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May 12, 2006
IndexCat: digital vesion of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office
The National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Division sponsors a digital version of the five series of the printed Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office (1880-1961) which is called IndexCat http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/indexcat/ichome.html.
IndexCat was completed in 2004. The NLM catalog LocatorPlus can also be searched in IndexCat. The Advanced Search allows you to search keyword, author, subject, date, ID#, and Title/Journal Title search. New database features allows you to save, print, and download records. For more information, see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/indexcat/aboutic.html. For a project description, see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/indexcat/abouticproject.html
Excerpt about subject headings in IndexCat from the Technical Bulletin announcement, May 28, 2004
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj04/mj04_cat.html :
An IndexCat Browse mimics the printed page and displays in dictionary order in a single alphabet, interfiling Subject Headings with Author and Title main headings. The exception is Series V which is published in a divided format with two alphabets. Volume 1 includes authors in one alphabet. Volumes 2 and 3 include Subject Headings in another alphabet. The content of Series V is also limited in scope to monographs and dissertations; journal articles were cited in Index Medicus.Subject Headings are not MeSH. They are Index-Catalogue headings that may differ both in format and content among series. For example:
Series 1: Cholera, Asiatic (History and statistics of), by localities
Series 2: Cholera (History and statistics of), by localities
Series 3: Cholera (History and statistics of) by countries [or continents]
Series 4: Cholera [Asiatic] Epidemiology-by countries
Series 5: Cholera epidemiology
Because of these differences, the subject headings index is a keyword index. Use 'all of these' or 'as a phrase' indicators to simulate exact heading searches, when desired. IIn a follow-up project, NLM intends to map headings to MeSH.
I have had this title entered into the Library Online Research Resources (ORR) database at http://www.library.uiuc.edu/orr/ , which is a database we try to provide access to all of our electronic indexes and abstracts, journals, and such. To search the ORR for this title, be sure to click either the Reference Tools tab or All
Resources tab, and then enter IndexCat in the search box. There is no link to the electronic version from the Online Library Catalog record for the print version at this time, but should be in the future. Further details about this title will be added to the ORR record in the future as well.
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Melody Allison
Assistant Biology Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration
Biology Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
101 Burrill Hall, 407 South Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-7461; 3654
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
-- James Madison
Posted by mmalliso at 3:11 PM
May 9, 2006
ALERT: Library Online Catalog Upgrade scheduled in June -- Downtime approximately two weeks
Beginning June 15, the University Library’s online catalog will be temporarily disabled for approximately two weeks while the system is being upgraded. This downtime will not affect other online Library services such as electronic databases, indexes, and journals.
There are two key dates to keep in mind. Effective at the start of day on June 6 , users will be unable to place requests for materials from other CARLI libraries (Illinois consortium) via the online catalog. UIUC users will still be able to place requests via the online catalog for materials owned locally until June 14 when the online catalog becomes static. Local and CARLI requesting will be available again once the system is restored.
Starting June 14 at 5:00 PM, the online catalog will be "static". This will have the following effects:
1) Users will be unable to charge or renew materials in the online catalog. Users will still be able to charge and renew books in person at a Library service desk.2) No new records will be added to UIUC online catalog or to the statewide I-Share catalog. The information in the catalog will be correct as of 5:00 PM, June 14.
3) The circulation status of Library materials will not necessarily be up-to-date.
Materials returned by users to the Library during this period will not be discharged from users’ accounts until the system is reactivated; however, materials also will not come due during the downtime. Library materials cannot be recalled during this period, and no overdue or pickup notices will be sent. While users will be able to access “My Account,” the “MyAccount” button on the WebVoyage toolbar will lead to a page warning them that the information in their account display is not current.
The Library estimates that the downtime will last a maximum of two weeks. The Library regrets any inconvenience this may temporarily cause its users. The staff of the Library's Telephone Center (333-8400) will be available to assist users with any questions or problems.
Melody Allison
Assistant Biology Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration
Biology Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
101 Burrill Hall, 407 South Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-7461; 3654
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
-- James Madison
Posted by mmalliso at 3:48 PM
Library Toolbar Now Available for Mozilla Firefox
I-Go, the Library Toolbar, is now available for Mozilla FireFox as well as for Internet Explorer users. The Toolbar provides quick access to several often used electronic Library and campus resources right at your fingertips whenever you are using your MF or IE browsers. No more typing in URLs, treading through bookmark directories and content, or trying to locate that ‘convenient’ place you put URLs which made sense at the time you placed them there but now cannot locate. The Toolbar takes you to all of the following:
• department library Web sites
• the Online Library Catalog
• the Online Research Resources Web site
• campus phone book
• Google searching
• course reserves
• interlibrary loan
• My Library Account
• Online Reference Collection
• RefWorks
• UIUC Express Mail
• NetFiles
• Illinois Compass
• and more
For more information, including download, see http://www.library.uiuc.edu/toolbar
Melody Allison
Assistant Biology Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration
Biology Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
101 Burrill Hall, 407 South Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-7461; 3654
Posted by mmalliso at 11:02 AM