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MadCat Help
New in MadCat is a list of books, journals and titles in all media that have been recently cataloged by campus libraries. The list is updated every Wednesday.
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Information about the SQL supporting New in MadCat is available at http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/. A list of libraries that have implemented the New Books List set of programs is available at the above site by clicking on "Users" (http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/autolist/users.html).
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What Is Included in New in MadCat
How to Connect to the New in MadCat List / How to Return to MadCat
How to Search New in MadCat:
How to View Search Results
More Information for Library Staff
What Is Included in New in MadCat
New in MadCat includes items in the University of Wisconsin-Madison libraries that have been recently cataloged and added to the collections. The list does not include items that are on order.
When you search New in MadCat, you are not searching in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog; instead, you are searching in a database with records that have been extracted from MadCat.
The New in MadCat list is updated every Wednesday. There is a two-week time lag between new items appearing in MadCat, the library catalog, and then appearing in the New in MadCat list. This interval allows time for the newly cataloged items to arrive at the owning libraries and be shelved before appearing on the New in MadCat list.
You may choose to view new items from the following time periods: the last week, last two weeks, last three weeks, or last four weeks.
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Titles appear in the New in MadCat list based on the following logic: A title's item record create date must be within the date range AND a holdings record create or update date must be within the date range. OR A title's holdings create date must be within the date range. So, for example, the list for March 5, 2003 would be the date range of January 22, 2003 through February 19, 2003. If an item record had a create date AND its holding had a create or update date within this range, it would be on the list. If a title didn't have an item record but DID have a holdings record with a create date within this range, it will be on the list. |
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New in MadCat does not generally include suppressed records, titles on order, and newly added Internet links.
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Note: Materials from Special Collections (Memorial Library) and CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center) are not included in New in MadCat.
How to Connect to the New in MadCat List / How to Return to MadCat
After entering MadCat by selecting the Basic, Guided or Course Reserve search, select the New in MadCat button at the top of the screen.
When you click the New in MadCat button, you exit the library catalog and open the New in MadCat database. Your search history in MadCat is lost.
To return to MadCat, click on the Exit button or click the Back button in your browser.
You may search New in MadCat by accepting the default or by selecting from each of the drop-down menus:
- Select Location - to see new items from all libraries, or the specific library you choose
- Period - to look at items added during a given time period
- Sort by - to arrange your results by call number, author or title
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The list of libraries in the drop-down menu is not based on Voyager location codes; it is based on the text string in the MadCat display name for the location. This limits the options for grouping locations.
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Optional: Enter a term or phrase in the Search for: box to search for a specific title, author or call number. The characters entered are matched against the title, author or display call numbers.
- A single character entered will match only against the call number
- A search term of two or more characters will be matched against title, author and call number
Do not enclose phrases in quotation marks. Truncation is automatic. Enter all punctuation as you would expect to find it in the title or author for which you're searching.
To find a title, enter a keyword or phrase from the title. Include any punctuation that is part of the title.
To find an author, enter the last name. If you enter more than the last name, type the name as you would expect to find it in a catalog record, including all punctuation.
To search by subject, enter only a single letter. Listed below are the letters and the corresponding titles of main classes of most materials found in the UW Madison libraries. These letters are based upon Library of Congress classification.
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Subject Area / Class
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A
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General Works
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B
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Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
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C
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Auxiliary Sciences of History
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D
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History (General) and History of Europe
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E
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History: United States
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F
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History: United States Local. North and South America
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G
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Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
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H
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Social Sciences
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J
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Political Science
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K
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Law
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L
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Education
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M
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Music and Books on Music
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N
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Fine Arts
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P
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Languages and Literatures
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Q
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Science
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R
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Medicine (Library of Congress)
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S
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Agriculture
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T
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Technology
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Military Science
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V
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Naval Science
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Medicine (National Library of Medicine)
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Z
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Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources (General)
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Note: A call number search for PS retrieves not only materials with call numbers beginning with PS, but also titles and authors that include the letter combination PS (for example, psychology or phillips). A search for more specific call number information yields more accurate results (for example, a search for PS325).
Search results may be sorted by selecting an option in the Sort by: drop-down menu: Call Number, Author, or Title.
A "sort by material" type is not available. The material type (for example, video) may be entered as a search term.
Use the Records Per Page drop-down menu to change the number of matching records that display on one screen.
NOTE: Options selected (Location, Period, Sort, Records Per Page) are not retained and must be reselected for each subsequent search.
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The columns that display cannot be changed; we are limited to title and author. The title display can be customized. Status information cannot be displayed.
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For any title where there is more than one 856 (URL) in the the bibliographic record (such as publisher's description and table of contents), the record will show up twice in the list of titles.
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Click on a title from the list of results to view the MadCat record. A MadCat session begins and your record is retrieved. MadCat functions, such the Place Requests button, are available at this point.
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The record for the title is retrieved by an ISBN, ISSN or title search. Generally this retrieves only one catalog record (the brief record). Occasionally the search will retrieve two records (resulting in a list of records).
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To look at a record for another title in the New in MadCat list, use your browser's Back button to return to the list.
Note: Occasionally, you will see Call Number: In Process on the New in MadCat list of results. Click on the title to view its most recent status.
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The In Process message can appear either in the New in MadCat title list display or in the brief/full display. It appears in the title list when no call number has been assigned to the item. The message will appear in the brief/full display when the item is in transit to its final destination.
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