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What is it?
CULS is a database of journal holdings for more than 400 libraries in
Connecticut. It is maintained at OCLC but is accessible through the reQuest
Magazine Catalog. There are approximately 70 thousand records and 190 thousand
holdings in the reQuest Magazine Catalog.
The last update of the Union List was received from OCLC in July 2005 and
loaded into the reQuest Magazine Catalog. OCLC has not committed to a timeframe
as to when they will provide us with a current update. We will keep you posted
as to when an update will be available.
How do I search CULS through reQuest?
The best way to search for a journal to see which libraries in CT subscribe to
it is to go to iconn.org. In the Advanced Search screen, type your journal
title in the search box and then select “Journal Title” from the “All Headings”
drop-down box. Make sure the reQuest Magazine Catalog is selected in the list
of iCONN resources to search. Click search and look at your resulting list of
titles. Click on the title to see the full record. The bottom of the record
will display the list of libraries in CT that subscribe to the title along with
a summary holdings statement of their coverage of the title. (Note: if you have
an ISSN number, this will be a more precise search than journal title)
Did you know that there are electronic links in many of the reQuest journal
records that will take you to the journal table of contents and/or full text
articles from InfoTrac and others sources?
Click
here to search reQuest.
How do I contribute/update my library’s serials holdings?
Libraries with access to OCLC may update their holdings directly on OCLC.
Libraries without OCLC access may send their update information to Gail Hurley
at iCONN through the printable forms below.
CULS Forms -- use these forms to add/delete titles or change holdings.
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Add Form (PDF)
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Change Form (PDF)
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Delete Form (PDF)
I forget what my OCLC symbol is. How do I find this? Click
here
to do an OCLC Participating Institutions Search.
How do I get a list of titles that are in CULS for my
library?
The Local Holdings Offline Product is now available from OCLC. Individual libraries can order a tab delimited file of all of the local holdings they currently have in WorldCat from the OCLC website at https://www3.oclc.org/app/lhop/.
Once produced the tab delimited file will be available for download from the Product Services Web [http://psw.oclc.org/] and can be imported into a spreadsheet package. If your library has more than 20,000 local holdings records, multiple files will be provided with up to 20,000 records in each file. There is no charge for this report.
A Quick Reference guide is available online at
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/localholdings/offlinepro duct/lhm_offlineproduct_quickref.pdf and covers the order process, how to download the file, and information on how to import the file into Microsoft Office Excel.
Related Links:
For questions, contact Gail Hurley, Statewide Library Catalog Coordinator,
Connecticut Digital Library ghurley@cslib.org
860-704-2222 or toll free in CT 888-256-1222. Fax: 860-704-2229.
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