MIDCAT, the Library catalog, is currently experiencing some problems with searches limited to certain media formats (“scopes” in library lingo). This problem is affecting searches limited to formats selected from the drop-down menu as well those selected using the tabs across the top of the search screen: Specifically: […]…Continue Reading Problems with Format Limits (“Scopes”) in MIDCAT (library catalog)
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Upcoming library catalog (MIDCAT) downtime – June 12
MIDCAT unavailable June 12, 2018. The library will remain open….Continue Reading Upcoming library catalog (MIDCAT) downtime – June 12
MIDCAT downtime tomorrow, Tuesday, 3/6/18
Hello again This is another reminder that MIDCAT will be unavailable on Tuesday, Mar. 6, between 4AM-8AM. This includes staff client side functions as well as the webPAC (go/midcat/) and includes all lookup and checkout functions, among other services. Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience. Terry Simpkins Director, Discovery and […]…Continue Reading MIDCAT downtime tomorrow, Tuesday, 3/6/18
What’s With This “Quick Search” Thing…?
As new students arrive at college campuses everywhere, we all know the first thing they do is … check out their library’s web page (go/library)! So, once you do that, you might wonder: what’s with this “library quick search” thing? … Continue reading →…Continue Reading What’s With This “Quick Search” Thing…?
Welcome to our summer students
Welcome to the summer Language School and Breadloaf students. Find useful tips on the LIS pages (go/lis), (go/lib), and (go/helpdesk) Use (go/subjectguides) for links to databases, CDs, video and more Begin your research, searching for articles across both databases and … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Welcome to our summer students
MIDCAT search alerts
Are you interested in receiving automatic weekly updates for new library acquisitions? The easiest way to do this is to set up a preferred search in MIDCAT and select the option to Mark for Email. This generates a weekly email … Continue reading →…Continue Reading MIDCAT search alerts
Middlebury faculty authors: finding in MIDCAT
The Cataloging department has added a genre/subject field in MIDCAT records for books that have been written, edited, or contributed to by Middlebury faculty. Try doing a MIDCAT genre search for Faculty authors, and you’ll see all the titles that … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Middlebury faculty authors: finding in MIDCAT