ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA Database Manual

Introduction l Project Personnel l Support Center l Project Information
Project Entry
l 2012 Database Statistics l Searching l Rota configurations for ILL requests
Interlibrary Loan l Adds, Changes, Deletes l Manual Updates l Automatic Adds
Full File Replacement Procedures l Database Subsets l MaRC Record Downloading
Record Extraction
l Regional Group Directors
Automatic Adds Vendors
l ILL Endorsement l Subset Agreements


Searching

To search the Access Pennsylvania Database via the web, click on the "Search the Database" link located along the top of the Access Pennsylvania Database web site.

To begin your search, follow these steps:

1.  Select the region you want to search on the map of Pennsylvania's counties

or

Select the county you want to search from the alphabetical listing of Pennsylvania's counties located directly below the map

or

Search the entire state by clicking on the link located at the top of the map of Pennsylvania's counties.

 
2. Next, select the type of library you want to search from among the following choices:

pointerAll Libraries
pointerSchool Libraries
pointerPublic Libraries
pointerAcademic Libraries (colleges and universities)
pointerSpecial Libraries (health, law, prison libraries and special collections)

 
3.

At the Search screen, choose the type of search you would like to perform. Choose Keywords to limit your search to a specific library, language, material type, publisher, or publication date.

*For help with searching, click on the "Search Help" buttons located on the search screens, or click on the Help button located on the map interface to the Database.

 
4. Your results will be displayed in a title list. Click on the titles you would like to view. The default view is the full bibliographic record.
 
5. To request an item via interlibrary loan, click on the "Library Use Only" button located along the top and bottom of the full bibliographic record display.
 
6. Click here to see the established ILL Rota configurations for all types of libraries.
   
7. For instructions on completing Interlibrary Loan Requests, click here for the VDX Interlibrary Loan Manual.
 
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