IRISSearch

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Locate that book or journal with the IRIS Online Public Access Catalogue, a powerful new research tool!

In addition to searching library catalogues individually on the web, researchers can now use the IRIS OPAC to execute a search across multiple catalogues. Access is available to over 3.5 million bibliographic records from Irish collections, plus over 20 million catalogue records from leading research libraries in the UK and US.

Using IRIS OPAC, which is a Z39.50 web gateway, you can query the collective library catalogues of Dublin City University, NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University College Dublin and the University of Limerick. Major international collections such as COPAC, the catalogue of the UK based Consortium of University and Research libraries, the Monographs and Serials databases of the British Library and the Library of Congress collection may also be selected and included in your search.

Inter-library loan departments within the IRIS Consortium may search and place ILL orders online using the IRIS/SEREN software. Contact the IRIS manager for connection, set up and training information.

IRIS FAQ

THE IRIS CONSORTIUM

IRIS TECH INFO

Distributed searching across multiple library catalogues: the technical challenges.

CONTACT IRIS

Email the IRIS manager at iris@ucd.ie

IRIS server hosted by HEAnet Limited IRIS OPAC and IRIS Item Order software by SEREN

This Z39.50 resource location tool searches bibliographic data which has been built up over the years, and maintained to a high standard, by staff in the cataloguing and systems departments of the participating institutions. Their input, plus that provided by the staff of interlibrary loan departments within the IRIS Consortium libraries, is gratefully acknowledged.

IRIS website design Fiona McGoldrick IRIS Manager October 2000