Catalog

Catalog - what is it?

 * Secondary information source..
 * A set of records on individual documents processed according to agreed (formalized) rules (cataloging rules), which the given institution keeps in its funds or which it permanently or temporarily makes available.
 * Basic building unit – cataloging record (bibliographic, location, research).

Cataloging records
např. CKIS, MEDVIK, KKV
 * bibliographic data,
 * location data,
 * selection data.

Types of catalogs

 * By form:
 * leafy,
 * bundle,
 * electronic
 * For completeness:
 * complete,
 * partial,
 * comprehensive.
 * According to the type of documents made available:
 * books,
 * periodicals,
 * special documents.

OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) – publicly available online catalogue. It enables the search of document records, user account management, access to other information sources.

How and where to start

 * I formulate an "information request" and put the topic in context (MeSH).
 * What resources do I want? Books, articles, Czech or English, printed or electronic?

File catalogs
e.g. CASLIN, MEDVIK, JIB, VPK, CKIS http://www.knihovny.net
 * A catalog containing in part or in whole the records of the documents of more than one library or information institution.
 * Records contain library symbols that identify the owner of the document
 * Sigla - unique location marker of the library (ABB001).

Czech National Bibliography – CNB

 * records of documents issued on the territory of the Czech Republic,
 * compulsory copy – National Library, Moravian Provincial Library, Science Library in Olomouc → the most complete collections of domestic production.

Related Articles

 * Information and information institutions
 * Basics of searching in free resources
 * Orientation in available e-resources
 * Information resources at UK
 * Full-text electronic information sources
 * Citation of used literature
 * Digital portfolio from R&D point of view
 * Written scientific or professional communication

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Category :Nutritional therapy Category :Nursing Category :Scientific information