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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1997
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED412896 |
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- The Western Canada Virtual Union Catalogue: Integrating Document Requesting into Z39.50 and Other Search Clients. Binkley, Dave Long, Kristina Academic Libraries Databases Document Delivery Foreign Countries Higher Education Information Retrieval Interlibrary Loans Library Cooperation Library Networks Online Searching Online Systems Reference Services Shared Library Resources Union Catalogs User Needs (Information) The widespread implementation of search protocols, primarily Z39.50, in combination with the spread of the World Wide Web makes possible a high degree of integration and standardization of search services. This paper describes a project which seeks to combine in a seamless fashion the searching of periodical indexes and library OPACs with document requesting for patrons of a consortium of academic libraries in western Canada. Participating institutions in the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) include: Universities of Athabasca, Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary, Saskatchewan, Simon Fraser University, Victoria, Manitoba, Winnipeg, and Lethbridge. A program was developed which allows the user to query various full text sources or to place interlibrary loan requests from within the Web-based search session. The document addresses a number of issues, including: patron authentication, querying on Z39.50 compatible databases, supporting differing library configurations within a consortium, user interface design issues, and problems surrounding holdings statements. Procedural diagrams are included. (Author/SWC)