Why use IPFW WorldCat?
IPFW WorldCat is an alternative to IUCAT, Indiana University's online library catalog. It provides a number of helpful new resources and services. IPFW WorldCat makes it easier to limit and focus your search results. Use the facets on the left side of the screen to limit your search by author, format, genre, topic, language, or date. More than one of these limits can be used at a time. Results are listed in relevance-ranked order, which means a title search will more likely bring up the title you want within the first few items. You can find more than 60 million journal articles in IPFW WorldCat. Use Check for Electronic Resources to link directly to the full text of the articles or see additional delivery options available to you at IPFW. With just a few clicks, you can request the delivery of a book or other item from an IU library using Request Delivery or from another library outside of IU through Document Delivery Services (Interlibrary Loan). IPFW WorldCat also helps you correctly cite an item in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, or Turabian style, and export bibliographic citations to EndNote.
Will IPFW WorldCat take the place of IUCAT?
IPFW WorldCat will not take the place of IUCAT in the near future. At present, it does not include all of the materials that you can find in IUCAT. Here are some of the limitations: IPFW WorldCat does not allow users to look for materials on class reserve by their course number, course title, or instructor. Materials on order do not appear in IPFW WorldCat. Some specialized research materials such as Lilly Library's rare books are not well represented in IPFW WorldCat. Searches cannot be limited to a specific IU library. Not all of IPFW's e-books and e-journals appear in IPFW WorldCat, but most of these can be found in IUCAT.
My keyboard supports typing in non-Roman scripts. Should I search in IPFW WorldCat or IUCAT?
Users who work in languages using non-Roman scripts, such as Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Russian can search for materials in IPFW WorldCat. Specialized language keyboards and scripts do not work in IUCAT.
Can I use IPFW WorldCat to find a book (or video or other item) on reserve for my class?
IPFW WorldCat will show you when a specific book or other item is on reserve. Only IUCAT lets you search for all of the items on reserve for a particular instructor or course number or course title. To search for materials on reserve at IPFW, use REX ReservesEXpress on the library's homepage.
I am looking for a specific electronic book, but I can’t find it in IPFW WorldCat. Why not?
At present, IPFW WorldCat does not include all of the electronic books purchased for use by IPFW Helmke Library users. Until IPFW WorldCat reaches an agreement with e-book publishers, use IUCAT to search for e-books.
I am looking for a specific electronic journal, but I can’t find it in IPFW WorldCat. Why not?
Not all of the electronic journals licensed for IPFW Helmke Library users are included in IPFW WorldCat. Most can be found in IUCAT. IPFW's e-journals can also be quickly accessed via E-Journal Finder on the library's homepage.
I am looking for a database or index, but I can’t find it in IPFW WorldCat. Why not?
Very few of the electronic databases and indexes licensed for IPFW Helmke Library users are included in IPFW WorldCat or IUCAT. The best resources for research can be accessed via Find Resources By... Title or Subject on the library's homepage. Always feel free to Ask a Librarian for research help.
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