Hello and welcome to this video tutorial on how to navigate IndexCat.
IndexCat, NLM's trademarked user interface,
provides access to the digitized version of the printed Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office,
eTK for medieval Latin texts, eVK2 for medieval English texts, LocatorPlus, PubMed, and PubMed Central.
Searches can be conducted within the homepage search box.
Searches are simultaneously performed across all IndexCat collections.
The Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office is a multi-part printed bibliography.
It contains material dated from the 1400's through 1950 and is an important resource for researchers
in the history of medicine, history of science, and for clinical research.
To learn more about the Index-Catalogue collection select the link under Learn more about.
The eTK supplements the printed, A Catalogue of Incipits of Mediaeval Scientific Writings in Latin,
by dividing entries from the book into separate records for each manuscript and incorporating additional information.
The eVK2 is the English companion to eTK and shares most field codes and record format with the eTK collection.
To learn more about the eTKeVK2 collections select the link under Learn more about.
The IndexCat XML page provides access to the XML data from the IndexCat database.
It reflects both the Index-Catalogue and eTKeVK2 collections.
The data is available to all within and outside the United States and there is no charge for obtaining the files.
You can learn more about the histories of the IndexCat and eTKeVK2 projects
by clicking the associated links under Project Histories.
Before you begin using IndexCat, the FAQ and Help pages
are excellent resources on understanding the basics and best practices for searching IndexCat's collections.