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The library catalog might be compared to the index for a book. The index provides the reader with a way to find information in the book without having to read every page. The index tells the reader the page on which the information about a specific subject can be found.
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A library catalog's basic purpose is to tell you if a Library "has" an item. This is an important point: when you are connected to a Library's website, it is hard to tell what each of the choices is for, and the catalog is for a very specific purpose.
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Library catalog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Others (well, probably not many librarians) claim that Google is so far superior to online library catalogs that the only way to save them is to make them as much like Google as possible. Well, I think Google is great, but it is not a library catalog and cannot find things that an online library catalog can.
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The strength of a library catalog is something called "controlled vocabulary." That is, there is one and only one way to express a subject or the name of a person, organized group, or legal jurisdiction in a catalog. ... The All-Purpose Guru is consolidating some of its ...
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In some reading on all this tonight I returned to William Denton's "FRBR and Fundamental Cataloguing Rules", inside of which may be found several definitions of "the purpose of a catalog" through the ages. ... At the most general level, the purpose of a user-facing library system today can only be:
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We added a Meebo widget to unsuccessful keyword searches in our library catalog. This way, when a customer searches our catalog and doesn’t find anything, they can contact us via IM and ask for help (we also display our phone number if they want to call).
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Find books, journals, and other media at UCSF - both online and in the Library ... Help Using the Catalog ... GALEN Home > Collections & Resources > Databases > Library Catalog...
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Databases can be accessed inside the library by any patron using an Internet computer. However, due to licensing restrictions, offsite access is restricted to Westminster residents and Front Range Community College students, faculty and staff with a valid library card and PIN.
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The Library will be closed from Sunday, December 13th through Sunday, January 3rd, 2010. We wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!; ... Quick Search; Mt. SAC Library's Catalog: ... Mt. SAC Library catalog...
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