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LocatorPlus™

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LocatorPlus is the National Library of Medicine (NLM) online catalog available at http://locatorplus.gov.

Coverage and Scope:

LocatorPlus is continuously updated and includes:

over 1.2 million catalog records for books, audiovisuals, journals, computer files, and other materials in the Library's collections
holdings information for journals and other materials
links from catalog records to Internet resources, including online journals
circulation status information for materials, including those on-order or in-process at the Library

Search Capabilities:

Search LocatorPlus by keyword, author, title, journal title, MeSH® (medical subject headings), call number and other specific fields using simple and advanced search menus.
You can limit keyword search by type of media, format, language, date of publication, or shelving location.

Retrieval is listed alphabetically or in rank order by relevancy. Each retrieved item displays NLM holdings, detailed bibliographic information, MARC records and electronic links (if available). You can print, download, or e-mail them to any address.

LocatorPlus provides direct access through its "Search Other Resources" menu to additional free resources:

NLM databases, including PubMed®/Medline®
Consumer health information and MedlinePlus®
History of Medicine databases
NLM Catalog
PubMed Central®
TOXNET® and toxicology databases
Health services research and HSTAT
Catalogs of other U.S. medical and consumer health libraries

LocatorPlus and NLM's Integrated Library System

LocatorPlus is one component of NLM's integrated library system, Voyager. This system, developed by Endeavor Information Systems Inc., is an integrated information management system designed for academic and research libraries. NLM uses Voyager for acquisitions, serials control, cataloging, collection management, circulation, preservation and as an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)

Differences between LocatorPlus and the NLM Catalog

The NLM Catalog available at (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=nlmcatalog) is an alternative search interface to NLM bibliographic records for journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources, and other materials using the NCBI Entrez system. The NLM Catalog links to LocatorPlus for access to NLM holdings information.

Search LocatorPlus to:

find unknown author or organization name if unsure about the exact name
find NLM holdings or the circulation status of a title
view or use bibliographic records in MARC 21 format
view or use authority records for names and titles

Search the NLM Catalog to:

retrieve over 10,000 citations
explode on MeSH headings
identify or search primary subjects
find a known name of the author or organization
view or use bibliographic records in XML format
find a known item

Learn more about LocatorPlus:

For further assistance contact:

Reference and Customer Services
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
1-888-FINDNLM (1-888-346-3656) (Voice)
(301) 594-5983 (Voice)
custserv@nlm.nih.gov (Internet)

Last reviewed: 04 August 2005
Last updated: 04 August 2005
First published: 20 February 2001
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