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LocatorPlus Questions
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- What is LocatorPlus?
- What is the Integrated Library System (ILS)?
- Do you have an official logo or icon for LocatorPlus?
- Does NLM have a Z39.50 server for retrieving bibliographic records from LocatorPlus?
- How do I search and use LocatorPlus?
- How do I find a list of current MEDLINE journals by Country of Publication or Language in LocatorPlus?
- I am a co-editor on a book (or other format item) that I found in LocatorPlus, but I could not find it when searching for my name. Why is this?
- I am not finding items I know are in the catalog when I use the Limit command to limit by a particular language. Why?
- In LocatorPlus, how many records can I E-mail to myself, print or download to a disk at one time?
- Is it possible to use wildcards or other special characters when I search LocatorPlus?
- What is the Bibliographic Management Format in LocatorPlus?
- What kinds of bibliographic records will I find in NLM LocatorPlus?
- The call number in LocatorPlus for the book or audiovisual I want is the phrase "Not held at NLM. How do I get this title?
- How can I check to see if you have received a journal issue?
- How can I see if an item is available?
- I want to find journal articles on a subject. I'd like a list of journal articles by a certain author. Can I do this in LocatorPlus?
- Can I find the full text of medical journal articles in LocatorPlus?
- Is there an online database that contains the full titles and abbreviations of journals held by NLM?
- Why doesn't the LocatorPlus record for a journal list all the sources that index that journal?
- Where can I find listings of book chapters?
- What happened to CATLINE, SERLINE and AVLINE? See FAQ on Retired Databases.
- What kinds of authority records will I find in LocatorPlus?
- How do I search for authority records in LocatorPlus?
- Why do older forms of headings appear in authority records in LocatorPlus?
- How do I download NLM authority records in MARC 21 format?
- What information is contained in the $8 and $0 fields in an NLM authority record?
- What information is contained in the 9XX fields of an NLM authority record?
- Which MARC fields are displayed in the Authority Details results in LocatorPlus?
- How often is LocatorPlus updated?
- When I do a search in LocatorPlus, exactly which MARC fields are being searched?
- When I do a Keyword Anywhere search in LocatorPlus, the results are ranked according to relevance. How does the system determine relevance?
- When I do a search in LocatorPlus, how are the search results displayed and sorted?
- When I do a search in LocatorPlus and choose an individual record, there are different displays. Which MARC fields are displayed for the Holdings and Details displays?
- How do I download NLM bibliographic records in MARC 21 format from LocatorPlus?
- How do I identify CIP (Cataloging-in-Publication) records in NLM LocatorPlus?
- How can I find out what classification number NLM has assigned to a book which is a CIP (Cataloging-in-Publication)?
- Why are NLM's LocatorPlus subject headings different from NLM's subject headings found in OCLC records?
- Why does NLM have the 950 (95x) subject heading field tags in its LocatorPlus records?
- I found a mistake in LocatorPlus. Where do I send a correction?
- I sent retrieval from LocatorPlus to my E-mail address, but I haven't received it yet.
- Why and how should I clear the cache on my web browser?
- What is Unicode?
- What non-Roman character sets are available through LocatorPlus?
- How do I download MARC records that contain non-Roman characters?
- How do I view non-Roman characters and special characters in LocatorPlus?
- How do I search LocatorPlus using non-Roman characters?
- Is it possible to print, save, and e-mail LocatorPlus records that include non-Roman characters?
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Last reviewed: 12 February 2009
Last updated: 12 February 2009
First published: 01 January 1998
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