Sabinet - Product Training

We supply FREE product training to assist clients to obtain the necessary knowledge on how to use products in the most effective way.

We want to assist you to use the product you subscribe to effectively, by getting the correct results quickly and effectively. Our training courses per product are designed for this purpose and the free training manual is an excellent reference source after completion of the course.

Also visit our newly launched Training Videos page.

Our Training Approach

Product training is available only to Sabinet clients and is free of charge. (Excludes travel costs)

We believe in training for impact, we believe our training will assist and equip you in serving your clients with excellence. To ensure the latter we would like to consult with you first before you make a booking, thus assisting you in choosing the most suitable courses. The correct training will provide you with the resources and the skills to transform your organisation.

Training Courses that we provide

SabiCat Training

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Sabicat Courses are offered only to staff members who comply with the following requirements:

The staff member must have a working knowledge of AACR2 and currently be working in the institution’s cataloguing department.

To attend a full cataloguing course the staff member must also have a working knowledge of MARC.

The SabiCat Basic course focuses on adding holdings to WorldCat while the SabiCat Advanced course focuses on creating original records on WorldCat. In both instances the holdings will become visible in SACat for the benefit of Interlending services.

Download SabiCat Manual

ReQuest Training

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At present, we are offering 1½ day courses for new users of ReQuest, as well as one day refresher courses for users who have received ReQuest training before. The refresher course is aimed at assisting users to adapt to the new ReQuest interface that was launched in February 2002. Click here for ReQuest (New User) course outline.

Click here for Interlending Fee Management (IFM) course outline.

Please contact zanele[at]sabinet.co.za or support at info[at]sabinet.co.za before making any bookings.

Finding Books & Articles

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This course is a dynamic interactive, hands on course which focuses on helping you find books and articles when using our Online Reference services.

Finding Books & Articles covers the following databases:

SACat Plus
SA Citations
SA Media
SA ePublications

This course focuses on:

Search techniques like boolean, command searching, proximity, etc
Databases available under Online References and what information can be found in them.
Available features, such as saving items for printing or e-mailing, limiting searches, setting displays, etc.

Click here for Finding Books & Articles course outline.

Finding Legal Information

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This is a basic introductory course for any person who has to retrieve information from the Bill Tracker or Policy documents, SA Gazettes, NetLaw or SA Legal, but who does not necessarily have a legal background.

This course focuses on the search principles and special features of the legal products that are offered by Sabinet.

Click here for Finding Legal Information course outline.

Want more information about the training that Sabinet offers?
Please contact, zanele[at]sabinet.co.za or email Support at info[at]sabinet.co.za.