Introducing COPAC: the academic research library union catalogue
What is COPAC?
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COPAC gives FREE access to the merged online catalogues of some of the
largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland. It
provides a single point of access to c. 7 million records, supplied by
the following 18 universities. There are 5 more catalogues being
loaded.
- Birmingham
- Cambridge
- Durham
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
- Leeds
- Liverpool [currently loading]
- London School of Economics (The British Library of Political and
Economic Science)
- Manchester
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- School of Advanced Study, including the catalogues of:
- The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- The Institute of Classical Studies
- The Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- The Institute of Germanic Studies
- The Institute of Historical Research
- The Institute of Latin American Studies
- The Warburg Institute
- Sheffield
- Trinity College Dublin
- University College London
- University of London Library, including the catalogues of:
- Heythrop College
- School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies
- Warwick
COPAC records
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COPAC brings together the strengths of individual library collections,
ranging across the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and
Medicine.
Materials range from c.1100AD onwards. Some 300 languages are
represented, including significant European language collections. A
variety of materials are represented, eg. books, reports, journals,
videos and music. Increasing numbers of records provide a link to the
full-text of the document online.
COPAC is updated to reflect changes in the libraries' collections,
ensuring database currency and quality are maintained.
Accessing COPAC
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There are two easy to use interfaces:
- A Web Interface:
http://copac.ac.uk/
- A Text Interface:
telnet copac.ac.uk
username & password = copac
You can search using title, author and organisation name, publisher,
subject, date, language and library. Search result displays include
local library details.
You may review previous searches, tag and download records in a form
accepted by reference management software.
COPAC is also accessible via Z39.50. Full details available at:
http://copac.ac.uk/copac/z39.50/
Further Information
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For information or search advice contact the COPAC Helpdesk:
[log in to unmask]
Tel: 0161 275 6037
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- COPAC is a MIMAS service, run by Manchester Computing -
- COPAC is funded by JISC and uses records provided by CURL -
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Dr Shirley Cousins - COPAC is a MIMAS
COPAC Service ([log in to unmask]) service. It is funded
Manchester Computing, by JISC and uses data
University of Manchester supplied by CURL -
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Fax: 0161 275 6040 Tel: 0161 275 6037 http://copac.ac.uk/
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