If No Status Information Is Displayed

This title may be available for your use. Inform the staff at the library's circulation desk if you do not find it on the shelf. They can check on its current status for you.

If this title is available online, click on the Internet link(s) in this record to access this title.

For Staff:

Status information does not display when a title does not have an item record. This situation includes:

1. The item is on order. "On order" displays in the Order Information field or in the Call Number field. Fill out the On Order/In Process Inquiry Form.
2. The item has been received, but is not yet cataloged. "1 Copy Received" displays in the Order Information field or "In Process" displays in the Call Number field. Fill out the On Order/In Process Inquiry Form.
3. University Press titles arriving shelf ready take approximately 10 days to reach the shelf. Even if there is a call number in the record, fill out the On Order/In Process Inquiry Form.
4. The item has been cataloged, but does not have an item record (for example, databases.) If the item is an electronic resource, direct the patron to the internet link in the record.
5. The owning library uses manual circulation, rather than Voyager (for example, CCBC or the Ruth Ketterer Harris Collection). Circulation staff in the owning library can check their manual circulation files.
6. Analytics for articles in journals that were created by the Land Tenure Center. There is no owning library given for these records. Instead the location field contains the phrase: Search MadCat for journal title location. The name of the journal is given in the "In" field in the catalog record. Search the name of the journal in MadCat to find out the library that owns the journal and its call number.

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Checked Out - Due on (date)

This item is being used by someone else. You can recall it from the current user and we will notify you when it is available. If the word Requests: displays after the due date, this item has already been recalled by someone else. The number next to "Requests" indicates how many people have requested this item.

Example: Checked Out - Due on 02/23/2007 Requests: 2.

You may wish to submit an Article and Book Delivery request for items with requests on them.

For Staff:

The "Checked Out" status message contains the volume and copy numbers whenever there is a "Library Has" field in the holdings display. The message for serials and monographic sets varies slightly:

v. 1 c.1 Checked Out - Due on (date) Volume 1 of copy 1 of this serial title is checked out. The "v" for volume displays for serials.

1 c.1 Checked Out - Due on (date) Volume 1 of copy 1 of this monographic set is checked out. The "v" for volume does not display for monographic sets.

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Being Digitized

This item is currently unavailable. A hold can be placed by library staff; however, we recommend that you first try a UW System Search or a Library Express interlibrary loan request because of the length of time the title may be unavailable due to the project.

For more information about UW-Madison's part in the Google Books project, see University of Wisconsin-Madison Digitization Project.

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In Process (date)

This item has been received by the library, but it is not yet on the library shelves. The item is being processed in the library or is being delivered to another library location. If you would like to use this item, you may fill out the On Order/In Process Inquiry Form or you may inform the staff at the library's circulation desk. The library will notify you when it is available.

For Staff:

This status appears when an item record is created. When processing of the item is completed and it is ready for shelving, the status is removed.

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In Transit - (date)

This title is being shipped from one library location to another library location. Inform staff at the library's circulation desk that you would like to use it. They will notify you when it is available.

For Staff:

Items that are discharged at one library and en-route to the owning library will have the "In Transit" message until the item is discharged by the owning library.

When books have been requested via UW System Borrowing, records will show the "In Transit" message while the books are en-route from the owning library to the pick-up library.

Newly processed books moving from the cataloging library to the owning library may have the "In Transit" message.

There are two other statuses which use the "In Transit" terminology-- "In Transit: Discharged" and "In Transit: On Hold". "In Transit: Discharged" means that a courtesy discharge has taken place, and the item is on its way back to the owning library. "In Transit: On Hold" means that the item is en route to a hold shelf at the location selected by the requesting patron.

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Lost

This item is currently missing from the library's shelves. Check MadCat to see if there is another copy of this title on campus. If not, you may be able to borrow this title from another library. Contact Article and Book Delivery Services. Assistance with delivery requests is also available from public service desks in most campus libraries.

For Staff:

The "Lost" message displays when overdue items reach the lost bill stage, when items are charged to "Missing", and for a variety of other conditions. These items are not currently available. If the patron is interested, attempt to find a copy that can be obtained through Article and Book Delivery Services.

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Missing

This item is currently missing from the library's shelves. Check MadCat to see if there is another copy of this title on campus. If not, you may be able to borrow this title from another library. Contact Article and Book Delivery Services. Assistance with delivery requests is also available from public service desks in most campus libraries.

For Staff:

When a patron cannot locate an item in the stacks, or when a patron claims to have returned something charged out to her/him, the item record is given the status of "Missing." The item appears on a report that is run regularly, and the item is searched. If it cannot be located after a few searches, the status is changed to "Lost." If the patron is interested, attempt to find a copy that can be obtained through Article and Book Delivery Services.

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Not Checked Out

This title is available for your use. A Book Retrieval request may be placed on this title. (Note that items in certain collections, such as Reference, may not be checked out.) If you do not find the title on the shelf, you may place a search request at the library's circulation desk. You will be notified when the item is located. Jump to top

On Hold at (Requests: 1)

This item is currently being held for someone else to use. The number next to Requests indicates how many people have placed requests to use this item. Contact the library's circulation desk if you wish to recall the title. You may wish to submit an Article and Book Delivery request for items with requests on them.

For Staff:

The status of "On hold at" appears briefly between the time that a recalled item has been discharged and the time the patron picks up the item.

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Overdue - Due on (date)

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Renewed - Due on (date)

This item is being used by someone else. You can recall it from the current user and we will notify you when it is available. If the word Requests: displays after the due date, this item has already been recalled by someone else. The number next to "Requests" indicates how many people have requested this item.

Example: Renewed - Due on 02/23/2007 Requests: 2.

You may wish to submit an Article and Book Delivery request for items with requests on them.

For Staff:

The "Renewed" status message contains the volume and copy numbers whenever there is a "Library Has" field in the holdings display. The message for serials and monographic sets varies slightly:

v. 1 c.1 Renewed -Due on (date & time) Volume 1 of copy 1 of this serial title is checked out. The "v" for volume displays for serials.

1 c.1 Renewed -Due on (date & time) Volume 1 of copy 1 of this monographic set is checked out. The "v" for volume does not display for monographic sets.

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Returned on - (date)

This title has been returned to the library and should be available for your use. If it is not on the shelf, inform staff at the library's circulation desk - it may be waiting to be shelved. A book retrieval request may be placed on this title.

For Staff:

When an item is discharged, this message displays. Each library determines how long this message will display (for example, 3 days) until it is replaced with the "Not Checked Out" message. The "Returned On" message identifies items that may be waiting to be shelved.

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Requests: 0

Your request is being processed.

For staff:

When a request is placed, this message will appear in MadCat until the information is printed by the library processing the request. Once printed, the status message in MadCat will change to Requests: 1.

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