Library Catalogs Example 4

Civil War Books via UM-St. Louis' LUMIN Online Catalog

How to Connect to LUMIN:
  1. TN3270 session to: UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU
  2. Press TAB key to move cursor into COMMAND field
  3. Type DIAL VTAM then press RETURN key
  4. Type LIBCICS then press RETURN key

Sample screens from UM-St. Louis' LUMIN:


Screen 1: Main Logon Screen


 ------------------------- LUMIN MASTER SEARCH MENU --------------------

       h   = How to LOGOFF of LUMIN

       t   = TITLE keyword search
       e   = TITLE browse

       a   = AUTHOR search - (personal and corporate/governmental bodies)
       k   = corporate/governmental AUTHOR keyword term search

       s   = SUBJECT browse search - (use if unsure of heading)
       o   = official SUBJECT term search - (use if sure of heading)

       r   = RESERVE materials by COURSE number
       p   = RESERVE materials by PROFESSOR name

       w   = series searches
       b   = boolean searches
       c   = call number browse search
       d   = search CENTER FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES database
       q   = quick-facts about the library and LUMIN
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TYPE THE LETTER FOR YOUR SEARCH CHOICE & PRESS ENTER :

Screen 2: Sample results using title keywords "civil war women"


 Search for title       :civil war women
Found       6 in  UMSL CATALOG                                PROD Files
 Item No. --------------------------------------------------------------
     1. Neither ballots nor bullets : women abolitionists and the Civil
        War / Venet, Wendy Hamand. 1991. (Nation divided )
         Loc:  TJL   CALL NO.:  E628 .V46 1991
      2. The other civil war : American women in the nineteenth century /
        Clinton, Catherine, c1984. (American century series )
         Loc:  TJL   CALL NO.:  HQ1410 .C44 1984
      3. Partners in rebellion: Alabama women in the Civil War Sterkx, H.
        E.  1970}
         Loc:  TJL   CALL NO.:  F326 .S75
      4. Trials and triumphs : women of the American Civil War /
        Culpepper, Marilyn Mayer. 1991.
CIRC     Loc:  TJL   CALL NO.:  E628 .C85 1991
      5. The women and the crisis; women of the North in the Civil War,
        Young, Agnes Brooks,  1959}
         Loc:  TJL   CALL NO.:  E628 .Y6
      6. Yankee women : gender battles in the Civil War / Leonard,
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TYPE  c Item No.   for CIRCulation information   d   to scan DOWN display
      Item No.   for more complete display       u   to scan UP display
      r   to REVISE search                       n   for NEW search
TYPE CHOICE & PRESS ENTER :

Screen 3: Sample record


   FULL DISPLAY                                               PROD Files
 Item No.   1    --------------------------------------------------------
      Loc:  TJL   Call No.:  E628 .V46 1991

    TITLE(S):   Neither ballots nor bullets : women abolitionists and the
                 Civil War / Wendy Hamand Venet.
      AUTHOR:  Venet, Wendy Hamand.
   PUBLISHED:  Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1991.
 DESCRIPTION:  xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    SUBJECTS:  Women abolitionists--United States--History--19th
                 century.
               United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
      SERIES:  Nation divided
       NOTES:  Includes bibliographical references (p.  166}-203) and
                 index.
    OCLC NO.:  OC23463611



--------------------------------------------------------------------(BIFDIS  )
TYPE  c Item No.   for CIRCulation information   d   to scan DOWN display
      n   for NEW search                         u   to scan UP display
      r   to REVISE search                       p   for PREVIOUS screen
TYPE CHOICE & PRESS ENTER :

From The Civil War and the Internet, Copyright 1995. R. Muns.