Online Catalog Content Policy           מדיניות תכני הקטלוג

Page contents:    The following is the library's policy on cataloging material: Cataloging electronic material Cataloging print material

Cataloging electronic material

Electronic Material is cataloged when we have the right to access the material without copyright infringement.

Please search the web catalog:    catalog
More information:    HUfind : HUJI libraries catalog    (Library guide to connecting, including catalog history)

Electronic journals and book series:
Electronic journals appear in the catalog.

This includes e-journals from the following sources:

• Library subscriptions
• Hebrew University subscriptions
• Package and aggregator subscriptions
• MALMAD subscriptions
• Free e-journals or series

Print subscriptions (past and present) appear in a separate record.

More information: Electronic Journals

Electronic books are cataloged

1. when access is purchased by the library
2. when access is available legally.
3. when selected or recommended by staff members.
4. when the same book is available in the library in print.
5. when it is part of a specific collection
6. electronic books in all HUJI subjects are cataloged centrally, and can be seen through the new book list.

More information: Electronic books and Digital book collections in Mathematics

Cataloging Print Material

Please utilize the catalog search for the following:
More information: HUfind : HUJI libraries catalog    (Library guide).

• Current Journals:
  All journal titles to which we currently have a print subscription are checked in weekly on the computer (Check the periodicals lists at: Current serials in the library).
  Issues published until 1996 were also listed in the the card catalog.

  Journal titles to which we no longer subscribe, have also been catalogued into the computer with the exception of titles held in the Machsan with little circulation.
  Please check card catalog for backup when in doubt.

• New books
  All new book arrivals since mid 1996 appear in the HUfind.
  More information: How to see the new book lists through the HUfind catalog (library guide)

• Old books
  We have been systematically cataloging circulating books since mid 1996.
  Therefore: Most of the library's collection appears in the HUfind.
  For old books please also check the card catalog.

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