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The CBHL Z39.50 Distributed Library

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. The CBHL Z39.50 Distributed Library. A Guide to Content and Search Features. Introduction.

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The CBHL Z39.50 Distributed Library

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  1. The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries The CBHL Z39.50 Distributed Library A Guide to Content and Search Features

  2. Introduction • The CBHL Z39.50 Distributed Library facilitates international resource sharing among botanical and horticultural science libraries and information centers. • In this presentation, users will gain information on how to search the Distributed Library (the Z Catalog) and the Union List of Botanical and Horticultural Serials.

  3. Outline • Overview of the Z Catalog • Overview of the Union List of Botanical and Horticultural Serials • Where to Begin Your Search • How to Participate

  4. The Z Catalog • Searches the online catalog of each participating institution using the Z39.50 protocols. • all records within the catalog including monographs and serials (print and/or electronic) • for the list of current participating libraries, see: http://library.calacademy.org/cbhl/ill/liblist.php

  5. Searching the Z Catalog • Search options: • Title • Journal title (included in Title search) • Author • Any (keyword anywhere)

  6. Z Catalog - Title Searches • Some catalogs treat Title searches as phrase searches within the title, others treat them as keyword searches within various title fields. • For example, a search on “coral reef ecology” retrieves titles such as: • The ecology of an Hawaiian coral reef. • Ecology and oceanography of the coral-reef tract… • Coral reef ecology. • Select distinctive phrases from the title that will also work as keywords, or do two searches: one with a title phrase and one with unique title keywords.

  7. Z Catalog - Journal Titles • Journal titles are also retrieved through a Title search. • Do not use abbreviated journal titles in the search. • To help translate abbreviations into full titles, try JAS: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/JAS.htm

  8. Z Catalog – Author Searches • Use the most unique author surname as your search term. • In most catalogs, Author searches are treated as keyword searches within the various author fields. • Searches that include initials or given (first) names may not succeed.

  9. Z Catalog – Keyword Search • Any search (keyword anywhere): • Select unique words from within the title, series, conference, etc. • Keywords can also include ISSNs or ISBNs. • If you are unable to decipher the complete journal title, use two or three unique words from the title. • Use for searching a monographic series if it is not found with a Title search.

  10. Z Catalog – Search Results • Results from participants’ library catalogs. • In some institutions, the online catalog is a union catalog of many different branch libraries within the institution. When you search these combined catalogs through the Z Catalog, the local holdings information about which branch owns a particular item is not always available. • Search results do not include any holdings which may be available from libraries which are not Z39.50 participants. Their holdings may be listed separately in the Union List of Serials.

  11. Z Catalog – Links to E-Pubs • If you see a record that contains a hypertext "Link" in the "Electronic Version" field, click on the link to connect to the full-text document, if it is publicly available. • You may want to search using the search interface of owning library’s catalog to determine more information about the item • Go to the list of Participating Libraries to connect to the owning library’s catalog: http://library.calacademy.org/cbhl/ill/liblist.php

  12. The Union List of Serials • What’s included? • The Union List contains selected serials holding information, including the holdings of libraries that do not have online catalogs that can be searched via Z39.50 protocols. • For the list of libraries included in the Union List, see: • The Union List is not included as one of the searchable resources when you search the Z Catalog; therefore, it must be searched separately: http://library.calacademy.org/cbhl/unionlist/libliist.php http://library.calacademy.org/cbhl/unionlist/search.php

  13. The Union List of Serials • Search Options: • Browse • Scroll through journal titles by alphabetical listing • Title and Keyword • Exact first word(s) of the journal title • Keyword(s) or phrase in the journal title • Limit search to holdings of a specific library

  14. The Union List of Serials • Title search: • Select unique words as a phrase from within the title. • Do not use abbreviated journal titles in the search. • To help translate abbreviations into full titles, try JAS: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/JAS.htm

  15. The Union List of Serials • Any search (keyword anywhere): • Select unique words from within the title. • If you are unable to decipher the complete journal title, use two or three unique words from the journal title. • A journal title keyword search can be useful for titles such as Proceedings or Transactions of organizations.

  16. Where to Begin • The Z Catalogue • The comprehensive nature of the participants’ library catalogs makes the Z Catalog a good place to locate known items. • If you are searching for serials holding information for the purposes of initiating an interlibrary loan request. • The Union List of Botanical and Horticultural Serials • If you are searching for serials holding information in order to add or modify information that your library is contributing to the Union List.

  17. How to Participate in the Z Catalog • Library catalogs with Z39.50 server capabilities are invited to participate. • Contact Larry Currie by email: mailto:lcurrie@calacademy.org • Provide the following information: • Catalog server IP address or Internet name (e.g., 207.62.129.121 or libcat.calacademy.org) • Z39.50 server port number for incoming queries (often 210, 7090 for Endeavor, 2200 for SIRSI, etc.) • Internal database name for Z39.50 (Voyager, UNICORN, MARION, INNOPAC, etc.)

  18. How to Participate in the Union List • Library catalogs without Z39.50 server capabilities are invited to participate. • Contact Larry Currie by email: mailto:lcurrie@calacademy.org • A simple set of Web-based forms will let you: • Add your library’s serial holdings to existing records • Enter new journal titles not already in the Union List • Edit or delete your holdings to reflect local changes

  19. Where to Get More Information • For more information about searching the Z Catalog or the Union List of Serials: • To find out more about becoming a participating library through either the Z Catalog or the Union List, contact Larry Currie by email: mailto:lcurrie@calacademy.org http://library.calacademy.org/cbhl/ill/index.php

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