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IndexCat Update: Questions & Answers

Get answers to your questions about the new features and future developments of IndexCat, the comprehensive medical history database by the National Library of Medicine.

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IndexCat Update: Questions & Answers

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  1. IndexCat Update: Questions & Answers Crystal N. Smith & Stephen J. Greenberg History of Medicine Division National Library of Medicine

  2. New Home Page: New Logo About Index-Catalogue About IndexCat About the Project Link to Credits New Tab for Comments

  3. New Features: Saved Records Download Print Multiple Records E-mail

  4. Future Features: Saved Searches per Session Online Help with Linked Examples

  5. More Future Features: Journal Title Abbreviations List (JTA) Collated Linked Document (Interim Solution) Needs Programming Support

  6. More Future Features (with ENCompass 3.6): Unicode Character Set Display Total Number of Hits for Search (1000 Limit Continues) Sort Searches (Authors, Titles) Faster Search Engine (FAST)

  7. More Future Features (with ENCompass 3.6): Direct Link to LocatorPlus/NLM holdings (for journal and monograph titles) For NLM, Easier to Link to Objects Transmittal Letters for all 61 volumes

  8. What We’ve Learned: • Index-Catalogue vs. Index Medicus • Overlap and Coverage • Subject Headings • Dates of Publication/Dates of Appearance

  9. A Whole New Ballgame: The Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus (1927) 1930: 44% 1940: 8% 1950: 4%

  10. Let us know what YOU think: Stop by the NLM booth! Write us! Call us! Stayed tuned, and thanks for listening!

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