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Online Catalogs/Databases: NLM Locatorplus web access to CATLINE, SERLINE, AVLINE (National Library of Medicine, U.S.)

• Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:05:08 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject: Online Catalogs/Databases: NLM Locatorplus web access to CATLINE, SERLINE, AVLINE (National Library of Medicine, U.S.)
• Message-ID: SIMEON.9903091008.J@bio-s-his004.library.ucla.edu

Forwarded to STHC-L from ANES-HIST.

Russell Johnson


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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 11:43:56 CDT
From: MEDS002@UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU
Subject: Web Access to CATLINE, SERLINE, AVLINE (fwd)
Sender: History of Anesthesiology <ANES-HIST@HARPO.MED.YALE.EDU>
Reply-To: "Janice E. Kelly" <jkelly@umaryland.edu>

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NLM is preparing to provide public access to its new Integrated Library
System, "NLM Locatorplus," on Monday, March 29.  Locatorplus, which
replaces CATLINE, SERLINE, AVLINE, and Locator will be available from the
NLM Home page at http://www.nlm.nih.gov .

A web tutorial on how to use Locatorplus will soon be announced in the
electronic NLM Technical Bulletin.  In addition, Reference and Customer
service staff have prepared a number of FAQs regarding Locatorplus that
will be available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/faq.html on March 29.

Some wonderful new features will be available via Locatorplus:

*One can view current receipts of serials and monographs (effective with
1999 receipts).

*Books, audiovisuals and journals can be searched together or separately.

*Searches can be limited to the history of medicine collection or
reference collections.

*Hotlinks to online journals will be available from many records.

*One can search on such field specific areas as indexing status or
conference name.

*Direct access to other resources will be available through Locatorplus
including NLM databases, MEDLINEplus, Images from the History of Medicine,
TOXNET, HSTAT, and other medical library catalogs.

NLM is excited to be able to provide, in one integrated product, so much
information directly to customers.  There are more parts to total NLM
system reinvention efforts and more work to be done, but the ILS/OPAC
functions are sound and ready to be shared.

Because reinvention is not complete, DOCLINE will continue to point to the
old SERLINE, CATLINE and AVLINE databases until Fall 1999 when a brand new
DOCLINE arrives.  This is not a problem for borrowing journals, because
serial titles will be added to both Locatorplus and SERLINE, but is a
problem for ordering monographs and audiovisuals.  Since CATLINE and
AVLINE are no longer being updated, new records for monographs and
audiovisuals will appear only in Locatorplus.  These records will contain
NLM UIs which will not be recognized by DOCLINE.  ILL requests for these
new items will require the user to type the bibliographic information and
call number into DOCLINE in order to initiate the loan.

Questions, comments and suggestions regarding this launch can be sent to:
custserv@nlm.nih.gov
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