Written on Wednesday, 02 July 2008
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LSCM is pleased to announce recent enhancements made to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. These enhancements include:
Basic Search page
- 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.
Advanced Search page
- Aleph system number added to drop down menu.
- Modified and expanded search hints
Help Page Updated to include:
- 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
Bookshelf Page
Previous Searches Page
- Catalogs Searched now display
Email Pages
- .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.
Catalogs to Search Pages
Locate in a Library
- 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
General
- White space above copyright notice reduced
- Error notice messages more customized
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