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Dragonfly, Winter 1999 Web Access to CATLINE, SERLINE, AVLINE

NLM is preparing to provide public access to its new Integrated Library System, "NLM Locatorplus," in mid-April 1999. Locatorplus, which replaces CATLINE, SERLINE, AVLINE, and Locator will be available from the NLM Home page at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/.

A web tutorial on how to use Locatorplus will soon be announced in the electronic NLM Technical Bulletin. In addition, Reference and Customer service staff have prepared a number of FAQs regarding Locatorplus that will be available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/faq.html as of mid-April 1999.

Some wonderful new features will be available via Locatorplus:

• One can view current receipts of serials and monographs (effective with 1999 receipts).
• Books, audiovisuals and journals can be searched together or separately.
• Searches can be limited to the history of medicine collection or reference collections.
• Hotlinks to online journals will be available from many records.
• One can search on such field specific areas as indexing status or conference name.
• Direct access to other resources will be available through Locatorplus including NLM databases, MEDLINEplus, Images from the History of Medicine, TOXNET, HSTAT, and other medical library catalogs.

NLM is excited to be able to provide, in one integrated product, so much information directly to customers. There are more parts to total NLM system reinvention efforts and more work to be done, but the ILS/OPAC functions are sound and ready to be shared.

Because reinvention is not complete, DOCLINE will continue to point to the old SERLINE, CATLINE and AVLINE databases until Fall 1999 when a brand new DOCLINE arrives. This is not a problem for borrowing journals, because serial titles will be added to both Locatorplus and SERLINE, but is a problem for ordering monographs and audiovisuals. Since CATLINE and AVLINE are no longer being updated, new records for monographs and audiovisuals will appear only in Locatorplus. These records will contain NLM UIs which will not be recognized by DOCLINE. ILL requests for these new items will require the user to type the bibliographic information and call number into DOCLINE in order to initiate the loan.

Questions, comments and suggestions regarding this launch can be sent to: custserv@nlm.nih.gov

URL: http://nnlm.gov/pnr/news/199901/locatorplus.html