Connections Volume 3, Number 2, Spring 1994

              connections
Spring 1994
Message From
During their January meeting, the Council of Presidents approved reorganization of the management structure and downsizing of Central Programs and Services ( CP& S) of the Claremont University Center. As one of the twenty programs which comprise CP& S, the Libraries are directly affected by this downsizing or, more specifically, by a reduction in the budgetary commiunent by The Colleges to CP& S. The Presidents set a target of reducing their fonnula- funded CP& S budgets of $ 14.9 million by 10.6 per cent.
With the largest operating budget of all the programs, the Libraries took the greatest dollar cut. Most significantly, that portion of the operating budget which directly supports library services was affected by a reduction of $ 260,000 from the base budget on which the 1994/ 95 budget was developed. This includes staff salaries, computing costs, supplies and equipment, etc. The operating budget for library facilities was Similarly affected. The only exception to the budget reductions was the acquisitions budget which received an increase of 10.4 percent ($ 160,000) due to inflation of library materials costs.
Budget cuts in institutions of higher education are not unusual, and libraries have certainly experienced their share of cuts. We've been reading reports of such cuts for four or five years as both public and private colleges have encountered shaky financial conditions. Why then should we at Claremont be especially concerned about a 10 per cent reduction in supp rt for library operating costs? BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION STUDENTS RECEIVE AT OUR COLLEGES IS AT SERIOUS RI K.
a newsletter from the library to the foculty of The Claremont Colleges
vOlume~) Number 2
J
irector: B dget Woes
" A major challenge to the library is to identify and reconcile the information needs ofsix distinctive institutions, each with its own academic programs and dynamic scholarly interests. II
The lack of adequate support for library services has been raised as a concern in recent W ASC visiting team reports. While the Claremont model of economies of scale is often used to justify the lower level of support for the Libraries by The Colleges in relation to similar institutions, this model is less relevant for the Libraries than for other central services. Indeed, the visiting team report for the 1993 CGS visit raises thequestionofthe efficacyofthis model. In particular, the CGS team report states, " A major challenge to the library is to identify and reconcile the infonnation needs of six distinctive institutions, each with its own academic programs and dynamic scholarly interests."
As the W ASC reports indicate, we fall far short of providing the students and faculty at the Colleges with the quality and level of library collections and services they expect and deserve. With a budget reduction, we will fall even farther behind.
The timing of this decision is particularly unfortunate given the transformation which is taking place in the delivery of library and infonnation services. At a time when there is the necessi ty for the Libraries to assume a greater role in teaching and assisting our users to make use of the myriad of electronic resources now available, we are faced with the task of reducing our staffby8 to10full- timepositions. We will also need to cope with a reduction in the support for computing equipment, software, etc.
We will manage the reductions as effectively as possible, but library services and collections will suffer. Not all services and collections will be affected equally. Some will be particularly hard hit and thereis thepossibilityofprogram elimination as well as the institution of charges torecovercostsfor someservices.
Weare in the process of making the decisions necessitated by the budget reduction. Your Library Council members and especially members of the Library Council Budget Subcommittee will be involved actively. Members of the Council are listed on p. 6. The BudgetSubcommitee ischairedbyLaura Hoopes; and other members are Murray Schwartz, Hans Palmer, and Richard Parker.
Certainly, we are aware that there are painful consequences to the decisions we must make. As we make the necessary adjustments in staffing and services, all of us solicit and welcome your suggestions and comments.
tBonnie J. Clemens
n this iss
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Message from the Director
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New Library Groups
2
Gopher on the Internet
2
Hoover Collection Honored
3
Library Instruction
3
Multi- Media
4
Database News
5
Electronic ILL Requests
5
Featured Special Coflections
6
Denison Honnold/ Mudd Pornon.. Science Sp,.. gue ew Library Groups Target Infor ation
eeds
The Libraries have recently established new groups to deal with infonnation services and planning in the networked electronic environment. An Infonnation Policy Committee will address " the changing nature of collections and materials fonnats" as well as " necessary infrastructure, including physical facilities; and services required for an aggressive role in the teaching and learning ventures of The Colleges. n Membersofthe newcomittee recently established by Director of Libraries, Bonnie Clemens, are:
Bart Harloe, Chair ( Hon/ Mudd)
Eleanor Montague ( CUC)
Gale Burrow ( Hon/ Mudd)
Jeff Groves ( HMC)
Richard D'Souza ( Hon/ Mudd)
Marcia Makl ( Pomona)
Richard Parker ( HMC)
im Mosshart ( Sprague)
The immediate objective of the Information Policy Committee is to pradu e a strategic plan that focuses on the following key areas:
1) hanging user needs in a network d world, 2) t e migration of collections, and ee New Library on page 3
Gopher
" Gopher" is the name of software tha t was developed in 1991 at the Uni ersity of Minnesota where it
provided a means to
_--_" tunnel through the
Internet". In less than 3
years, about 2000
institutions have
developed their own
Gophers, making it
possible for the camp rer user to access computers aU over the world while feeling as if the interaction takes place with the local machine.
What does Gopher do? In general, it provides hierarchical menu- based access to information available at Gopher servers. Individuals can log onto Gophers, and Gophers can point to other Gophers. The software is designed to find and retrieve documents that meet search criteria input by the user.
Gopher was originally designed to provide the University of Minnesota community with a flexible Campus­Wide
Infonnation System ( CWIS) for distribution of news and announcements. The UM Gopher developers sought a way for departmental infonnation providers to
maintain control over their own data while at the same time distributing the data to physica\' ly reside on multiple computers in multiple locations. Their solution was a TCP/ IP- based c1ient­serverprotocol
andaset ofapplications that allowed linking multiple servers across campus; the information was presented in a way that made it al1 appear to come from the same place. This same method of linkage is now used to link Gopher servers around the world, resulting in a seamless ( usually!) network of servers, all of which can be accessed through a single, menu- driven interface.
One of Gopher's most attractive and useful features is its ability to integrate a variety of services in a single basic application - users do not need to learn many different software packages, commands or etwork addresses. The services are presented to the user as a series of nested menus, resembling a hierarchical file system. Menus may contain submenus, files or other kinds of " objects," s~ ch as t Inet sessions, index searches or links to servers. Navigating the menus is a simple upland- down operation, down through a series of menus, and then back up to the top or " root" menu. Gopher can remevedesired documents, save t em to files, and in some cases, mail the documents to an e- mail address.
At Claremont we are developing our own Gopher- based CWIS, and are providing access to Gophers all over theworld. Theserverfor theClaremont Colleges' CWIS resides on a NeXT computer named OSIRIS, housed at the Harvey Mudd College campus; the telnet address is gopher. c1aremont. edu. At the Libraries, we have a Gopher client menu available for faculty, staff and students; telnet to library. claremont. edu.
You can reach the LIBRARY menu on the Claremont Gopher CWIS by selecting " Libraries" from the top level menu of the CWIS. Likewise, you can reach the Claremont Gopher CWIS through the LlBRARY menu. If you have trouble connecting to our CWIS and are on campus or dialing in to the system, you should contact your campus computing center for assistance. If you are in the Libraries, ask a reference librarian for help.
Regardless of whether you begin by navigating the Claremont Gopher CWIS, or decide to immediately explore Gophers throughout the world available over the Internet, you will quickly become an expert at navigation and will be amazed at all the infonnation that is easily accessible to you.
tLinda Qunter
CONNECTIONS Is published and distributed during the Fall and Spring semesters.
Contributors: Jean Beckner. Gale Burrow. BonnIe Clemens. Glenda Ebersole. Meg Garrett. Undo Gunter Bart Harloe, Judy Harvey Sohak. Jill Vassllakos­long
Editors: BartHarloe. GaleBlJTow. and Glenda Ebersole ( This newsletter was produced using Aldus Pagemaker 5.0. Aldus Freehand 3.1. and Adobe Photoshop 2.5 fOf the Mac.)
Contact: Glenda Ebersole. Admin. Assist.. Honnold/ Mudd Ubrary, ext. 8046
2 I CONNECTIONS a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges New Library cont'd from page 2
3) funding for information resources/ i nfrastucture.
A draft of this plan will be produced byMay, 1994. Opponunitiesforcomment bythe membersoftheClaremontacademic community will be provided. This plan will help to guide the Library as it moves toward the year 2C( X).
In addition, the Libraries have recently established an ongoing Networked Services Group, whose mission will be to provide planning and suppon for those library services provided over the network to remote users. ( See the related article on the Gopher in this issue.) The members of this group are: Ban Harloe ( Chair), Gale Burrow, Brian Ebersole, Linda Gunter, Bill Spivey, and Mary Martin.
Finally, the Library hopes to establish a Resources Committee, composed of librarians, faculty members, and computer center staff. Its focus will be to " review the mix of materials fanna , networked resources, and remote resources offered by the Libraries and to develop a five year plan for the colb" tions."
tBart HarlDe
oover lIectioı ata og Honoredı
Jurors have selected the primed catalog of a major special collection at The Clare montColleges for" A Century ofLibrary Publications" Exhibition. The Herbert Clark Hootler Collection ofMining and Metallurgy, Bibliotew De Re MecaUica,
published by the Libraries in 1980, will travel through the summer of 1996 t sites across the United States and Canada. It is part of a retrospective surveyofpublicationsby libraries, 893­[
993. " The Hoover Catalog" joins a distinguished and significant group of publications selected for their integration of text and design that will be exhibited at such research libraries as Harvard University, the University of Virginia, Brown University and the Huntington Library. The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges will host the exhibition in 1996.
Organized by Phillip Bevis of Arundel Antiquarian Books in Los Angeles to recognize the contributions of libraries to publishing history, the exhibition includes catalogs of collections and libraries, cited major bibliographies, library and institutional histories, exhibition catalogs, and annual reports. " The Hoover Catalog," annotated by then Assistant Director for Science David Kuhner and cataloged by the former special collections librarian Tania Rizzo, was printed at the Arion Press in San Francisco, whose proprietor/ owner is Andrew Hoyem, Pomona College alumnus.
The catalog details the personal library on the history of sciences collected by President Herbert Clark Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover. The collection came to the colleges in 1970 as a gift from the Hoover family. The collection of about one thousand volumes on mining, mathematics, astronomy and alchemy, natural history, and geology was amassed by the Hoovers and used to prepare his 1912 English translation of Agricola's De Re Metallica ( Basel, 1556). The Hoover Collection is housed at the Sprague Library, Harvey Mudd campus.
A catalog of " A Century of Library Publications" is in preparation. For additional information, contact Judy Harvey Sahak at ext. 3977 or 8973.
tJudy Harvey Sahak
Look for the two library handouts included in this issue. " Tips for Searching Blais" clarifies Blais status codes and explains The Libraries' new procedures for placing a hold on a book. " Selected Electronic Resources" groups available databases by subject area and indicates how they can be accessed.
Library Instruction
The Libraries offer weekly classes in the use ofelectronic resources. Some classes provide basic infonnation and search strategies, others focus on databases in selected subject areas.
Classes are offered on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the Honnold/ Mudd Library classroom. To reserve space in a class, sign up at the Honnold/ Mudd Reference Desk or call ext. 3959.
Classmate/ ClP instruction will be scheduled as requested for classes or individuals.
SPRING SEMESTER
Basics
Tuesday, Mar. 1, 4: 15 Wednesday, Mar. 9, 4: 15 Tuesday, Mar. 15, 12: 15 Wednesday, Mar. 23, 12: 15 Tuesday, Mar. 29, 4: 15 Wednesday, Apr. 6, 4: 15 Tuesday, Apr. 12,12: 15 Wednesday, Apr. 20, 12: 15 Tuesday, Apr. 26 4: 15
Businessan Economics
Wednesday, Mal'. 2, 12: 15 Wednesday, Mar. 16, 4: 15 Wednesday, Apr. 27, 12: 15
Humanities
Tuesday, Mar. 22,4: 15ı Tuesday, Mar. 30, 12: 15ı
Social Sciences
Tuesday, Mar. 8, 12: 15
Sciences
Wednesday, Apr. 13,4: 15
LexislNexis ( Basic)
Tuesday, Mar. 8, 5: 15
exislNexis Law)
Tuesday, Mar. 22, 5: 15ı Wednesday, Mar. 30,5: 15ı Tuesday, Apr. 19,4: 15ı
Classmate/ CIP instruction will be offered on Thursdays at 4: 15 as needed, or as scheduled for classes or Individuals. Contact Honnold/ Mudd Reference at ext. 3959.
3 / CO NECTIONS a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges Multi- Media MAC( intosh)
Advances in technology revolutionize the ways in which information can be offered. Multi- media is one of these advances. The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges have purchased several multi- media products for use by our students and faculty. These multi- media " books" go beyond the written word, offering archival footage of historic events, artifacts, sites or performances to enhance an on- screen text. The following titles are available for faculty to experiment with and to assign to classes.
Perseus is a CD and laserdisc text on ancient Greece. It includes an historical overview; primary texts from Aeschylus, Apollodorus, Herodotus, Hesiod, Homer, Pausanias, Pindar, Plutarch, Sophocles, and Thucydides; and articles by modem scholars. The texts are complemented by an index which opens views of sites, buildings and artwork - often multiple views have been recorded so that the scholar can " virtually visit" a place or an object that is discussed in the text.
The producers of Poetry in Motion ask, " Does
communication via printing press dull and denigrate our most ancient verbal art form?" On this CD, modern poets perform their works. Interviews with many of the poets and texts of the poem ( as performed or as published) may also be viewed. Poets included are Helen Adam, Miguel Algarin, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Charles Bukowski, William
S. Burroughs, John Cage, Jim Carroll, Jayne Conez, Robert Creeley, Christopher Dewdney, Diane DiPrima, Kenward Elmslie, Allen
Ginsberg, John Giorno, Four Horsemen, Michael McClure, Ted Milton, Michael Ondaatje, Ed Sanders, Ntozake Shange, Gary Snyder, Tom Waits, and Anne Waldman.
All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis is a CD that contains t\' 10 comp itions: the title composition ( which is part three of Subotnick's Music for Three Imaginary Ballets, inspired by the collage novels of Max Ernst) and Five Scenes From an Imaginary Ballet.. While listening to the music you can view pictures chosen to accompany the music, view the score, or view the composer's commentary on the passage. There are also several informal interviews with the composer, a description of Max Ernst's collage novels, information on how this multi- media work was created, biographies of Ernst and Subotnick and the performers on this recording, and commentaries from the programmer and the recording engineer.
Who Built America? From the Centennial Celebration of 1876 to the Great War of 1914 is a CD that includes the text of the book Who Built America? Working People and the Nation's Economy, Politics, Culture and Society. The CD also includes electronic reproductions of pictures, old newspaper accounts, sound recordings, film clips, and other archival
Small SCreen POETRY IN MOTION
Robert Creeley
SELF · PORH! All gnd BRESSON'S MOVIES
knew his almost complacent anguish and ! he distance he felt from his girt Yet another fllm
of Bresson's has the DgWlg lancelot wtth the awkward ann or standing in a woods. of small trees
IIIPerformance D Int.. rvlew A. performed D A. publl, hed
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materials as well as retrospective analysis by scholars. With this CD you can read a scholar's account of an event, then read, listen to or watch primary materials: for instance, you can listen to a recording of an interview with Eubie Blake, or see a film dip of the suffragettes marching on the Edison building. There are over 200 " excursions" recorded into the CD archive, giving students the opportunity to view source materials on America's past.
The multimedia station also has some hypertext files ( text only) of the science fiction novellas of William Gibson ( Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Neuromancer, and Virtual Light), The Annotated Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, lntergrams ( a form of non- linear poetry), and Moby Dick.
For more information about these multi- media materials, contactGale Burrow, HonnoldfMudd Reference Department, ext. 3987.
IJill Vassilakos- Long
4/ CON ECTIONS a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges Database News:
Hlstorlcsl CO- ROM covers
Journsl collection st
Claremont
A new index is now available on the Libraries' CD- ROM network. Segment one of PCI, the Periodicals Contents Index, provides access to 252 scholarly North American journals in the humanities and social sciences published between 1900 and 1960. Most other computer indexes begin coverage in the 1970s or 1980s, so PCI provides valuable access to material that previously required time- consuming manual searching.
PCI covers journals in the fields of anthropology, art and architecture, classics, economics, education, history, languages and linguistics, law, literature, music, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion and theology, sociology, women's studies, and general social sciences and humanities. The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges own backfiles of almost 90% of the journals included in this database.
Through table of contents searching, PCI allows access to the massive amounts of scholarship contained in these journals in the same ways newer material is available through CD- ROM versions of MLA International Bibliography, PsycLit, ERIC, PAIS, Humanities Index, Social Sciences Index, and other populo r comput r indexes. Article citations indexed in PCI can be br wsed or searched by keywords, authors and titles. Results may be viewed one by one, or in the context of their tables of contents.
Access to PCI is through the General Reference sub- menu on the Libraries' CD- ROM network, on stations in the Libraries. All areas of study in the social s iences and humanities will benefit from the thousands of additional citations available in PCI.
IMeg Qarrett
Electro ic Interlibrary Loan Req ests
It is now possible for you to make an Interlibrary Loan request from your own computer. First, determine through Blais that The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges do not own an item that you need. Then, you may make an electronic Interlibrary Loan request for that item by using the LIBRARY menu. From the Main Menu, select P for Patron Services, and then select I for Interlibrary Loan request. You will be asked a series ofquestions, the answers to which will give the ILL Department the information needed to process your request. If you have questions about this new feature of the LIBRARY menu, please call Linda Gunter, ext. 3979.
lLinda Qunter
Interlibrary Loan Request
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges ( v. rl. l)
> Main Menuı > Gateway servicesı
Z Read about these services R RLIN ( 40,000,000 catalog records) F First Search ( WorldCat & journal citations) N Uncover ( journal citations) M Melvyl ( Univ. of Calif. Online Catalog) L Library of Congress G Claremont Gopher CWIS I Interlibrary Loan Requeat A Connect to CORom Tower
E Extra services and gateways
x Exit
Option? I
Request a Book
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges ( v. rl. l)
> Main Menuı > Gateway servicesı
B Request a Book
J Request a Journal Article
X Exit interlibrary loan
Option? B
5/ CONNECTIONS a newsletter from the library to the faculty of The Claremont Colleges SELECTED ELEC~ ONIC RE OU CES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRA IES
AS
Asian Studies, by
appointment
CD
CD- ROM Network Access
( available in all Libraries)
PS FirstSearch* ı GP Government Publicationsı 8M Honnold/ Mudd Referenceı I Internet Resources* ı
* Available in all Libraries and from remote access through the Library Menu.
All Subjects/ General Reference Article1 st ( FS) Encyclopedia ( Concise Columbia
Electronic) ( FS) Consumer Index ( FS) Eventline ( FS) Expanded Academic Index ( CD) FactSearch ( FS) Groliers Encyclopedia ( CD) Internet ( I) MELVYL ( I) PerAbs ( Periodical Abstracts) ( FS) Periodical Contents Index,
1900- 1960 ( CD) ReadGuideAbs ( Readers Guide Abstracts) ( FS) Readers Guide to Periodical
Literature ( FS) RUN ( I) Statistical Masterfile ( CD)
U. S. Government Periodicals
Index ( GP) USClnfo ( I) WoridCat ( FS)
Anthropologyı Social Sciences Index ( FS, HM) ı
Art I erforming Arts/ Filmı Art Index ( FS) ı Humanities Index ( FS, HM) ı
Biographyı Biography Index ( FS) ı LexisiNexis ( HM, GP, AS) ı
BIologyı Agricola ( FS) ı BiolAgrlndex ( Biological & ı
Agricultural Index ( FS) BioDigest ( FS) BIOSIS ( FS)
Booksı Books in Print Plus ( HM) ı Book Review Digest ( FS) ı WoridCat ( FS) ı
Spring 1994
Business/ Industry Information ABVlnform ( CD, R) Business Dateline,
1/ 85- 1 (}' 92 ( HM) Business Organizations ( FS) BusPerlndex ( Business
Periodicals Index) ( FS) Census of Agriculture, 1987 ( GP) County Business Patlerns ( GP) Disclosure ( FS) Economic Census, 1987 ( GP) InfoTrac: General Business
F~( HM)
LexisiNexis ( HM, GP, AS) WilBusAbs ( Wilson Business Abstracts) ( FS) Worldscope ( FS)
Chemistryı Chemical Kinetics ( S) ı
Computing/ Informationı Scienceı ACM Computing Archive ( S) ı INSPEC ( FS) ı MathSci Disc ( S) ı MicrocompAbs ( Microcomputerı
Abstracts) ( FS)
Criminal Justice National Economic, Social, and
Environmental DataBank ( GP) Social Sciences Index ( FS, HM) SocioAbs ( FS) Sociofile ( CD)
Demogr phics/ Populatlo 1990 Census of Population and
Housing ( GP) County and City Databook ( GP) Popline ( HM) SocioAbs ( FS) Sociofile ( CD) USA Counties ( GP)
Dissertations Dissertation Abstracts International ( HM)
P
Pomona Science Library
R
Remote Access to CD- ROMs
( from Library Menu)
S
Sprague Library
Econo ics EconLit ( CD. R) National Economic, Social, and
Environ DataBank ( GP) President Clinton's Economic Plan ( GP) Regional Economic Information
Systems ( GP) Social Sciences Index ( FS, HM) USA Counties ( GP)
Education/ libraries ERIC ( CD, R, FS) Education Index ( FS) Library Literature ( FS)
Employment ( US) by Industry or Location County Business Patlern ( GP) Equal Employment Opportunity
File ( GP) Occupational Outlook Handbook ( GP)
Eng ne ring/ Technology ApplScilndex ( Applied Science and Technology Index) ( FS) Englndex ( Concise Engineering and Technology Index) ( FS)
INSPEC ( FS) ı
Et nlc Studiesı Ethnic Newswatch ( HM) ı Latin American Database ( HM) ı SocioAb ( FS) ı
Sociofile ( CD) ı
nvlronment/ Ecolo y/ Hazardous Sub tances EPADoc( ) EPA Toxic C mical Release
Inventory ( GP) HazardoUS Materials Information Syste ( GP) LexisiNexis ( HM, GP, AS) ationa! Economic, Social, and Environmental DataBank ( GP) Occupatio I Hea and safety Admin/ OSHA ( GP) Gover ment Congressional Masterfile ( GP) Congress' I Record ( GP) Defe e Logistics Agency ( GP) Gene I rvices Admin
FIRMRIFAR ( GP) ı GPO thly Catalog ( FS, GP) ı H h Care R ncing Admin. ı
Regulations ( GP) ı lexislNexis ( HM, GP, AS) ı PAIS ( CD, FS) ı
U. S. Govemment Periodicalsı Index ( GP) ı
History A& H Search ( Arts & Humanities
Citation Index) ( FS) ı Humanities Index ( FS, HM) ı Social Sciences Index ( FS, HM) ı
H usin American Housing Survey ( GP) Comprehensive Housing
An rdability ( GP)
International Affail's/ Pollt cal elenee Agency for Inter lional
Development ( GP) ı PAl ( C , FS) ı Soc;: ial Sciences Index ( FS, HM) ı United Nations Index ( GP) ı
Journ I Tabl of Contents
ervleeı Contents1 st ( FS) ı Current Contents: Sciences ( P) ı CARL nCover ( I) ı
l w/ L gislatlon California Code of
R g lalio ( GP) Congre ional Masterfile ( GP) l xislNex' ( HM, GP, AS) United States Code ( GP)
Llterat re and Language A& H Search ( Arts & Humanities Citation Index) ( FS) Disc ': American
Authors ( HM) Humanitie Index ( FS, HM) MLA Bibliography ( FS, CD) Oxford Englis Dictionary ( HM)
hakespeare on Disc ( HM)
Mathematics Mat i Disc ( S)
M dleln / H alth Chronic Di sa Prevention and
Heahh Promotion Rle ( GP) ı Medline ( FS) ı Na ional H h Interviewı
Survey, 1987- 1991 ( GP) ı P line ( HM) ı
Music A& H Search ( Arts & Humanities
Citation Index) ( FS) Humanities Index ( FS, HM) Music Index, 1981 · 1989 ( HM) RILM/ MUSE, 1970- 1984 ( HM)
News Ethnic Newswatch ( HM) Foreign Broadcast
Irlorrnation Service ( GP) latin American Database ( HM) LexislNexis ( HM, GP, AS) NewsAbs ( Newspaper
Abstracts) ( FS)
Parliamentary Papers British Partiamentary Papers ( GP)
Philosophy/ Religion A& H Search ( Arts & Humanities Citation Index) ( FS) Humanities Index ( FS, HM)
Physics INSPEC ( FS)
Psychologyı PsychFIRST ( FS) ı PsycLit ( CD, R) ı Social Sciences Index ( FS, H ) ı
Public Polleyı LexisiNexis ( HM, GP, AS) ı National Economic, Social, andı
Environmental Databank ( GP) PAIS ( CD) Popline ( HM)
Sciences Applied Science & Technology Index ( FS) GenScilndex ( General Science
Index) ( FS) NOAA Charts ( GP) Science Citation
Index ( 1989- current) ( P) Sociology Popline ( HM) SocioAbs ( FS) SocioFile ( CD) Social Sciences Index ( FS, HM)
Tradeı National Trade Data Bank ( Gp) ı US Exports of Merchandise ( GP) ı US Imports of Merchandise ( GP) ı
United Nationsı PAIS ( CD, FS) ı United Nations Index ( GP) ı
2/ 28/ 94
TI S ON SEARCHING BLAIS: INTERPRETING STA US NOTES AND REQUESTING MATERIALS
A location box at the bottom of the screen may display several STATUS notes:
LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS l> HON PN2287 CS M2 recentl returned
Bel w are explanations of various STATUS notes that may appear at the bottom of the screen:
NOT CHECKD OUT:
IN TRANSIT:
RECENTLY RETURNED:
BEING PROCESSD:
DUE:
HOLD: or OLDS
MISSING: or ON SEARCH
NON- CIRC:
ORDERED:
UNDER CONSIDERATI
SK AT STC: or RSA
BINDING:
o. r M DING The item is not checked out. Since materials are sometimes misshe1ved or removed by readers using them in the Library, NOT CHECKED OUT is not a guarantee that an Hem is on the shelf in its proper place.
The item has been recently returned and is currently enroute to its campus Library.
The item has recentlybeen returned and is inthe process ofbeing. reshelved.
The L'brary recently acquired the item, but it is not yet available for check out.*
The item is checked out. The date following DUE indicates when the item should be returned to the Library."
The item is checked out and reader( s) have placed HOL ( 5) on it. When the item is returned, the reader who placed the first hold will b notified to pick it up at a Circulation Desk."
The item cannot be located in the Library and is unavailable. IT you are a Claremont Colleges' student, faculty, or staff member, you may request that a copy be borrowed from another library at the Interlibrary Loan ffice.
The item is part of a non- eirculating collection and is available fo. r use only in the Library.
The Library s ordered the item, but it has not yet arrived. The date following ORDERED indicates when the order was placed. Most items arrive within eight to ten weeks after being ordered."
The item is currently being considered as a potential purchase for the Library."
The item is located at either the School of Theology at Claremont Library ( STC) or the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Library ( RSA). For more specific information on a particular title at either location, enquire at either STC or RSA.
The Library has acquired the item and it is either at the bindery or currently being repairedin e Library."
.. See other side for information on requesting materials. HOLDS
SEARCHES
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L cation Codes for The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges; HON Honnold/ Mudd Library DEN Denison Library SPR Sprague Library POM Pomona Science Library
Affiliated Libraries:
STC School of Theology at Claremont Libraryı RSA Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Libraryı
How to request materials that are displayed in BLAIS
If you are a student, staff or faculty member of The Claremont Colleges, and have a valid library card, the services described below may be initiated at one of the public
rv'ce d ks at anyone of The Libraries of The Claremont Colleges. You will be notified when an item that you have requested becomes availabl . In most cases, you may pick up the item at the appropriate Circulation Desk.
Should you place a hold on an item that is checked 0 t, it will be recalled for you if
the reader using it has had it for at least 2 weeks. Should more than one person
place a hold on an item, the holds will be processed on first hoI , first served basis.
" What t expect when you request materials If you place a HOLD on an item BEING PROCESSED, it will usuallybe ready for c ck out in seven working days. Items BEING PROCESSED for non- eirculating collections like the Reference Collection will be available for use only in the Library.
Should you place a hold on an ORDERED item, you wiD be notified when it bec es available. Since some items may go out of . tint or otherwise be
unobtainable, it is possible that some ORDERED items may n v r arrive.
Items U ER CONSIDERATION may ultimately be rejected and not purchased by the Library. Should you place a hold on such an item, you will be notified when it becomes available.
In or er to retrieve an item that is in MENDING, enquire at the Circulation D sk. The item will usually be ready for check out in five working day. The tum- around period for items at the bindery ( BINDING) is usually six weeks. You will be notified when the item is available.
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HOLDINGS: Ava bIe Irom center lor earc: h Ubrorlet. Alk Inlerlbrary L Featured Special Collections:
Maytorena and Wagner Collections
Jose Maria Maytorena and Henry
R. Wagner may not be names that come to mind when the Mexican Revolution, 1910- 1920, and voyages to the west coast of America are mentioned. More familiar names such as Pancho Villa, Zapata, and Cabrillo you probably know. Scholars from across the country, however, are aware of the Maytorena and Wagner collections and journey to Claremont to do research.
Jose Maria Maytorena was the governor of Sonora, a province in northern Mexico, in 1910, at the time of the Mexican Revolution. In his papers are coded messages and other communications with leading political figures including Francisco ( Pancho) Villa, in 1914- 1915, and Emiliano Zapata. This manuscript collection was given to Claremont McKenna College by Maytorena's son in 1967. Over 2000 pieces of correspondence from 18805­1940s
comprise the collection.
Closely related to the Maytorena papers is a collection of Mexican newspapers. These 300 very large bound volumes include newspapers published mainly in Mexico City, but also in Guadalajara, New York, and Madrid. They cover a period from 1848 to 1935.
The Wagner collection was given to Pomona College in 1935. Itconsists of maps, transcripts, books, and pamphlets gathered by Henry Raup Wagner for his book, Cartography ofthe North West Coast ofAmerica to the Year
1800, Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, two volumes. Wagner ( 1862- 1957) was educated at Yale
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University in law but ended up as a mining engineer, working in Mexico with the Guggenheims. In 1892, while in Mexico, he started his collection of Western Americana, including our collection concerned with the early voyages along the west coast. He retired in 1920 to Berkeley where he pursued book collecting and bibliography. His other works, which still stand as major bibliographies of the west are The Spanish Southwest, 1542­1794,
published in 1929, and The Plains and the Rockies, a bibliography oforiginal narratives, 1800 · 1865, published in 1937. Wagner later moved to San Marino, California where he made full use of the Huntington Library.
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