McGeachy, 'NCSU Libraries Information System Update:  Documents in the New Information System', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v21n05 (December 1993)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 21 no. 5
December 1993
McGeachy, Jack
"NCSU Libraries Information System Update:  Documents in the 
New Information System"


Federal documents in the NCSU Libraries are now much more 
accessible to patrons.  The library's new information system 
includes a separate database of U.S. government publications 
issued after 1975, which is updated monthly by a tape load to 
existing records in the Libraries' Digital Equipment computer.

To access this database after logging into the new system, 
from the main menu screen select #1, LIBRARY CATALOGS.  At 
the Library Catalogs screen, choose #1, NCSU'S CATALOG.  
Then, at the main search menu screen prompt, type D4 to enter 
the government documents database.  This database is 
searched with the same software, in the same manner, as is 
the Libraries' online catalog.  Keyword and Boolean searches of 
the documents database are also available.

A wealth of current, useful information is available to the 
public in documents.  Recent additions to the collection include 
the North American Free Trade Agreement, a report on _Adult 
Literacy and the New Technologies: Tools for a Lifetime_, and 
the first report of Vice President Gore's National Performance 
Review, _From Red Tape to Results_.  Population and housing 
data from the 1990 census continues to arrive in both paper 
and electronic form.

The government documents database is an electronic version of 
the comprehensive, printed _Monthly Catalog of U.S. 
Government Publications_ bibliography, so it will contain 
records for some titles not available in the NCSU Libraries.  
Our collection, however, will contain a very large percentage 
of the titles found in this resource now available to all the 
Libraries' patrons.  This library's holdings symbol, "NCSU," has 
been added to the technical record display of titles available 
here.  To view this display, type M at the >> prompt when 
viewing a record in the government documents database, and 
look in the 049 field for "NCSU." If "NCSU" is present, the item 
should be in the D. H. Hill Library's Documents Department. 
The public shelflist in the Documents Department shows both 
the shelf location of the library's holdings and whether they 
are in paper or microfiche.