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COPAC Map search developments
Access to details of cartographic material has been improved by a
number of recent COPAC developments.
- The British Library Map Catalogue has been loaded onto COPAC and
these records are now included in your COPAC search results. Web
browser access to this catalogue is currently only available through
COPAC. You can access COPAC at:
http://copac.ac.uk/
- Records from all contributing libraries now include an improved
display of map scale information.
- In addition, a new map search interface is available on COPAC V3,
the experimental interface to COPAC. You don't have to use this
interface to find maps, they will be retrieved using any of the
COPAC interfaces, but the map search allows you to restrict your
search just to cartographic items such as maps, nautical charts,
atlases, some plans and topographical drawings. The map search also
includes new search options, in the form of a place name search and
both exact and fuzzy map scale searching. You can access COPAC V3
from the COPAC Home Page at:
http://copac.ac.uk/
- We have also added a couple of new fields to the COPAC Download
record. One is for any URL's that appear in the records, the other
is for map scale information. The COPAC EndNote connection file and
Reference Manager filter file have been updated to incorporate these
new fields. You can download copies of these files from the FAQ page
at:
http://copac.ac.uk/faq.html#import
We would appreciate feedback on these developments and in particular
we would like comments on the map search interface on COPAC V3. You
can contact us by filling in the feedback form on COPAC V3, or by
sending an email to the Helpdesk: [log in to unmask]
regards
Shirley Cousins
COPAC Helpdesk
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