Georgia
Tech Library Classic Catalog Search Hints
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/gilei.htm
GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind). http://finder.library.gatech.edu/
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The new GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind)
is an overlay to the Classic
Catalog. NextGeneration.
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Use the GT Catalog Catalog
(Finder/VUFind) for
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Quick searches, to retrieve a few records on a topic (do
not
use for comprehensive traditional catalog searches, such as in-depth book
searches)
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The new GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind)
has non-catalog records not in the Classic Catalog, such
as SMARTech repository
records, and selected
locally loaded technical reports. Research Guides will be added later.
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GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind)
searching hints: (a) Use quotes to search for phrases example: "Windows
2000 Server" (b) Use an * for wildcard searches example: biochem* will
return biochemisty and biochemical; (c) AND, OR and NOT can be used for
boolean logic; example: ((biomedical AND engineering) NOT nuclear); Boolean
operators must be ALL CAPS.
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Use the Classic Catalog for comprehensive
searches of "catalog" records (journals, books, and cataloged government
documents). Classic Catalog
searches may retrieve additional, relevant traditional "catalog" records
missed by searches using the GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind). Use the
Classic
Catalog for journal name searches.
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Georgia Tech doctoral and masters dissertations and theses
should be in all three of these databases: the SMARTech
repository, the GT Catalog,
and the Classific Catalog.
Unfortunately, there can be a significant delay in including
them into the Classic Catalog. Check
SMARTech if the GT dissertation/thesis is not in the Classic Catalog. Recent
GT dissertations/theses may appear in the GT Catalog before they are input
into the Classic Catalog.
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There may be a delay in inputting records into the GT Catalog from the
Library's small locally
loaded government technical reports collection. These locally loaded
records are not listed in the Classic Catalog.
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Sort problems in the GT Catalog. Recent electronic book catalog
records may be listed at the end of a date sorted list in
the GT Catalog. Date sorts in the Classic Catalog ordinarily will
produce correctly date sorted lists.
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Searches in the Classic Catalog can produce additional records, compared
to the same search in the GT Catalog, with the exception of recent GT dissertations/theses.
Classic Catalog http://gil.gatech.edu/
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The Classic Catalog contains
books, journals, conference proceedings, maps, many government documents
and other materials owned by the Georgia Tech Library. Patents
and most technical
reports
are not in the Catalog.
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Classic Catalog
slide examples used in class presentations are at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/2gil.pdf
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Detailed Classic Catalog Searching
the Classic Catalog Tip
Sheet
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Georgia Tech project reports (technical research reports from GTRI
and academic departments). For recent unclassified Georgia Tech project
reports not listed in the Catalog,
contact Records
Management. Recent Georgia Tech project reports are available
electronically, or in hard copy in Records Management remote storage (one
copy). Most older Georgia Tech project reports are in the Main Library
and Archives (two copies). Selected GT project reports are available
electronically in the Catalog "Get
fulltext copy" ("Electronic Version") Online field.
Exact Search in
Classic Catalog
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Use the Classic Catalog "Exact Search"
screen for exact word-for-word phrases, left anchored.
Do not use initial articles ("The").
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Copy and paste journal "ISSN" numbers from databases such
as Inspec
and Compendex
records to the "Exact Search" screen box and choose "ISSN (XXXX-XXXX)."
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Copy and paste the entire journal title to the "Exact Search" screen box
and choose "Journal Title * (e.g., Georgia Review)," if the ISSN
number search is unsuccessful.
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Searching by Call Number is also possible using "Exact Search," choosing
"Call Number" Browse.
Keyword Search in
Classic Catalog
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Use the "Keyword Search" screen for subject searches or author/title searches
in the Classic Catalog.
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Leave out the keywords AND,
OR,
NOT
and do
not
use quotation marks (" "). Searching the keywords
and
or not will result in zero records and the message "The system could
not interpret your search statement."
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Truncation symbol is a question mark (?). Example:
http? or aeronaut? Truncation overflow is possible.
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"Narrow My Search," if used, can be applied before entering the
search or from a results screen. You can narrow your search by publication
date or by format, such as narrowing your search to Journals ("Serial
(magazines, journals)").
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Use the drop down menu to narrow your search. "Any of these" is
similar to OR. "All of these" is similar to AND. "As a phrase"
is the third option.
Book Status
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Recalls. A book checked out for 21+ days can be recalled by Circulation
immediately. If a non-Reserve book is checked out less than 21days, a recall
will be sent on the 22nd day. Graduate
and Undergraduate Borrowing Privileges -- See
"Recalls:"
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Locates can be placed by Circulation for items not found for a prolonged
period of time.
Journals (Periodicals
and Magazines)
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Use the truncation symbol (?) when guessing journal abbreviations
in the Keyword Search box (possible truncation overflow). Ask us
for help. The Library Service Desk 1st
floor West has journal abbreviation reference books that convert journal
abbreviations to complete titles.
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To limit a search to journals use "Serial (magazines,
journals)" click on the "Narrow My Search" button (lower left
corner of Classic Catalog search screen).
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Copy and paste the journal "ISSN" number from the database
record (such as Inspec or Compendex records) into the "Exact Search"
search box, choosing "ISSN (XXXX-XXXX)."
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If the ISSN number search is unsuccessful, and you have an exact
journal title, copy and paste the complete, exact journal title (exact,
word-for-word phrase, left anchored) to the "Exact Search" screen box and
choose "Journal Title * (e.g., Georgia Review)."
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Publication coverage, electronic and print.
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E-journal
publication dates/volumes are listed in the Classic
Catalog "Electronic Version:
Get fulltext copy. Find It GT" Online field, after "Available from."
For example, you may need a 1991 volume of an e-journal, but the Library's
e-journal subscription may not begin until 1995. The E-Journals
list and Classic Catalog e-journal
records contain aggregator e-journals with possible selective
coverage and
embargo date restrictions (EBSCOhost, ProQuest,
GaleGroup, Factiva, Lexis Nexis, etc.). Choose the Library subscription
e-journal before the aggregator e-journal.
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Always check the years (holdings) of the Library's
print
subscription in the "Library has" fields -- Main Library, remote
Storage, Recent issues.
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The Library's Classic Catalog contains
records for print (hard copy) and electronic subscription, aggregator and
open access journals. Search the Classic
Catalog to obtain print holdings (years/dates) in the "Library has:"
fields. Separate electronic and print records exist; print (hard
copy) Classic Catalog records may
be listed after the electronic journal records. A few Catalog records may
have both electronic and print holdings in the same record.
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Title changes. Each time a journal changes its name, there
may be a separate Classic Catalog
record for each title change. The Classic
Catalog fields "Continued By" and "Continues" and "Split
into" indicate title changes. Holdings information (years/volumes)
is in the
Classic Catalog print "Library
has:" field and in the "Electronic Version: Get fulltext copy. Find It
GT" -- "Available from" field. Each "title change" record will have
its own holdings information (years).
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Loose, non-bound "Recent Issues" are shelved on the 2nd
floor east.
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The Classic Catalog print "Library
Has:" fields indicate which print/hard copy journal volumes
are owned by the library and shelved under the "Call Number." Separate
print "Library has" holdings fields may be present for "Main Library"
volumes, "Recent Issues" and remote "Storage" volumes (see below).
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Journals (periodicals) published before 1980 are housed in remote
"Storage" or through ILLiad interlibrary loan.
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Catalog records provide access instruction for locating specific print
journal volumes published through 1979. Journals have been moved
from in-house storage to remote storage, due to a serious mold problem
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If the Catalog record says "Location: Unavailable (request articles
through your ILLIAD account)" -- request the journal article through
interlibrary
loan at http://illiad.library.gatech.edu/
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If the Catalog record does not indicate "Unavailable ...
ILLiad account" -- request retrieval at the 1st
floor west Library Services Desk. Note the Storage holdings field (Library
has:). The specific pre-1980 journal volumes will be located in remote
Storage (off-campus), if the Catalog record does not say "Unavailable ..
ILLiad." Storage
request form
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Volumes which are at the "Bindery" are indicated in the print "Status"
field. Journals are not currently being bound, due to budgetary reasons.
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"Find It GT" works for most (but not all) journal records
(not
for most conference proceedings or reports) in databases
such as Inspec
and Compendex.
Conference Proceedings
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Searching for conference proceedings in the Catalog
can be very difficult. Please do not hesitate to ask us for help.
Contact the librarian at the "Research Consultation Desk" M-F, 11am to
5pm for quick
reference questions (nearby the Library Services Desk 1st
floor West, 404-894-4530). Contact bette.finn@library.gatech.edu
for in-depth reference and verification questions.
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Conference proceedings are cataloged in the Catalog
as either monographs (books) or as serials.
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Catalog "serial" records combine
all volumes and years into
one record, making searching of specific
conference years or unique conference titles impossible; only the title
which occurs every year can be searched.
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Catalog "monograph" (book)
records are for a specific conference proceedings, held on a specific date
and at a specific location, with an unique monographic title.
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Many database conference/proceedings records (from Inspec, Compendex, etc.)
contain more than one conference information field -- serial
title/source fields, conference name/monograph title fields, conference
date/location/sponsor fields and publication year fields. Note all of the
information provided in all conference fields, such as the Inspec or Compendex
database "Source/Serial/Journal" field and the "Conference Name"
field.
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ISSN Problem. "ISSN number" conference proceedings searches
in the Catalog may
not work,
although the conference is in the Catalog.
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Proceedings can require viewing of all database conference fields (Source/Serial/Journal,
Conference Name fields; title that occurs every year, specific title of
a specific date and location) in Inspec
and Compendex
or other database records.
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"Find It GT" often will NOT work properly. Use the Classic
Catalog "Keyword Search" screen for conference proceedings and questionable
journal names, leaving out the keywords "and" "or" "not." Ask for help.
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"Find It GT" often will not work for conference
proceedings/society
papers, technical
research reports or patents.
Even though owned by the Library, "Find It GT" may only list the option
"ILLiad Interlibrary Loan." The "Find It GT" Print "GT Catalog (GIL/Classic
Catalog) GO" link may return "Not Available" or "Your search failed!" when
the item is owned by the Library. Ask us for help!
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Conference Proceedings Research
Guide (including conference search hints). Society
Papers Research Guide.
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Search the most significant and/or unique words in the conference
name or title of collection; use the Classic
Catalog [all of these] drop down option. Search for the
proceeding's title not the article/paper title. If too many results,
in a second search box, search {conference? proceeding? symposia
symposium meeting? congress? transactions workshop?} using the drop down
menu [any of these] option.
IEEE Xplore
for IEEE and IEE/IET Journal and Conference Papers
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IEEE and IEE/IET. Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) -- now
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). If the database
(Inspec,
Compendex
etc.) record has the keyword "IEEE" or "IEE" or
"IET" for the years 1988 to present (and for selected papers before
1988), try finding out if the Library owns the electronic version of the
journal
or conference paper by going to the "IEEE
Xplore" database. Look for IEEE and IEE/IET in the index database
Journal/Source/Serial and Conference Name fields.
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Many older and some joint IEEE and IEE/IET papers are
not in
IEEE
Xplore, but are owned by the Library and are cataloged in the
Catalog.
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IEEE Xplore is a relatively small
subset of the Inspec
database. "Indexed by IET Inspec"
is on IEEE Xplore's home page, and Inspec's abstracts are in IEEE Xplore
records.
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IEEE
Xplore contains most full text IEEE and IEE/IET conference and journal
papers after 1988 (and selected papers before 1988), but does not include
many joint
conferences, for copyright reasons, etc. Always
search the Classic Catalog.
Please log-out when finished.
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Use IEEE Xplore's "Search" "Advanced" screen. Include one word per box
for "Author" and "Document Title" fields, taken from database (Inspec,
Compendex etc.) fields.
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Inspec/Compendex
index a very large number and wide variety of Library owned electronic
and print publications (such as ACM, SPIE, ASME, OSA, AIP, IOP, IPC, APS,
SIAM, MRS, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, North Holland, Taylor and Francis,
MIT Press, Pergamon Press, Kluwer, Academic Press, Chapman and Hall, and
many others) not covered by IEEE Xplore.
Technical Reports, Standards, and Patents
For on-on-one database search assistance and for group
instruction, contact your Subject
Librarian. http://www.library.gatech.edu/services/subject_librarians.php
Library
Catalog
Search Examples http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/2gil.pdf
Library Services,
Search Hints and Database Guides for ECE
ECE LibGuide
Library
Services, Search Hints and Database Guides for GTRI
GTRI LibGuide
Technical Reports
Research Guide
Patents Research Guide
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