LSCM is pleased to announce recent enhancements made to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. These enhancements include:

• The addition of a navigation bar to increase the number of search options available from this page and reduce the number of clicks needed to progress to more advanced searches
• New link to information about the Federal Depository Library Program in the introductory text.

• Aleph system number added to drop down menu.
• Modified and expanded search hints

• Updated basic search screen captures
• Item number search examples under advanced section
• Listing of additional common command language codes under expert section
• More examples of searches
• Link to information about the FDLP in the "Locate in a Library" section. This page also contains a link to the public view of the FDLD
• URLs updated
• GPO assigned PURLs provided for the Search pages
• Updated guidance for using askGPO

• Notes now display

• Catalogs Searched now display

• .mrc format was removed from email options. Currently a system limitation causes the insertion of erroneous characters in larger records, corrupting the records. This will be revisited if the vendor fixes this bug.

• Modified search jints

• Link to information about the FDLP added to search and results pages, providing introductory information on the FDLP for users who may not be familiar with the program

• White space above copyright notice reduced
• Error notice messages more customized

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