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Introducing Copac

Introducing Copac. Copac is a national catalogue giving access to the merged catalogues of c.50 major libraries and collections in the UK and Ireland Copac includes the catalogues of: The UK National Libraries, including the British Library Major academic research libraries

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Introducing Copac

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  1. Introducing Copac Copac is a national catalogue giving access to the merged catalogues of c.50 major libraries and collections in the UK and Ireland Copac includes the catalogues of: • The UK National Libraries, including the British Library • Major academic research libraries • Specialist research libraries • Specialist collections in academic libraries Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  2. Copac content Copac: a single interface to materials covering all subject areas and held in libraries across the country.   Initial catalogue load followed by regular updates: • c.33 million traditional catalogue records • Date from c.1100 to the latest publications • Wide range of materials - books, reports, periodicals, theses, video, music, maps, electronic resources etc. • Over 400 languages represented Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  3. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

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  5. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  6. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  7. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  8. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  9. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  10. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  11. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  12. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  13. <Snip> Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

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  15. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  16. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  17. The search history is retained for 7 days from last use. • Set up an RSS feed to get automatic search updates. Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

  18. Other ways of searching Copac • As well as the Web interface there are other ways of searching Copac including: • Use Z39.50 software such as EndNote • From some university library catalogues • Download Copac search widgets to add to your Firefox and Internet Explorer search engine list • Use the trial Copac search widget on Facebook Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors 24

  19. Coming soon… • New libraries: Public, Academic, and Special libraries • New architecture • Developments in integrating services, eg. • stable URLs to allow links to individual records • display recent Zetoc tables-of-contents in Copac journal records • include Zetoc in your Copac search to find article details • create an online bibliography with records from multiple services • include your own library catalogue in a Copac search • Inter-library loan requesting from Copac • User generated content? Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors 25

  20. http://copac.ac.uk/copac@mimas.ac.uk Copac is a Mimas service. Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors 26

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