Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog

摘要

The Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog is part of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and allows searching of various European library catalogues online through the convenience of one website. Searching both electronic and paper texts, this is a great tool that more people should become aware of. Designed for functionality, the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog is simple to use. Using the catalogue is easy, because it is set up like a typical library catalogue search page. The website has a logo at the top (the logo for the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology on the left, but their library logo is centred at the top for easy access). Down the left side of the page are navigation links (these are typical library links, including interlibrary loan, help/ information, catalogues, and an about us page). The main part of the page has boxes where the user can type search terms. These are clearly labelled with fields such as title, author, keywords, year, ISBN and publisher. Directly below, there is the option to specify which catalogues to search. The catalogues are conveniently labelled by their nationality, making it easy to find the one(s) desired.