Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 10:58:13 -0700
From: "Barbara Smallwood Stock" <bstockatlcom.net(a)mindspring.com>
To: <GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Subject: {not a subscriber} RE: [GAGEN-L] Interlibrary Loan
Perhaps the individual who requested into on the lending library was
referring to Genealogical Center Library, P.O. Box 71343, Marietta GA
30007-1343. They have a huge list of books available and the prices are
reasonable. You see their ad in genealogical publications. I have dealt
with them in the past and found them to be quite reputable.
Barbara Smallwood Stock, CGRS
-----Original Message-----
From: JohnR238(a)aol.com [mailto:JohnR238@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 7:05 AM
To: GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [GAGEN-L] Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan is a service provided by public and academic libraries
usually at no cost to the patron. All you really need is a book title and
author, but edition and publisher information is helpful.
Anyway, even if you find the book in a particular library's catalog
yourself,
chances are it will come to you from a completely different source.
Librarians check a hierarcy of libraries that step from their local to
regional to state to regional until the book is located, and the academic /
university libraries have a different hierarcy in place from the public
libraries. At some point these cross over though, because I often get
books
from University libraries through my public library ILL requests.
Having said all that, most states now have a combined statewide library
catalog in place. In Georgia, it's referred to as GIL and you can access
the
catalog for searching the entire state of university libraries at
http://gil.uga.edu/
Public libraries now have regional combined catalogs in place and they may
be
accessed at
http://www.peachnet.edu/galileo/libraries.html
This info. is excerpted from How To Do Research On The Internet - a set of
12
self paced lessons I developed in conjunction with Dr. Robert Fernekes, PhD.
Reference Librarian at Georgia Southern. It is available for $24.95 on CD.
John Rigdon
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