The Library of Congress Online Catalog is available using the World Wide Web at http://catalog.loc.gov/

Four search methods are available: Subject-Name-Title-Call#, Guided Keyword, Command Keyword and Keyword. After selecting a search method, enter search words or phrases in the box provided on the screen, then select the [Search] button to conduct the search. Clear the search text from the box at any time by selecting the [Reset] button. For quick search hints, select the Search Examples link from any search method screen.

In addition to being "year-2000" compliant, the new Library of Congress Online Catalog replaces many of the Library's older, separate automated systems -- some of which date back to the late 1960s and early 1970s -- with a single, client/server system that supports all standard library operations, including acquisitions, cataloging, inventory and serials control, circulation, and the online public catalog.

On May 15, 1998, following a competitive procurement process, the Library of Congress awarded a contract to Endeavor Information Systems of Des Plaines, IL, for its Voyager integrated library system (ILS) software (for further information, see the press release). The Library began using the Voyager software for its ILS on August 16, 1999 for its cataloging operations and has added additional modules since.

The library catalog can be accessed by clicking the Library Catalog link located in the left menu on each page of the Library's Web site or entering http://voyager.pgcc.edu/ in the address box.

The Library of Congress Online Catalog is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Maintenance and updates are done during the late evening and early morning hours--U.S. Eastern Time--and during those short periods of time some features may not be available. Users anywhere in the world beyond the walls of the Library of Congress can access the Online Catalog using the World Wide Web at http://catalog.loc.gov/.

The card catalog can be accessed from any Internet computer from the following web address: http://www.youseemore.com/Champaign/default.asp

Roll your mouse over the Electronic Resources menu at the top of the page and click on "NovaCat Library Catalog". The catalog is open to all patrons. You can search for items owned bt the NSU libraries by title, keyword, author, call number, subject heading, and more.

The online library catalog can be accessed with a Web browser (e.g., Netscape® or Internet Explorer®) using the following URL: Yes. When you click on the online database of your choice from any of the library Web pages from off-campus, a window will pop up asking for your UW-W netID and password. If you need additional help, see the Off-Campus Users Web page.

Once your student photo I.D. is activated, you will be able to access the library's catalog remotely from home, work, etc. Remote access to other electronic databases is explained on a handout available at the circulation counter. You will be welcome to use materials within the library. Permission to check out an item will generally be refused; however, your request may be granted at the discretion of the librarian.

Yes, if you want one. We strongly recommend that the author pay for this registration which will list your title nationally, through libraries, and apart from retail and wholesale book distributors.

No, only about a third of the 1.5 million unclassified reports held by the Research Library appear in the library catalog. We are gradually creating catalog records for all our reports. Classified and unclassified controlled reports are not included in the library catalog. If you do not find the report you want in the catalog please check with Library staff to determine availability. (email, 7-4446, 5-2948[Fax] or MS P364).

The files available through the online catalog provide bibliographic information only. The full text of books and journals is not available through the catalog. However, the Library does make available the full text of some materials via the Internet (see question "5" below).

The Library is currently not able to offer TELNET access to a text-only version of the LC Online Catalog. An alternative interface is available using the Library's Z39.50 Gateway. This interface works well with text-based browsers, such as Lynx. To learn more about the Z39.50 protocol for information retrieval, visit the Z39.50 Maintenance Agency Page. The Library is aware of the need for text-based access to the Online Catalog to satisfy the needs of its offsite users.

While references and scope notes for headings in bibliographic records are available to users of the new Online Catalog, full MARC 21 authority records (names and subjects) are not displayed nor are they available via Z39.50 at this time. The Library of Congress will continue to provide full MARC 21 authority records (new, updated, and deleted) through the Cataloging Distribution Service at http://www.loc.

This is an ID number supplied by the Library of Congress and used by libraries throughout the United States. If you're planning on selling your book to libraries, it must have a Library of Congress Card Catalog Number. The easiest way to get a Library of Congress Catalog Number is through the Electronic PCN (Pre assigned Control Number) program. This process is not as easy, nor is it as direct, as getting the ISBN number.

Your institution has not purchased an online subscription to Stroke. Contact your librarian to order an online subscription. Or, your institution has not yet activated its institutional online subscription to Stroke. Notify your library that you would like access to StrokeOnline, and encourage your librarian to activate the online subscription.

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The Library's collection of serial publication, numbering over 200,000 titles, covers a span of three centuries. Presently, holdings information is recorded in manual card files. Adding holdings to the Online Catalog's records for each title is a massive undertaking. Beginning October 1, 1999, Library staff will be checking in new serial issues as they are received, starting with a few titles and then gradually adding more until all current receipts are checked in.

The Library of Congress completes bibliographic cataloging for materials that are collected by LC which provides for the identification, description, and access to items in the collections. (Works deposited for copyright registration are also cataloged following copyright cataloging procedures.) All types of materials in the Library of Congress' collections are cataloged, covering hundreds of different languages and virtually every format.