Abbreviated Cataloguing Microfiche

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

A new Curriculum Corporation product designed to assist schools quickly locate the SCIS Order Number or ISBN to order cards, and machine readable records by having to search through less sheets of microfiche. Particular help for schools using ASCISRECON.


Features

  • Index by title (The first title in each frame is indexed).
  • Each record contains: author, title, publication details, DDC 20 and ADDC 12 Call Numbers, ISBN and SCIS Order Number.
  • January Cumulation only 70 sheets versus almost 200 in the Full Cataloguing Microfiche.

HOW DO I USE MICROFICHE?

Can I order full descriptive catalogue cards from this fiche?

Cards or machine readable records can be ordered in full or abbreviated descriptive cataloguing format from this type of microfiche by just noting down the SCIS Order Number or ISBN.

What is the best method to search this microfiche?

With the Full Cataloguing Microfiche the index is by author, however the often requested title index has been included as the search mechanism for the Abbreviated Cataloguing Microfiche. To locate a SCIS Order Number, sort the resource into alphabetical order by title.

Will I get updates?

Every month subscribers receive an update of the new resources on the database as per the Full Cataloguing Microfiche. Each update includes the previous month's additions to the database.

Does this microfiche complement ASCISRECON?

The most effective way to use ASCISRECON is to order the records by SCIS Order Number which should result in a 100% 'hit rate'. This is providing you have located the number from a current set of microfiche or SCIS card set. The Abbreviated Cataloguing Microfiche speeds up the searching process by providing less sheets of microfiche to check and when the record is located the information required (i.e ... SCIS Order Number) is easier to locate.

 

Microfiche Schedule 1992

Cataloguing Microfiche Full & Abbreviated

Cumulation in Schools ..... 28 JAN

Feb Updates .................... 28 FEB

March Updates .................. 3 APR

April Updates ..................... 6 MAY

May Updates ...................... 5 JUN

June Updates ..................... 3 JUL

July Updates ...................... 7 AUG

August Updates .. ............... 4 SEP

September Updates ........... 2 OCT

October Updates ................ 3 NOV

November Updates .......... 27 NOV

Subject Authority Microfiche

(4 times/year)

7 FEB, 8 MAY, 14 AUG, 6 NOV

Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

SCIS