World Cat 2010

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r-e-deb@sbcglobal.net • Robert de Berardinis

OCLC WorldCat

The Billion Book LibraryAnd microfilm and maps and archives

And lots of other neat stuff

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

Click Services

Click ‘Interlibrary Loan’

Let’s first set up an ILLiad or

Interlibrary loan account—have

your Power Cardready

HPL Power Card-You must have one

Power Card Number

AvailableFor Free at all Library

Branches

You’ll need a cardfor photocopies

No ILLiad account? Click here

Click This Button

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

You will be told what

you did wrong

Click “X” here

Click R

Click ‘WorldCat-ILL Database’

Click SUBMIT

From your Power Card

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!

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)

SubjectNotes

Descript.

Rating

Author

Pub. Info

See all these subject

or keyword words

Click “Maximize” here

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

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

Last Name First, First Name Last

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

327 Libraries! WOW!

Click ‘Libraries Worldwide’

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

Click ‘Request an Interlibrary Loan’

Click “Maxim

ize” here

Type Username here

Type Password here

••••Click ‘Logon to ILLiad’

Very important

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

This is important

Click Here

Lookee Here!!

Everything worked!!

Let’s cancel yourILL order before

returning to WorldCat

Click ‘View/Modify Out-

Standing Requests’

Click the Transaction Number

Click‘Cancel Request’

Lookee Here!!

Everything worked!!

Cl ick ‘ X’ to clos e w

Return to WorldCat

Scroll up the page

Click ‘Searching’

Click ‘Advanced Search’

Weinterrupt this

boring programfor an important

message—please stay

tuned.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert’s Rules for Interlibrary Loan

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

8. 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).

9. 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.

Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan

10. 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.

11. 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.

Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan

Erase these terms

What’s this stuff?

Click ‘Search’ when finished

What’s this?

Click on any material

type if you wish to limit

The following buttons starting with Sort, are available at top or bottom of screen. They will help expand or refine your searches, or as in the case of E-mail, allow you notify others of particular books or items. Let’s look at these buttons:

1. Sort - This allows you to sort any or all of your results to make culling them or researching the materials easier. Sort is available by Title, Author, Date, or Number of Libraries, each or all in Ascending or Descending order. You can use the check boxes to the left of the entries to limit the items for sorting. Not using check boxes will have all returns sorted. You can also e-mail sorted results. Leave JavaScript and Framed links buttons “on.” Have Character Set button in “Standard.”

2. Related Subjects - These are other keywords found in the full citations of all the 52 results. That means that using these links, or searches including this keyword will give you more topical material to research.

What are all these buttons for?

3. Related Authors – This is a list of the authors found in the results and their other catalogues works in WordlCat. WorldCat tries to tie in at least one keyword.

4. Limit – This feature is handy when you get hundreds or thousands of results and you want to trim down the list to manageable numbers. The limit searches by subject headings, a form of keyword, is especially handy.

5. Print – Gives all the results of first page of results. You may select which results to print in print area.

6. Export – This is to export the results list, in whole or marked records only (check boxes) directly to your computer or someone else’s.

7. Help - This will contain online help to using WorldCat. Often, a teen-ager is needed to decipher that which appears to be English.

What are all these buttons for?

Click on the ‘Sort’ button

Click on the drop

down menu

Click on the drop

down menu

Click on the ‘Return’ button

Click on the ‘Related

Subjects’ button

This givesrelated subjects

(keywords) for allresults entries and

how often theterm appears

Click on the ‘Related

Authors’ button

This worksthe same as

Related Subjects,but withauthors

Click on the

‘Limit’ button

Click on the ‘Back’ button

Click on the

‘Print’ button

Click on the check box

to select for p

rintin

Click on the ‘Print’

button when ready

Click o

u wish

to lim

Click on check boxes

to select for exporting

Click on the

‘Export’ button

Click the ‘Marked

Records’ button

Click the ‘Textfile’ button

Click the

‘Export’ button

How do you return to

the results screen?

Click on the

‘Searching’ tab

Change “Genealogy”

to “History”

Click ‘Search’ when finished

Genealogy Results

History Results

Click on the

‘Archival’ tab

Click on the ‘Libraries

Worldwide’ link

Click on the ‘List of

Records’ link

Click on th

e ‘Seria

ls’ tab

Click on “Minutes” link

Scroll Up & click the ‘Back’ button

Click on the ‘Searching’ tab

Click on ‘Visual Materials’Change to ‘Census’

Click the ‘Search’ button

Unclick ‘Visual Materials’

Click the ‘Search’ button

Click on ‘Libraries Worldwide’

Click on the ‘Searching’ tab

Change to ‘St Christophle’

Change to ‘St Kitts’

Change to ‘or’

Click on ‘Maps’

In 2008, there were 17 maps

2 Years Later—290 Maps

Go to result 144—type ‘144’ here

Click Title

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