General Worldcat Ill Revised

© 2008 by Robert de Berardinis

OCLC WorldCat & Interlibrary loan

How You Can Find Books, Microfilm, CDs, DVDs, and Other Neat StuffNot at HPL and How to Get Them

Through Interlibrary Loan

Before you get started you will need:

• a valid (unexpired) Houston Public Library Power Card,

• a computer with an internet connection, and

• an ILLiad account (has nothing to do with the movie Troy).

Helpful to have at hand:

• a teen-ager

On the internet, go to: http://www.houstonlibrary.org

ILLiad Account

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Click Services

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Click ‘Interlib

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Let’s first set up an ILLiad or

Interlibrary loan account—have

your Power Cardready

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HPL Power Card-You must have one

Power Card Number

AvailableFor Free at all Library

Branches

You’ll need a cardfor photocopies

22 477 002 405 988

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No ILLiad account? Click here

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You will be told what

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After submitting your information, close this window, click “X” and return to library home page at:www.houstonlibrary.org

Click “X

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Click Research

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Click ‘WorldCat-IL

L Database’

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Click SUBMIT

From your Power Card

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Basic Library Vocabulary or Usage

Author –should be entered last name first, first name lastTitle – ignore “A,” “An,” or “The” as the first word of a titleKeyword – a word that describes the contents of a book, in librarian talk, called subject wordsISBN – the unique ID number for books published during or after the 1970sYear – the year of publication, found next to the © symbol on title page or back side (verso side) of itTruncation – Using the root word with a symbol to find all items containing that root and different endings, e.g., “Cap* dynasty” for “Capetian dynasty” or Mero* for MerovignienWild Card – A symbol used to represent any possible spelling within a word, e.g., “Sm*th” for Smith or Smyth, but not Smithe!

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More Vocabulary—Catalogue Page

De Ville, Winston.

The 1795 chimney-tax of New Orleans : a guide to the census of proprietors and residents of the Vieux Carré / Winston De Ville ; index by Ramona Amelia Smith.

Ville Platte, La. : Smith Publications, 1994,1995.

31 p. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Hearth-money -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Registers. Taxation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Registers. Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) -- Genealogy. New Orleans (La.) -- Genealogy.

LOCATION PREFIX CALL # STATUS Last Check-in

Clayton Genealogy ADU REF

976.3 D494 LA LIB USE ONLY (none)

Subject

Notes

Descript.

Rating

Pub. Info

Author

Title

See all these subject

or keyword words

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This is the WorldCatBasic Search window.See how the terms are like the library catalogue page.

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WorldCat Basic Search

What is it good for? • Simple keyword, author, or title searches

• “Author-Title” Searches—you know both the author and title

• When doing searches for materials when the “Keyword” is very specific, e.g., Battle of Shiloh

What is it not good for? • Compound field searches

• Compound record searches

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Last Name First, First Name Last

Omit ‘The’ in foreign languages alsoClick ‘Search’ when done

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327 Libraries! WOW!

Click ‘Libraries Worldwide’

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TexShare means Texas circulating libraries must share (for free most times)

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Click ‘Request an Interlibrary Loan’

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Type Username here

Type Password here

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user

••••Click ‘Logon to ILLiad’

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Very important

TexShare = FreeOtherwise, what is it worth to get this?

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This is importa

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Free book please

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Lookee Here!!

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Let’s cancel yourILL order before

returning to WorldCat

Click ‘View/Modify Out-

Standing Requests’

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Click the Transaction Number

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Click‘Cancel Request’

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Click ‘Searching’

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Click ‘Advanced Search’

Weinterrupt this

boring programfor an important

message—please stay

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Uses for Basic Search

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Great for out of print books.

Great for books printed after 1900.

It never hurts to check with lending library.

Use date range for newest materials.

There is no spell check, so be careful.

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Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan

1. Be nice to Inter Library Loan Department. It is cheaper than you driving or flying to somewhere else.

2. If HPL has the item you want, they will not interlibrary loan another copy. (This is really an HPL rule on interlibrary loan)

3. Remember bribery in small doses works. Bribes and compliments can be interchangeable!

4. Texas universities must share with you for free. Always use them first.

5. Genealogical materials are rarely loaned by public libraries, but universities usually will.

6. Microfilm (not fiche or microcard) is usually only loaned by universities, almost never by public libraries.

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Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan

7. Always inquire about buying copies of fiche (usually 25¢ or 50¢ per sheet of fiche).

8. Books (and other stuff) made before 1900 generally do not get loaned (Hint: they may be on microfilm!).

9. Library of Congress may loan if they are only source and they have two copies and you send a groveling and pleading e-mail. They will make copies (reasonably priced) or microfilm (very expensive).

10. If book is simply unavailable for loan, inquire of stingy library to check index or photocopy names in index of interest. Then order pages from index. Good to have unlimited long distance phone plan.

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Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan

11. Most of the time map photocopies are available for cheap. Some universities, if map is very rare, they will stick it to you. It’s not personal, they stick it to everyone. If alumnus or alumna, send ugly letter to Alumni Association after you get photocopy. Otherwise, accept fate.

12. For maps, microfilm, and manuscript collections (even on microfilm) from university libraries, chances are very good they have developed finding aids or even indexes on their own (undergraduate and graduate students are cheap slave labor). E-mails cost nothing and may work, but a sweet, unctuous, and solicitous phone call, completely ignoring the words genealogy or family, works better. A food thank you gift insures your questions will be welcome in the future.

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What’s this stuff?

Erase these terms

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Sound and Video Recordings

The next set of 27 slides

are on how to get LPs, CDs,

TV Shows, Movies, and Sheet Music.

If this bores you, please skip to

next section on Maps.

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Click drop down menu

after typing “Beethoven”

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Click drop down menu after

typing “Ninth Symphony”

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Click drop down menu after

checking ‘Sound Recodings’Check

‘Sound Recordings’

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‘Libraries Worldwide’

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Fill in User N

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And Password

Click ‘Logon to ILLiad’

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This is importa

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Click Here

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Lookee Here!!Everything worked!!

Let’s eliminate your ILL order before

returning to WorldCat

Click ‘View/Modify Out-

Standing Requests’

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Click the Transaction Number

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Click‘Cancel Request’

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Click ‘Searching’

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UncheckSound Recordings

CheckMusical Scores

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Click ‘Search’ when finished

Select “Any Format”

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Click ‘Searching’

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Type “Black

Sabbath”

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n Man”

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CheckMusical Scores

Click ‘Search’ when finished

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Click ‘Searching’

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Type

“Spiderman”

Uncheck

Sound Recordings

UncheckMusical Scores

Check

Visual M

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Select “DVD/Video”

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Type

“Casablanca”

Select “VHS/Tape”

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Type “In

Living Color”

Select “Any Format”

Click ‘Search’ when finished

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Click ‘Searching’

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Try on your own

A CD of the “White Album” of the Beatles.

A cancelled TV show, like the Sopranos.

Sheet music of Cats.

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Old Maps

The next set of 5 slides

are on how to get old Maps.

If this bores you, please skip to

next section on Books.

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Change to ‘St Christophle’

Change to ‘or’

Change to ‘St Kitts’Click on ‘Maps’

Click ‘Search’ when finished

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Click on ‘Isle de St Christophle’

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25¢ plusPostage,Cheap!

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Try on your own

A map of the “Thirteen Colonies” from 1775.

A map of Texas between 1835 and 1845.

A map of South America from 1840.

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Books

The last set of slides

are on how to get Books.

If this bores you, you are done.

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Change to ‘Nursing’

Change to ‘Catheters’Change to ‘Infection’

Uncheck ‘Maps’

Click ‘Search’ when finished

Change to ‘and’

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Click URL

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Click Back when finished

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Click Title

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Click URL

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Click ‘Searching’

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Change to ‘trauma patients’

Change to ‘2004-2008’

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Click for next page

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Click Title

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Click ‘Searching’

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Nursing Tips that work in other subjects

Always put “Nursing” in first keyword box.

Try to keep words technical, e.g., catheters.

More keywords = more refined search.

Use date range for newest materials.

There is no spell check, so be careful.

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OCLC WorldCat & Interlibrary loan

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