New Melvyl Catalog Training

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New Melvyl Catalog Training

• http//libraries.ucsd.edu/services/melvyl

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Workshop Objectives

• Use the Melvyl advanced and browse search screens
  to find books and other materials at UC libraries
• View, save, and email Melvyl search results
• Use the Melvyl request option
• Create a my workspace account in Melvyl

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UCSD Melvyl Transition, July 15
New Melvyl (Melvyl-T)
Old Melvyl (Legacy)
BOOKS Periodicals other materials
BOOKS other materials
Periodicals
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Melvyl Participating Institutions

• University of California Libraries
• California Academy of Sciences
• California Historical Society
• California State Library
• Center for Research Libraries
• Graduate Theological Union
• Hastings College of Law
• Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

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New Melvyl Enhancements

• Keyword searching 
• Phrase searching 
• Multilingual character support (e.g. CJK)
• Search by multiple fields (e.g. search by
  keyword, subject, and conference)  
• Browse by author, title, subject, call number 

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New Melvyl Web Vs. Telnet
Web
Telnet

• Full-text
• Request
• Updates
• Sort records
• Advanced search and display options
• Search history

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Search Screen Options

• Basic
• Advanced
• Browse
• Command

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Words as Phrase

• Select YES to search for words as one phrase,
  e.g. reality television
• Select NO to search for words independent of one
  another, e.g. reality and television

Which UC libraries own the book, A Tale of Two
Cities, in Chinese?
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Field Searching

• Title
• Author field
• Subject field
• Keyword fields

You may search for words in the

• Conference field
• Publisher field
• Call number field
• ISBN, etc.

Who publishes the journal, Asian Migrant?
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Keyword Search

• Searches for words in title, author, publisher,
  table of contents, conference, subject, and other
  fields
• Fast, powerful search
• Word order does not matter

Search for books about elections in Brazil
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Limit Search Results

• You may limit search results by
• Library
• Material format
• Language
• Date

How many books does UCSD own by Charles
Dickens? Find dissertations about Toni Morrison.
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Search by Collection

• Entire collection
• Online resources
• Scores
• Sound Recordings

Do any campuses have the musical score for the
Broadway musical, Rent?
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Search Multiple Fields(Advanced Search Screen)

• For example, you may search for materials by
• Author and title
• Subject and keyword
• Subject, format and place of publication

Do the UC libraries own any economics journals
published in Ecuador?
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Modify Search

• Different from old Melvyl
• Use modify to narrow or broaden your original
  search by adding another search term or phrase
• Use your browser's back button to view modify
  the original search screen

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Browse Search

• Use browse to find one word journal titles
• May search by journal abbreviations and acronyms,
  e.g. j biol chem or JAMA
• Also useful for browsing by authors last name

Where will you find the magazine, Wired, at
UCSD? What does the journal acronym JAMS stand
for?
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Connecting to Full-text Journals

• Like ROGER, Melvyl allows you to connect to the
  full-text of a journal if we subscribe to the
  journal electronically.

Use Melvyl to connect to the online, e-journal
version of Journal of Economic Theory
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Truncation Wildcards

• To retrieve all forms of a word, type the root of
  the word followed by or ?
• E.g. comput retrieves computer, computing,
  computation, etc.
• and ? can also be used as placeholders
  (wildcards) anywhere in a word
• E.g. neuroy retrieves neurology, neurobiology,
  neurochemistry, etc.

Find books on the social behavior of deer.
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Email/Print Search Results

• Select email or print
• Select records all, selected, or range
• Select format short, long, tagged (for EndNote,
  ProCite, etc.)
• Select library locations
• Select preferred text output

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Request Materials

• Select records
• Select Request button
• Library Card number is the bar code number on
  back of UCSD ID
• PIN number is not required
• Can not request journal volumes
• Use UC-eLinks to request journal articles

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My Workspace

• My Workspace allows you to
• Save searches and items across sessions
• Receive updates
• Customize display preferences
• Pre-set personal information when using Request

Note you must create a different username than
the one you are currently using in Melvyl legacy
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Updates

• Update service will
• Email you when a new catalog record matches your
  saved search
• To create an Update
• Sign In to Melvyl
• Perform Search
• View Previous Searches
• Select search and click Create Update button
• Fill in Update Service form and select GO

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Saving Records Searches

• Save records temporarily for one session only
• Use save button
• Save permanently in my workspace
• You must first sign-in
• Use save across sessions button at the item
  record or previous searches screens
• Go to my workspace to view records or search
  histories

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Session Time-out

• Melvyl session will time out after 20 minutes of
  inactivity
• Will lose search results and search history if
  you did not save to your workspace

Internet Browsers

• New Melvyl works best with browsers IE 5.0 and
  Netscape 6.0 and above.

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Questions?

• Click on the Help link in Melvyl
• Check-out the UCSD Melvyl transition web page at
  http//libraries.ucsd.edu/services/melvyl
• Contact a UCSD reference librarian by phone,
  email or in person http//libraries.ucsd.edu/servi
  ces/reference