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The CBHL Z39.50 Distributed Library

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries

A Guide toContent and Search

Features

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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.

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Outline

Overview of the Z CatalogOverview of the Union List of Botanical and Horticultural SerialsWhere to Begin Your SearchHow to Participate

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http://library.calacademy.org/cbhl/ill/liblist.php

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:

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Searching the Z Catalog Searching the Z Catalog

Search options: Title Journal title (included in Title search) Author Any (keyword anywhere)

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Z Catalog - Title SearchesZ 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.

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Z Catalog - Journal TitlesZ 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

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Z Catalog – Author SearchesZ 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.

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Z Catalog – Keyword SearchZ 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.

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Z Catalog – Search ResultsZ 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.

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Z Catalog – Links to E-PubsZ 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

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The Union List of SerialsThe Union List of SerialsWhat’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/search.php

http://library.calacademy.org/cbhl/unionlist/libliist.php

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The Union List of SerialsThe 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

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The Union List of SerialsThe 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

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The Union List of SerialsThe 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.

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Where to BeginWhere to BeginThe 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.

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How to Participate in the Z How to Participate in the Z CatalogCatalog

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.)

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How to Participate in the Union How to Participate in the Union ListList

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

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Where to Get More InformationWhere 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