Bibliographic Records Accessible in LocatorPlus

NLM bibliographic records for serials, monographs, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources and other materials are available online via World Wide Web access to NLM LocatorPlus, NLM's Web-based online public access catalog.

NLM LocatorPlus integrates in one file NLM records for all materials (print, non-print, electronic resources, etc.), regardless of format.

LocatorPlus includes records in certain subject areas, such as health services research, space life sciences, bioethics, or family planning/populations research created cooperatively with other libraries that are part of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine®, or organizations that have or have had cooperative agreement with NLM to create LocatorPlus records.

NLM LocatorPlus contains records for a mixture of cataloged and uncataloged materials. Users may identify records for cataloged titles in NLM LocatorPlus by clicking on the MARC VIEW tab and examining the MARC 21 record. NLM identifies cataloged records by adding the value "AUTH" in an NLM locally-defined field MARC 21 field 999. Records which contain this identifier are distributed to licensees of NLM MARC 21 products.

Last updated: 26 April 2004
First published: 26 April 2004
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