FAQ
NLM LocatorPlus -- Finding Items Marked "Not Held at NLM"

Question: The call number in LocatorPlus for the book or audiovisual I want is the phrase "Not held at NLM." How do I get this title?

Answer:

- The title is not available from NLM
- In some cases, book or audiovisual titles listed in LocatorPlus are available from collaborating organizations which may be able to provide the title either on inter-library loan or for a fee
- To identify NLM's collaborating partners, click on the MARC VIEW tab and examine the value in the locally defined MARC 21 field 998. Follow the chart below to determine which organization may be able to supply the needed title:

Value in MARC 21 field 998 ‡a	Organization	Contact Information
HSRCRE HSRREV HSREL	ECRI http://www.ecri.org/	ECRI 5200 Butler Pike Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1298 Telephone: (610) 825-6000 FAX: (610) 834-1275 E-mail: info@ecri.org
KIECRE KIEREV KIEREL	National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/	National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Box 571212 Washington, DC 20057-1212 Telephone: (202) 687-3885 or (800) MED-ETHX FAX: (202) 687-6770 E-mail: medethx@gunet.georgetown.edu
NASCRE NASREV NASREL	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters Information Center http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ hqlibrary/ic/nasaic.htm	NASA Headquarters Information Center Washington, DC 20546-0001 Telephone: (202) 358-0000 FAX: (202) 358-3251 E-mail: info-center@hq.nasa.gov
NYACRE NYAREV NYAREL	New York Academy of Medicine http://www.nyam.org/library/requests.shtml	New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029-5293 Telephone: (212) 822-7362 FAX: (212) 722-7650 E-mail: wlinton@nyam.org
PIPREL	Population Information Program Johns Hopkins University http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/docdel.html	POPLINE® Info Project Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, MD 21202 Telephone: (410) 659-6300 FAX: (410) 659-6266 E-mail: popline@jhuccp.org

- If none of the above values appears in the MARC 21 field 998 in the MARC VIEW for the title you want and the title is a federal government publication, it may be available from either the U.S. Governement Printing Office (http://www.access.gpo.gov/) or from the National Technical Information Service (http://www.ntis.gov/) or from a U.S. government depository library in your area
- If none of the above values appears in the MARC 21 field 998 in the MARC VIEW for the title you want and the title is not a federal government publication, you may wish to check the catalogs of libraries in your area to locate a source for the information

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Last updated: 17 September 2004
First published: 12 April 1999
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FAQNLM LocatorPlus -- Finding Items Marked "Not Held at NLM"