TRANSPORTATION LIBRARY

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
1935 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-2300
Telephone: 847.491.5273 / Fax: 847.491.8601 / E-mail: trans@northwestern.edu
World Wide Web: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation

 

Searching NUcat and TRAN for Law Enforcement Materials

NUcat, the online computer catalog of the Northwestern University Library, provides bibliographic, location, and holdings information for most Transportation Library books and reports acquired after 1978. The Transportation Library also maintains a separate TRAN file for magazine articles and conference papers indexed since 1978 in law enforcement and transportation. For items not found in either file, please consult a reference staff member at the Transportation Library.

Where to Look for Books, Reports, Journal Articles, and Conference Papers that are part of the Transportation Library's Collection or part of the Main Library's Collection.

Look In: For Items Processed:
NUcat and TRAN 1979-
Author/Title Card Catalog (Transportation Library only)
(Some publications have been re-cataloged online.
Use the SUBJECT card catalog for items processed 1965-1978.)
1972-1978
Author/Title Book Catalog (Transportation Library only)
(Some publications have been re-cataloged online.
Use the SUBJECT book catalog for items processed 1965-1978.)
before 1972

 

Direct your graphic Internet browser to http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation. This will lead you to the home page of the Transportation Library's web site, which is presented in the form of an outline. The second heading of the outline is "About the Library's Collection." There is a subheading for the Library's catalog, NUcat and for the periodical index, TRANweb.

 

Type of Search Search Term Categories Examples
Author personal authors stenzel william
corporate authors police foundation
consultants police executive research forum
government agencies united states dept of justice
Title books making of a cop
Journal Title
(NUcat only)
periodicals police chief
Subject by topic police patrol
criminal investigation
by subdivided topic police personnel stress
police pursuit driving
Call Number
(NUcat only)
full or partial call numbers HE 5620.D7 (drunk driving)
     
Guided Keyword
(Windows and Web only)
a step-by-step form for building efficient searches combine police and violence
     

 

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Last Revised:3/02
Expiration: indefinite
URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation/spsc/handouts/sn7632.html