information.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to the Range Finder feature, OneSearch includes a text-a-call number feature that allows searchers to text or email basic information about a title to themselves to assist with finding the piece.\u00a0 Thank you for using resources from the University Libraries.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, University Libraries introduced a feature in OneSearch to assist with locating a book or other physical item in the University Libraries collections.\u00a0\u00a0 Library material is cataloged by location, collection and call number. 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