Reference Librarians' Page

The notaries that I know of on campus are:

• Vicky Trant, Business Office
• Becky Canfield, Human Resources Office

Add knowledge of other notaries in the comments.

The bookstore has a fax machine for student use.

The following titles are new in Credo Reference for the month of September.

From ABC-CLIO:

• Canada’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
• The Former Soviet Union’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
• The Former Yugoslavia’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
• Iran’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
• Nigeria’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
• South Africa’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
• African-American Writers: A Dictionary
• Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia
• The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs
• Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law
• Immigration and Asylum from 1900 to Present
• Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History
• Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present
• Public Opinion, Polling, and Democracy Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia

From Routledge:

• Biographical Dictionary of Psychology
• Dictionary of World Philosophy
• Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003
• Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
• Encyclopedia of 20th Century Technology
• International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics

From Elsevier:

• Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Leaders, Movements, and Concepts
• Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
• Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics
• Condensed Encyclopedia of Polymer Engineering Terms
• Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender

There are 37 new titles in Credo for the months of July and August. They are from 3 publishers: ABC-CLIO, Routledge and Elesevier.

• Martial Arts of the World, in Art
• Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia, in History
• Conspiracy Theories in American History, in History
• Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, in History
• Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers, in History
• Immigration and Asylum from 1900 to Present, in History
• Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History, in History
• Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present, in History
• Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology, in Social Sciences
• Canada’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, in Social Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries,in Social Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Leaders, Movements, and Concepts, in Social Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Fundamental Themes, in Social Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, in Social Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs, in Social Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, in Social Sciences
• The Former Soviet Union’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, in Social Sciences
• The Former Yugoslavia’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, in Social Sciences
• Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law, in Social Sciences
• International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, in Social Sciences
• Iran’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, in Social Sciences
• Nigeria’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, in Social Sciences
• Public Opinion, Polling, and Democracy Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia, in Social Sciences
• South Africa’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, in Social Sciences
• Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics, in Language
• African-American Writers: A Dictionary, in Literature
• Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003, in Literature
• Condensed Encyclopedia of Polymer Engineering Terms, in Science
• Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia, in Science
• Biographical Dictionary of Psychology, in Psychology
• Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology, in Psychology
• Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender, in PsychologyThe American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia, in Business
• Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Philosophers, in Philosophy
• Dictionary of World Philosophy, in Philosophy
• Encyclopedia of Postmodernism, in Philosophy
• Encyclopedia of 20th Century Technology, in Technology

Two titles have been updated:

• The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide,  in Encyclopedias
• Chambers Biographical Dictionary in Biographies

The following titles were added to Credo in June.

• Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
• Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English, Routledge
• An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930, Routledge
• Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology, Routledge
• Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Elsevier
• Encyclopedia of Insects, Elsevier
• Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Elsevier
• Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Elsevier
• Science in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
• Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
• Science in the Enlightenment: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
• Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, Routledge
• Encyclopedia of Ethics, Routledge
• Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children, Routledge
• International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management, Elsevier

The following titles were updated to the most recent editions.

• CIA World Factbook
• Debrett’s Peerage & Baronetage 2008
• Good Word Guide, A&C Black

The plan we came up with yesterday was to look at the 6 goals below, and to try to come up with changes to our Acquisitions/ CD procedures with faculty to move towards reaching these goals.  We hope to implement at least some improvements by the Fall term.  The first step is to brainstorm ideas.  So, please add a separate comment for each idea you have.  If 2 ideas are closely linked, you can put them in the same comment.
Goals :

1. To ensure that the books being ordered are ones highly likely to be useful for our students and faculty, and that we are not missing key titles that they need.

2. To  alter the process to make it less inconvenient and more efficient for Faculty, Liaisons, and acquisitions staff

3. To alleviate the high percentage of rush orders

4. To receive titles more closely in time to when they were published - and more evenly throughout the year

5.  To improve the level of awareness in both faculty and librarians of what titles have been added to the collection that might be in their areas of interest

6.  To develop and deploy a process in such a way that it is more intellectually engaging to the faculty, so that the relevance of the process and its outcomes to their teaching and mission is clearly evident.

The titles added to our Credo Reference subscription since May 1 are:

• The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Modern Criticism and Theory, in Literature
• Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z, in Language
• Late Antiquity: A Guide to The Postclassical World, in History
• Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-present, in Biography
• Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary: Completing the Twentieth Century, in Biography
• International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent, in Philosophy & Psychology
• Elsevier’s Dictionary of Psychological Theories, in Philosophy & Psychology
• Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Resource for Mental Health and Legal Professionals, in Philosophy & Psychology
• The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965, in Social Sciences
• Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, in Social Sciences
• The New Harvard Guide to Women’s Health, in Medicine
• Black’s Veterinary Dictionary, in Medicine
• Handbook of Vegetable Pests, in Science

The following titles were updated to the latest editions.

• Dictionary of Accounting, in Business
• The Wisden Archive of Cricketers’ Lives 2008, in Biography
• Philip’s Encyclopedia 2008, in Encyclopedias
• Philip’s World Factbook 2008-2009, in Geography

List here, using comments, any categories of cataloging errors that need to be cleaned up.

Please add comments to this post to list potential voyager issues to be included in a review. If you have comments on items others have listed, make those as comments on their comment list, rather than comments at this level. I will put “Cataloging error cleanup” as one item meant to include all the various cataloging errors - then we’ll have a separate blog entry to list those individually.

I found out from CARLI how to correct the problem of having the wrong cover image from Syndetics associated with record in Voyager:

For the cover art images and other info supplied by Syndetics Solutions, what happens is that WebVoyage sends the first ISBN (020 $a) found in the bib off to the Syndetics database for matching. If they have the ISBN in their file, the cover image is shipped back to WebVoyage for display along with the bib data. Sometimes, the ISBNs in the bibs don’t match up with ISBN for the same title in the Syndetics database. The ‘wrong’ data can be either in the bib or in the remote database (which we have no direct control over).

If there is only one ISBN in the bib and its cover art doesn’t match the title, then the first thing to do is check OCLC or other sources to verify that the ISBN in the bib is current/accurate. If the bib’s single ISBN matches what is on OCLC, then pretty much all we can do is report this to Syndetics. Libraries can send this info to us via the support@carli.illinois.edu adddress.

For many bibs, however, there are multiple ISBNs, but it is only the first 020 $a that is used for this matching. We have found that in many cases, if you re-arrange the order of the existing ISBNs in the bib record, save the bib and then re-search in WebVoyage, this will correct the cover image problem. Of course, this assumes that at least one of the multiple ISBNs in the bib matches the same title/ISBN in the Syndetics database. If none of them match what is in the Syndetics db and you have verified on OCLC that the bib’s ISBNs are accurate, then we’d need to report this to Syndetics.

A student sent me an email about a problem in PsycInfo. The problem is this:

In the record in PsycInfo with the Accession number=2005-06118-005 there is a link to the full text to the item in WilsonSelectPlus, but the link to the full text takes you to a page that says the “exact match cannot be found” and gives a list of possible matches, none of which are the article in question.

I was able to find the article for her in a different database, and I asked OCLC support about this:

I do understand about finding the related articles, and, if that’s the case, then why not have the link at the top say “Find related articles” instead of “View full text in pdf format (WilsonSelectPlus).” The link to “View full text…” appears directly under the heading which says GET THIS ITEM, so you can see why I’m asking the question.

OCLC support replied with this:

Our goal is to link the user to the requested full text article as
directly as possible. We do understand that users can be confused when
they get an unexpected return.

We completed a survey with representatives from advisory committee members and other user groups regarding the “Exact Match Not Found” page. The survey results indicated that although this result can be confusing, it can still be of value to users.

The Exact Match Not Found page is returned under these main conditions:

Condition 1 - The full text article is available, but the citation information in the two linked databases had differences that did not allow an exact match. […then they listed examples…]

Condition 2 - The requested full text article is not available for a journal issue.

a) This could happen if full text records from an issue would come into a database in different updates. The Exact Match Not Found page would return the records that were available at the time of linking. As the database that links to the full text is re-run against new full text, matches to new articles may then occur.

b) The Exact Match Not Found page also can be returned when an abstract and index database indexes more articles from a journal issue than may be included in the database which is supplying the full text. The system returns all available articles from that issue.

I did tell OCLC support that this practice is misleading to the user.