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- From: djmurphy@eng.umd.edu (David J. Murphy)
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- Subject: LIbrary catalog (was Re: Email to LC)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.185710.22634@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 18:57:10 GMT
- References: <13NOV199206432536@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1992Nov14.200450.7352@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> <BODARKY.92Nov18103654@lobotomy.cme.nist.gov>
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- In article <BODARKY.92Nov18103654@lobotomy.cme.nist.gov>
- bodarky@cme.nist.gov (Scott Bodarky) writes:
- [On accessing the LoC catalog]
- >Can you really? I know there is a service out there that purports
- >this, but their database isn't remotely comprehensive and it took me
- >20 seconds to find a book that I knew of that wasn't in the database.
- >Is there a genuinely complete catalog on the net?
-
- The dra.com catalog (which bills itself, with qualifiers, as the LC
- catalog) isn't that great. The LoC did have an experimental program a
- few years ago where selected institutions were allowed dial-up access
- to the catalog. I know that the current Librarian intends to make the
- catalog (& the collections!!!) electronically accessible, but don't
- hold your breath. By default, I think the best on-line catalog in the
- USA is Melvyl. It is the Union Catalog of all the University of
- California libraries *and* all of the Cal State libraries. It is
- fairly comprehensive and has a sophisticated interface. You can telnet
- to it at melvyl.ucop.edu (192.35.222.222). As always the load is
- lightest during the early morning (Pacific Coast Time)--important for
- those doing large boolean searches.
-
-
- ---david
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