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New Library of Congress Online Catalog

Voyager is the new production system implemented August 16, 1999.

MUMS System

MUMS is no longer the production system at LC, but it will remain operational through December 1999. The MUMS files will not be updated. Recently created or updated catalog records can only be retrieved from Voyager.

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Where applicable, the software vendor for the target Z39.50 implementation is given in parentheses after the name of the institution.
Acadia University -- Nova Scotia, Canada (SIRSI)
Albion College -- Albion, Mich. (INNOPAC)
Amarillo College (DRA)
Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium. Electronic Resource Library (DRA)
Ames Public Library -- Ames, Iowa (Ameritech Dynix)
Anne Arundel County (Md.) Public Library (DRA)
Astrophysics Data System -- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA
Auburn University (Ameritech NOTIS)

Bell Laboratories / Lucent Technologies
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (Best-Seller)
BIBSYS--Norway
Boston University (INNOPAC)
Brandeis University (DRA)
British Columbia Electronic Library Network (DRA)
Brock University -- Ontario, Canada (INNOPAC)
Brown University (INNOPAC)
Brunel University -- UK (SIRSI)
Burlington Public Library -- Burlington, Iowa (Ameritech Dynix)
Butler University (DRA)

California State Library (DRA)
Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information -- CISTI (INNOPAC)
Carnegie Mellon University (SIRSI)
Carnegie-Stout Public Library -- Dubuque, Iowa (Ameritech Dynix)
Cedar Rapids Public Library -- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (DRA)
Center for Research Libraries (INNOPAC)
Central College -- Pella, Iowa (INNOPAC)
Central Missouri State University (NOTIS)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (INNOPAC)
Clarke College--Dubuque, Iowa (Ameritech HORIZON)
Cleveland Public Library (DRA)
College of the Holy Cross--Worcester, Mass. (DRA)
College of William and Mary (SIRSI)

Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL)
Aims Community College
Arapaho Community College
Bemis Library, Littleton, CO
Colorado Department of Education
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State Publications
Denver Public Library
Estes Park Library
Fort Morgan Library
Lamar Community College
Luther College
Morgan Community College
Northeastern Colorado Junior College
Northeastern University
Northeastern University Law
Otero Junior College
Pikes Peak Community College
Pueblo Community College
Red Rocks Community College
Regis College
Sterling Public Library
Teikyo Loretto University
Trinidad Junior College
University of Wyoming
Colorado College (INNOPAC)
Connecticut State University (INNOPAC)
Cornell University (Ameritech NOTIS)
Cornerstone College -- Grand Rapids, MI (INNOPAC)
COPAC (CURL OPAC Project) Database -- Manchester, England
COWLNET Consortium -- Kansas (INNOPAC)

Des Moines Area Community College (INNOPAC)
Drake University (DRA)
Dublin City University (Ameritech Dynix)
Duke University (DRA)

Eastern College -- St. Davids, PA (SIRSI)
École Polytechnique de Montréal -- Quebec, Canada (GEAC)
Edgewood College -- Madison, Wisconsin (INNOPAC)
El Dorado County Library -- Placerville, California (DRA)
Emory University (SIRSI)
Etobicoke Public Libraries -- Ontario, Canada (GEAC)

Florida Center for Library Automation
Florida A&M University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida International University
Florida State University
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of North Florida
University of South Florida
University of West Florida
ERIC Database (1967 to date)
Four Colleges Database (INNOPAC)
Amherst College
Hampshire College
Mt. Holyoke College
Smith College
Francis Marion College--Florence, S.C. (DRA)

Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (INNOPAC)
Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Test Database -- at Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies
Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Test Database -- at Index Data in Denmark
Grambling State University (DRA)
Grimes Public Library--Grimes, Iowa (Follett)

Hamilton College -- New York, NY (VTLS)
Harrington Library Consortium (DRA)
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (INNOPAC)
Hong Kong Institute of Education (INNOPAC)
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (INNOPAC)
Hull University -- UK (INNOPAC)

Illinois State Curriculum Center (GEAC)
Indiana State University Consortium (Ameritech NOTIS)
Indiana University (Ameritech NOTIS)
Iowa City Public Library (GEAC)
Iowa State Library (Ameritech HORIZON)
Iowa State University (Ameritech HORIZON)
Italian National Library Service - SBN Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (ICCU)

Jeffersonville Township Public Library -- Jeffersonville, Indiana (GEAC)

Kansas City Public Library (DRA)
Keene State College -- Keene, New Hampshire (INNOPAC)
Kentucky Community Colleges (Ameritech NOTIS)

Lansing Community College (INNOPAC)
Leeds University -- Leeds, England (INNOPAC)
Lehigh University -- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (SIRSI)
Lewis & Clark College -- Portland, Oregon (INNOPAC)
LIBIS-Net--Belgium (DOBIS/LIBIS)
LIBRIS -- Swedish Union Catalog
Lingnan College -- Hong Kong (INNOPAC)
Loras College -- Dubuque, Iowa (Ameritech HORIZON)

Louisiana Online University Information System--LOUIS (Ameritech NOTIS)
Baton Rouge Community College
Bossier Parish Community College
Delgado Community College
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University--Alexandria
Louisiana State University--Eunice
Louisiana State University Law Library
Louisiana State University--Shreveport
Louisiana State University--Other Libraries
Louisiana Tech University
McNeese State University
Nicholls State University
Northeast Louisiana University
Northwestern State University
Nunez Community College
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southern University--Baton Rouge
Southern University--New Orleans
Southern University--Shreveport/Bossier
Southern University Law Center
University of New Orleans
Loyola University, New Orleans (SIRSI)

Maharishi University of Management -- Fairfield, Iowa (DRA)
Marin County (Calif.) Public Library -- Marinet (INNOPAC)
Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library--MBL/WHOI--Woods Hole, MA (Endeavor)

MARMOT Consortium--Western Colorado (CARL)
Adams State College
Aspen School District
Bud Werner Memorial Library
Colorado Mountain College Library
Colorado NW Community College
Cortez Public Library
Craig-Moffat County Library
Delta County Library District
Durango Public Library
Eagle Valley Library District
Fort Lewis College
Garfield County Public Library
Gunnison Public Library
Mesa County Public Library District
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
Mesa State College
Montrose Library District
Pathfinder Library System
Pitkin County Library
Plateau Valley School Library
San Miguel Library District 1
Southwest Library System
Summit County Public Library
Three Rivers Library System
Vail Public Library
Mary Institute/Country Day School -- St. Louis, Missouri (DRA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (GEAC)
MEDLINE Database -- National Library of Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland (SIRSI)
Metro Boston Library Network (DRA)
Metropolitan Library System -- Oklahoma County, Okla.
Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (VTLS)
Middlebury College (DRA)
Michigan State University (Ameritech NOTIS)
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities/Project for Automated Library Services (MnSCU/PALS)
Mississippi State University (DRA)
Missouri Southern State College (Ameritech NOTIS)
Missouri Western State College (DRA)
Murdoch University -- Western Australia (INNOPAC)

Nashville Public Library (INNOPAC)
National Library of Australia
National Library of Medicine -- History of Medicine Collection (VTLS)
National Sea Grant Depository -- University of Rhode Island)
NCompasS Consortium -- Nova Scotia Provincial Library (DRA)
NEOS Consortium -- University of Alberta (DRA)
New York University (GEAC)
Newcastle University (GEAC)
NOAA/Coastal Services Center Library (SIRSI)

North Carolina Central Database (INNOPAC)
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Winston-Salem State University
North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina Central University (DRA)
North Carolina Coastal Database (INNOPAC)
Fayetteville State University
Pembroke State University
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
North Carolina Western Database (INNOPAC)
Appalachian State University
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Western Carolina University
North Carolina State University (DRA)
North of Boston Library Exchange--NOBLE College Libraries (GEAC)
North of Boston Library Exchange--NOBLE Public Libraries (GEAC)
Northwestern University (Endeavor)
Novanet, Inc. -- Nova Scotia, Canada (GEAC)

OhioLINK Central Catalog (INNOPAC)
Ohio State University (INNOPAC)
Oklahoma State University (Ameritech NOTIS)
Oklahoma State University--Tulsa (DRA)
Oxford University (GEAC)

Palmer College of Chiropractic--Davenport, Iowa (Ameritech HORIZON)
Pasadena Public Library (GEAC)
Pennsylvania State University
Pinellas Park Public Library (Ameritech Dynix)
Portland State University (SIRSI)
Purdue University (Ameritech NOTIS)
Purdue University Calumet (Ameritech NOTIS)

Queen's University (Ameritech NOTIS)

Radford University (INNOPAC)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology--Multimedia Database Systems Group (SIM)

St. Mary's University -- San Antonio, TX (Ameritech Dynix)
Seton Hall University Law Library (INNOPAC)
Simon Fraser University -- British Columbia, Canada (INNOPAC)
Simpson College -- Indianola, Iowa (INNOPAC)
Sioux City Public Library -- Sioux City, Iowa (Ameritech Dynix)
Sonoma State University (DRA)
South Bank University -- UK (Ameritech Dynix)
Spokane Public Library (DRA)
Spring Arbor College--Spring Arbor, Mich. (SIRSI)
Spring Hill College--Mobile, Alabama (SIRSI)
State of Iowa Libraries Online--SILO (Ameritech HORIZON)
State Library of Florida (DRA)
State Library of Louisiana (LSSI)
State Library of Western Australia--LISWA (INNOPAC)
State University of New York at Binghamton (Ameritech NOTIS)
State University of New York at Stony Brook (Ameritech NOTIS)
Stonehill College -- North Easton, Massachusetts (INNOPAC)
Strathclyde University -- Scotland (Ameritech Dynix)

Texas A & M University--Corpus Christi (INNOPAC)

Texas A & M University Database (Ameritech NOTIS)
Texas A & M University
Texas A & M University at Galveston
Prairie View A & M University
Texas A & M International University
Texas State Library (GEAC)
TriUniversity Group of Libraries--Ontario, Canada (Endeavor)
University of Guelph
University of Waterloo
Wilfrid Laurier University
Truman State University--Kirksville, Mo. (Ameritech NOTIS)
Tulsa-City County Library (Ameritech NOTIS)

UNILINC--Sydney, Australia (DRA)
United States Military Acadamy, Westpoint (INNOPAC)
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis (INNOPAC)
Université de Montréal (GEAC)
Université de Sherbrooke (DRA)
Université Laval (DRA)
University College--Cork, Ireland (INNOPAC)
University College, Galway--Ireland (Ameritech Dynix)
University College of North Wales--Bangor, Wales (INNOPAC)
University of Alabama, Birmingham (Endeavor)
University of Alabama, Huntsville (SIRSI)
University of Arizona (INNOPAC)
University of Arkansas, Little Rock (DRA)
University of British Columbia (DRA)
University of Calgary (SIRSI)
University of California -- MELVYL System
University of California, San Francisco (INNOPAC)
University of Colorado, Boulder (INNOPAC)
University of Connecticut Health Center Library (NOTIS)
University of Iowa (NOTIS)
University of Illinois, Chicago (NOTIS)
University of Illinois, Urbana (NOTIS)
University of Kentucky (NOTIS)
University of Manitoba (DRA)
University of Massachusetts at Amherst (INNOPAC)
University of Michigan (NOTIS)
University of Michigan School of Business Administration (INNOPAC)
University of Michigan, Dearborn (INNOPAC)
University of Michigan, Flint (NOTIS)
University of Minnesota (NOTIS)
University of Minnesota, Morris (GEAC)
University of Nebraska--Lincoln (INNOPAC)
University of Nebraska--Omaha (INNOPAC)
University of New Brunswick (SIRSI)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (DRA)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (DRA)
University of Northern Iowa (INNOPAC)
University of Oklahoma (NOTIS)
University of Pennsylvania (Endeavor)
University of Pennsylvania Law Library (INNOPAC)
University of Queensland (INNOPAC)
University of Saskatchewan (INNOPAC)
University of Scranton (DRA)
University of South Carolina (NOTIS)
University of South Alabama (NOTIS)
University of Sydney (INNOPAC)
University of Toronto (DRA)
University of Virginia (SIRSI)
University of Western Ontario (INNOPAC)
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (NOTIS)
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay (NOTIS)
University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse (NOTIS)
University of Wisconsin--Madison (Endeavor)
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (NOTIS)
University of Wisconsin, Parkside (NOTIS)
University of Wisconsin, Riverfalls (NOTIS)
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point (Endeavor)
University of Wisconsin, Stout (Ameritech NOTIS)
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (NOTIS)
University of Wollongong -- New South Wales, Australia (INNOPAC)
Utah State University (NOTIS)

Vanderbilt University (SIRSI)
Vigo County Public Library -- Terre Haute, Indiana (DRA)
Virginia Commonwealth University (NOTIS)

Washington (D.C.) Research Library Consortium (Endeavor)
Wayne State University (NOTIS)
Wellesley College (INNOPAC)
Western Washington University (INNOPAC)
Wheeling Jesuit University -- Wheeling, WV (SIRSI)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute -- Worcester, MA (Endeavor)
Wright State University (INNOPAC)

Yale University (NOTIS)


About the Z39.50 Gateway

Z39.50 is a national standard defining a protocol for computer-to-computer information retrieval. Z39.50 makes it possible for a user in one system to search and retrieve information from other computer systems (that have also implemented Z39.50) without knowing the search syntax that is used by those other systems. Z39.50 is an American National Standard that was originally approved by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) in 1988.

The Z39.50 Maintenance Agency Page, includes documentation and information related to the development and ongoing maintenance of the Z39.50 standard.

Z39.50 Resources, maintained by Dan Brickley, Institute for Learning and Research Technology, and Z39.50 Resource Page, maintained by NISO, will provide hyperlinks to many Z39.50-related resources.

Using a Z39.50 client, it is currently possible to search the Library of Congress bibliograpic and authority files. Information that will be required to configure your Z39.50 client to search the LC server directly is provided in LC Z39.50 Server Configuration Guidelines. It is also possible to access the LC server by using the appropriate search forms listed under "Search Library of Congress Catalog" above.

This gateway makes use of an earlier version of the ISearch-CGI public domain software that is available from CNIDR. It should be noted that many search and retrieval capabilities that are available in the Z39.50 protocol are not implemented in this gateway. The Initialization, Search, and Retrieval facilities have been implemented.

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