WebCat provides a World Wide Web home page for the library which easily guides your users to the library's catalog, to other resources on your intranet, as well as to other sites anywhere on the Internet. With WebCat's single, familiar Web user interface, a user has easy access to all these resources via library workstations, or the Internet. The user may view your library's catalog, his or her own record, or library announcements. An authorized user may also request library materials, place holds and interlibrary loan requests and make suggestions. And, of course, WebCat's Z39.50 client also makes it easy for users to search any Z39.50 target server.
Separate choices are available for browsing and keyword searching.
A full-text index is available as a standard feature, providing the best possible approach for accessing all library material. Precise search results are easily retrieved using WebCat's sophisticated truncation, boolean, relational, adjacency, and proximity operators. As an added benefit, the WebCat also includes an Information Desk, a Request Desk, and a User Services Desk. Support for multiple authority files is standard, and any type of bibliographic heading may be controlled, with validation occurring immediately upon entry. SmartPORT uses the Z39.50 protocol to transfer MARC records for acquisitions and cataloging.