Center for Research Libraries

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CRLCATALOG The Center for Research Libraries' Online Public Access Catalog is now available through internet.

What is CRLCATALOG?

It is the online public access catalog (OPAC) of the Center for Research Libraries. The system is Innovative Interfaces, Inc. which has a menu-driven user interface.

How can you access CRLCATALOG?

Through a normal Internet connection, telnet to crlcatalog.uchicago.edu
(128.135.73.2).
When the login prompt appears, login as guest; at the password prompt, enter guest. A self-explanatory menu then displays.
Select a search strategy as described below.
In most instances, the escape key returns to the main menu.
Disconnect using normal telnet procedures.

What does CRLCATALOG include?

Virtually all of the bibliographic and authority records in CRL's card catalog (retrospective conversion projects add 98% of CRL's catalog records to the machine readable database)
385,000 records representing titles in CRL's cataloged collections:
cataloged monographs

                oo  newspapers                                                  
                oo  serials                                                     
                oo  archival materials in microform                             
                oo  microform sets and title analytics                          
                                                                                
        o  CRL's cataloging for holdings that appear in OCLC and RLIN           
                                                                                
        o  Acquisitions (order) records for purchase proposals and demand       
purchases:                                                                      
                oo  major microform sets                                        
                oo  foreign dissertations                                       
                oo  retrospective newspaper files                               
                oo  individual reels from microform sets of archival

materials that record the activities of national governments (CRL began adding order records in fall 1993)

Serial check-in records for currently-received journal/newspaper titles (CRL began adding check-in records in fall 1993)

What holdings information is included in CRLCATALOG?

All bibliographic records include at least summary holding statements and call number information
Issue-specific holdings statements and call number information for all records are systematically being added to the OPAC
Current receipts of serials and newspapers display in the check-in records

What materials are not included in CRLCATALOG?

Records for titles in comprehensive collections that are not cataloged by policy:

                oo  foreign dissertations                                       
                oo  college catalogs                                            
                oo  U.S. state documents                                        
                oo  textbooks                                                   
                                                                                
        o  Titles in the cataloging queue:                                      
                oo  additional newspaper holdings                               
                oo  archival materials in microform, especially U.S.            
National Archives holdings                                                      
                oo   monographs published by the Russian Academy of Sciences    
                                                                                
        o  Records for some South and Southeast Asian monographs in non-roman   
        languages that have not yet been converted to machine readable format

What are the access points to CRL bibliographic records?

Search by these access points:

                oo  Author                                                      
                oo  Title or Series Title                                       
                oo  Words in the title or series                                
                oo  OCLC bibliographic record number                            
                oo  CRL call number                                             
                oo  ISSN or ISBN                                                
                oo  Subject (CRL's cataloging does not always include

subject headings, so keyword searching often is more effective)

Search results can be further limited by these factors:

                oo  Language                                                    
                oo  Bibliographic level                                         
                oo  Reproduction type                                           
                oo  Words in the Author                                         
                oo  Words in the Title                                          
                oo  Words in the Subject                                        
                oo  Publisher                                                   
                oo  Where item is located                                       
                oo  Place of publication                                        
                oo  Year of publication

Interlibrary loan requests can be transmitted to the Center through an interlibrary loan office via the OCLC and RLIN ILL subsystems, CLASS OnTyme, Internet, Envoy (for Canadian libraries), telephone, telefacsimile, and mail. The terms of loan to members are that the Center will lend any materials from its collections in unlimited quantities for an indefinite loan period. This enables a researcher engaged in a long-term project to have ready access to materials.

The Center will provide a photocopy of an article or other portion of a work when copyright compliance is indicated on the request. Also, the Center will transmit photocopies via telefacsimile to improve delivery time. Telefacsimile delivery is a routine service for which there is no extra charge to members.

Under its demand purchase program, the Center will consider acquiring material in the following categories in response to a member library's interlibrary loan request:

archival materials in microform that record the activities of national governments
doctoral dissertations written at institutions outside the U.S. and Canada
newspapers in microform that add to the file of a title to which the Center currently subscribes

Researchers may visit the Center to use materials in the reading room. Arrangements must be made in advance of a visit in to insure that needed materials are available.

For more information on CRL collections, specific holdings information, or on how to borrow materials, contact:

ACCESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES 6050 SOUTH KENWOOD AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60637-2804 (312) 955-4545 EXT.313 OR 314

Information provider:
Unit: H-Net program at UIC History Department Email: H-Net@uicvm.uic.edu
Posted: 5 Nov 1994

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