August 28, 2009
Effective Monday August 31, you'll notice a new Dalhousie Libraries homepage.
We’ve reconfigured our page to feature WorldCat Local, our new library catalogue search engine which provides expanded Web access to local, regional
and worldwide library resources. When you use WorldCat Local you will see results from Dalhousie followed by holdings in Novanet Libraries, Atlantic
University Libraries and finally libraries around the world. You will also see articles from several major databases integrated in your results, all sorted by relevancy.
WorldCat Local works with the Novanet interface, which you can continue to use and will see when you access services like patron account functions, placing holds, Novanet Express, and Reserves.
Information about WorldCat Local can be found on our FAQ page at search.library.dal.ca/faq.html, and we also offer Basic
(http://www.library.dal.ca/images/LibCasts/WorldCat/Basic/WorldCatBasic.html)
and Advanced
(http://www.library.dal.ca/images/LibCasts/WorldCat/Advanced/WorldCatAdvanced.html)
instructional videos on how to use it most effectively.
We welcome your feedback on our new catalogue interface and the new look of our homepage. Please use the Feedback link at http://search.library.dal.ca/ to send us your comments!
Patrick Ellis
Health Sciences Librarian
W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library
Tupper Medical Building
5850 College St.
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
B3H 1X5
902-494-1669