WESTCAT new features

Two new features recently made available by CARLI have been enabled within the WestCat Library Catalog: http://www.wiu.edu/library/westcat/

1) The "New in the Catalog" button (top menu) enables users to search/browse for recent additions to WIU library collections. The interface has been locally customized so that search limits can be narrowed to major WIU formats/locations (e.g., Books in Malpass, Videos/DVDS in Malpass, Music Library). Users can place a variety of chronological limits on a search (e.g., yesterday, 1 week ago, 2 weeks ago, last month, 3 months ago) and/or may search for a specific Title or Author.

2) Users who click a Periodical title link within WestCat will automatically engage a query of WIU's instance of the SFX KnowledgeBase. A "Seeking Full Text" button on the Results page will momentarily "pulse" as the database query unfolds. An ISSN "match" will result in the display of the WIU Libraries "Find It!" button. Clicking this button opens the traditional WIU/SFX Menu listing access options.

For example, run a search for "Journal of Modern History" (Limit: "Journal/Magazine Title"). The resulting display notes complete JSTOR e-availability from 1929-2001, with InfoTrac/AcadSearch FT e-access through ~2005. The "Find It!" button will not appear within WestCat upon a "failed" SFX query (no ISSN match).