Introducing Copac

Copac is a national catalogue giving access to the merged catalogues of c.50 major libraries and collections in the UK and Ireland

Copac includes the catalogues of:• The UK National Libraries, including the British Library• Major academic research libraries• Specialist research libraries• Specialist collections in academic libraries

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Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

Copac content

Copac: a single interface to materials covering all subject areas and held in libraries across the country.  

Initial catalogue load followed by regular updates:• c.33 million traditional catalogue records• Date from c.1100 to the latest publications• Wide range of materials - books, reports, periodicals,

theses, video, music, maps, electronic resources etc.• Over 400 languages represented

June 2008 2Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

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Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

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June 2008 8Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 9Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 11Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 14Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 15Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 16Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 17Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 18Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

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June 2008 21Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 22Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

June 2008 23Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

• The search history is retained for 7 days from last use.• Set up an RSS feed to get automatic search updates.

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Other ways of searching Copac

As well as the Web interface there are other ways of searching Copac including:

• Use Z39.50 software such as EndNote• From some university library catalogues• Download Copac search widgets to add to your Firefox

and Internet Explorer search engine list• Use the trial Copac search widget on Facebook

24Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

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Coming soon…

• New libraries: Public, Academic, and Special libraries• New architecture• Developments in integrating services, eg.

o stable URLs to allow links to individual recordso display recent Zetoc tables-of-contents in Copac journal recordso include Zetoc in your Copac search to find article detailso create an online bibliography with records from multiple

serviceso include your own library catalogue in a Copac search

• Inter-library loan requesting from Copac• User generated content?

25Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors

http://copac.ac.uk/

copac@mimas.ac.uk

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Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors Copac is a Mimas service.

Funded by JISC, using records supplied by RLUK and other contributors