To telnet to UTCat, you need telnet software. Telnet software is available to the University of Toronto community through the UTORdist software distribution site. The majority of indexes and abstracts are now available in electronic format. There is also a subject listing of the electronic indexes and abstracts which enables you to see what is available in your area of interest. Click here for information on which databases are available and how to access them.
Some important indexes appear only in print.
Check UTCat, ask at the Information Desk or call 978-2280. These items may be located by call number in the Reference Room or in Reference Storage on the 5th floor of the Journal Stacks for those which are pre-1980. We have a complete set of Index Medicus , Biological Abstracts and the Zoological Record . The exception to this are Health Administration and Nursing masters theses which are held in both print copies on Level B and in fiche in the Quiet Study Room. For University of Toronto masters and doctoral theses in the sciences, consult UTCat , the online catalogue, or the thesis card catalogue situated by the Information Desk.