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OCLC WorldCat
The Billion Book LibraryAnd microfilm and maps and archives
And lots of other neat stuff
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Before you get started you will need:
• a valid (unexpired) Houston Public Library Power Card,
• a computer with an internet connection, and
• an ILLiad account (has nothing to do with the movie Troy).
Helpful to have at hand:
• a teen-ager
On the internet, go to: http://www.houstonlibrary.org
ILLiad Account
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Click Services
Click ‘Interlib
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Interlibrary loan account—have
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Basic Library Vocabulary or Usage
Author –should be entered last name first, first name lastTitle – ignore “A,” “An,” or “The” as the first word of a titleKeyword – a word that describes the contents of a book, in librarian talk, called subject wordsISBN – the unique ID number for books published during or after the 1970sYear – the year of publication, found next to the © symbol on title page or back side (verso side) of itTruncation – Using the root word with a symbol to find all items containing that root and different endings, e.g., “Cap* dynasty” for “Capetian dynasty” or Mero* for MerovignienWild Card – A symbol used to represent any possible spelling within a word, e.g., “Sm*th” for Smith or Smyth, but not Smithe!
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More Vocabulary - Catalogue Page
De Ville, Winston.
The 1795 chimney-tax of New Orleans : a guide to the census of proprietors and residents of the Vieux Carré / Winston De Ville ; index by Ramona Amelia Smith.
Ville Platte, La. : Smith Publications, 1994,1995.
31 p. ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Hearth-money -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Registers. Taxation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Registers. Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.) -- Genealogy. New Orleans (La.) -- Genealogy.
LOCATION PREFIX CALL # STATUS Last Check-in
Clayton Genealogy ADU REF
976.3 D494 LA LIB USE ONLY (none)
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Descript.
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This is the WorldCatBasic Search window.See how the terms are like the library catalogue page.
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WorldCat Basic Search
What is it good for? • Simple keyword, author, or title searches
• “Author-Title” Searches—you know both the author and title
• When doing searches for materials when the “Keyword” is very specific, e.g., Battle of Shiloh
What is it not good for? • Compound field searches
• Compound record searches
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Last Name First, First Name Last
Omit ‘The’ in foreign languages alsoClick ‘Search’ when done
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TexShare means Texas circulating libraries must share (for free most times)
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Click ‘Request an Interlibrary Loan’
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Very important
TexShare = FreeOtherwise, what is it worth to get this?
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returning to WorldCat
Click ‘View/Modify Out-
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Click the Transaction Number
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Click‘Cancel Request’
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Click ‘Searching’
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Click ‘Advanced Search’
Weinterrupt this
boring programfor an important
message—please stay
tuned.
1. Be nice to Inter Library Loan Department. Cheaper than you driving or flying to somewhere else.
2. Remember bribery in small doses works. Bribes and compliments can be interchangeable!
3. Texas universities must share with you for free. Always use them first.
4. Genealogical materials are rarely loaned by public libraries, but universities usually will.
5. Microfilm (not fiche or microcard) is usually only loaned by universities, almost never by public libraries.
6. Always inquire about buying copies of fiche (usually 25¢ or 50¢ per sheet of fiche).
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Robert’s Rules for Interlibrary Loan
7. Books (and other stuff) made before 1900 generally do not get loaned (Hint: they may be on microfilm!).
8. Library of Congress may loan if they are only source and they have two copies and you send a groveling and pleading e-mail. They will make copies (reasonably priced) or microfilm (very expensive).
9. If book is simply unavailable for loan, inquire of stingy library to check index or photocopy names in index of interest. Then order pages from index. Good to have unlimited long distance phone plan.
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Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan
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10. Most of the time map photocopies are available for cheap. Some universities, if map is very rare, they will stick it to you. It’s not personal, they stick it to everyone. If alumnus or alumna, send ugly letter to Alumni Association after you get photocopy. Otherwise, accept fate.
11. For maps, microfilm, and manuscript collections (even on microfilm) from university libraries, chances are very good they have developed finding aids or even indexes on their own (undergraduate and graduate students are cheap slave labor). E-mails cost nothing and may work, but a sweet, unctuous, and solicitous phone call, completely ignoring the words genealogy or family, works better. A food thank you gift insures your questions will be welcome in the future.
Robert’s Rules on Interlibrary Loan
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The following buttons starting with Sort, are available at top or bottom of screen. They will help expand or refine your searches, or as in the case of E-mail, allow you notify others of particular books or items. Let’s look at these buttons:
1. Sort - This allows you to sort any or all of your results to make culling them or researching the materials easier. Sort is available by Title, Author, Date, or Number of Libraries, each or all in Ascending or Descending order. You can use the check boxes to the left of the entries to limit the items for sorting. Not using check boxes will have all returns sorted. You can also e-mail sorted results. Leave JavaScript and Framed links buttons “on.” Have Character Set button in “Standard.”
2. Related Subjects - These are other keywords found in the full citations of all the 52 results. That means that using these links, or searches including this keyword will give you more topical material to research.
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What are all these buttons for?
3. Related Authors – This is a list of the authors found in the results and their other catalogues works in WordlCat. WorldCat tries to tie in at least one keyword.
4. Limit – This feature is handy when you get hundreds or thousands of results and you want to trim down the list to manageable numbers. The limit searches by subject headings, a form of keyword, is especially handy.
5. Print – Gives all the results of first page of results. You may select which results to print in print area.
6. Export – This is to export the results list, in whole or marked records only (check boxes) directly to your computer or someone else’s.
7. Help - This will contain online help to using WorldCat. Often, a teen-ager is needed to decipher that which appears to be English.
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What are all these buttons for?
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Click on the ‘Sort’ button
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Click on the ‘Return’ button
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This givesrelated subjects
(keywords) for allresults entries and
how often theterm appears
Click on the ‘Return’ button
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This worksthe same as
Related Subjects,but withauthors
Click on the ‘Return’ button
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Click on the ‘Back’ button
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Click on th
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Click on check boxes
to select for exporting
Click on the
‘Export’ button
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Click the ‘Marked
Records’ button
Click the ‘Textfile’ button
Click the
‘Export’ button
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Change “Genealogy”
to “History”
Click ‘Search’ when finished
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Click on “Minutes” link
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Click on the ‘Searching’ tab
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Click on ‘Visual Materials’Change to ‘Census’
Click the ‘Search’ button
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Click on ‘Libraries Worldwide’
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Click on the ‘Searching’ tab
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Change to ‘St Christophle’
Change to ‘St Kitts’
Change to ‘or’
Click on ‘Maps’
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In 2008, there were 17 maps
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Click Title
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