Electronic Information Resources and Access
The University Libraries provide access to a variety of digital information, including the library catalog and other local databases, and a growing number of commercial databases that are licensed for use by the university community. Access methods continue to change as the delivery of electronic information evolves. Currently, Internet (Web) access predominates.The web-based library catalog (Cameo) contains records of items owned by the libraries, as well as items on order or being cataloged for library collections. Cameo is part of a system that integrates acquisitions and cataloging functions with circulation, reserve, and user service functions. Users can see if items are available or checked out when they use the library catalog; they can also request services (like Renew Item or Request Check-out Item).
Users may access Cameo from any computer with Internet capability at: As the digital library environment matures, more full-text documents and images are becoming available. Some vendors who are providing full-text documents are no longer reporting numbers of searches.| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |||||||
| Searches Performed using Cameo (Library Catalog) | 605,260 | 676,477 | 596,013 | ||||||
| Searches Performed on Library Information System (LIS)* | 194,542 | 6,488 | -- | ||||||
| Searches Performed to Licensed and Local Web Resources | 219,719 | 297,776 | 416,468 | ||||||
| Total Database Searches | 1,019,521 | 980,741 | 1,012,481 | ||||||
| Total Full-text Documents Retrieved | 61,523 | 172,536 | 207,284 | ||||||
* LIS was phased out by August 1998.
| VIDEO VIEWING CLUSTER* | ||||||
| FALL 1996 TO FALL 2000 | ||||||
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | ||
| VCR carrels | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 14 | |
| Laserdisc carrels* | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | |
| DVD carrels** | --- | --- | --- | --- | 8 | |
| Videotapes viewed in carrels | 9,167 | 8,696 | 6,875 | 4,628 | 4,761 | |
| Videotapes previewed by Faculty | 1,038 | 791 | 775 | 865 | 771 | |
| Videotapes used in class | 1,280 | 1,547 | 1,439 | 1,565 | 1,684 | |
| TOTAL | 11,485 | 11,034 | 9,089 | 7,058 | 7,216 | |
| *Prior to 2000, the Video Viewing Cluster was under "Instructional Technology". It is now part of the library. | ||||||
| **Prior to 2000, this category was "Videodisc/VCR carrels". | ||||||
| ***DVD carrels were first counted in 2000. | ||||||
| NOTE: There are a total of 15 actual viewing carrels, which are equipped for the above medias. | ||||||