Attack your OPAC Treatises and Other Treats

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From Google BooksGoogle Books Keyword search – diversity bar Select a result – (title: Diversity realized: putting the walk with the talk for diversity) Click “Find in a library” Note nearby holdings Click “Search the catalog at your library” wmv file

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Search From MelCatMelCat UNH Law Library web site Search MelCat from every library web page – Block on upper left Dropdown menu – access points – Default: keyword – Select ‘search type’ + submit without entering a search to view strategy guidelines for specified access point – Advanced search Boolean limiting

Matches in MelCat Search terms highlighted throughout record Location (hyperlinks to Library ‘Locations’ definitions) Call number + location = physical address of treatise in library Hyperlink out to: – call number to browse titles shelved near match (high likelihood of similar content) – subject headings as applicable branches to your research

Select Matches - Melcat Select matches of interest – Click individually, or – Save all on page View saved Export saved matches – To or your computer Bring to stacks to find treatises, or forward to your library liaison

Did you know … ? Export in End-Note/RefWorks list format – export to local disk using Zotero, convert bibliographic data into Blue Book citation format – just a couple of minutes! Login on MyMelCat – Name and barcode # from UNH Law ID cardUNH Law ID card Save search strategies for next semester – Have system you new titles that match strategy Renew checked out items

more law collections NELLCO – New England Law Library Consortium – NELLCO Union Catalog (hosted by Suffolk) Access via virtually every page in UNH Law Library’s web siteUNH Law Library’s web site – Search all at once, or – Search applicable few (reduces processing time)

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Multidisciplinary perspective? Access 2 ways from UNH Law Library web siteUNH Law Library UNH – Libraries website (WorldCat Local interface) – online catalog Dimond + Manchester (NOT UNH Law) – Considerable research: catalogs will not be merged until we jointly move to a new system (prohibitive costs associated with merging current systems)

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Search Strategy Keyword v. Subject Advantages of each Value of contents notes Call number (browsing shelves)

Search Strategy Keyword Searching Searches: - Title - Subtitle - Table of Contents - Descriptive Information (jacket blurbs, synopses etc.) - Notes & Reviews

Search Strategy Library of Congress Subject Headings are approved headings used to create a controlled vocabulary They cover ALMOST every subject imaginable, and more are being added on a regular basis The links generated lead to other titles on the same subject

Search Strategy War Crimes in the 20th Century: Prosecution vs. Non-Prosecution Subject Headings: War Crimes (K5301) War Crime Trials (KZ1168-KZ1190) MELCAT

Search Strategy Keyword Searching is only as good as the search strategy and the extent to which the search terms are an accurate reflection of what the researcher is seeking. Think Google!

Search Strategy Think Google! Keyword Searching is only as good as the search strategy and the extent to which the search terms are an accurate reflection of what the researcher is seeking.

Search Strategy Subject Searches = Greater Precision/ Higher Relevancy Keyword Searches = Greater Recall/ Higher Potential Relevancy

Search Strategy Bilski (In Re) Bilski AND Patent Claims Nuremberg Creditor AND Debtor World Trade Organization OR World Trade Organisation Markman Hearings MELCAT