AUC Reference

Status in AUC Library Catalog

Status Notes   

Bindery:  not available for use -- item has been sent for rebinding   
Check Shelf    
Due: currently checked out -- hold can be placed if desired   
Due (Billed):  currently check out and overdue
In Process: If user needs the item, print out full record. Add user's name, ID number,    
and email address. Include your name/date. Place printout in Cataloging box.  Cataloging will process book, notify user, and send book to Hold shelf at Circulation.   
Lib Use Only:  May not be taken from the library building   
Lost & Paid: item  no longer available -- print out this record - sign and date printout   
place print out in box for collection management (Robin)   
Main Reserve:  reserve desk -- 1st floor Main Library   
Missing:  item not available -- "on search" process failed to locate item   
MSG FROM INV:  item not available -- "Missing from Inventory"
New Book Shelf:  1st floor Main Library -- high bookshelf unit in front of Circulation desk
Online:  follow links to access item
On Search:  item not available -- Circulation department is looking for it
Repair:  item not available --being repaired inhouse

Locations in AUC Library Catalog

Location Notes   

Desert Development Center: refer user to Document Delivery (DDC material is difficult to obtain -- suggest alternatives when possible)   
Electronic Books:  item is available online -- record should contain link to item   
Electronic Databases 
Ground Floor Periodicals:  Main Library -- ground floor   
Law Library:  located on 15th floor of the Cairo Capital Club, 9a Rostom Street in Garden City         
Law Reference:   further details available through "Law Library" link on Catalog page
Main Library:  Main Library circulating collection -- 2nd and 3rd floor   
Main Reference:  Main Library 1st floor   
Media Services:  Main Library 1st floor -- behind reference collection   
Outstanding Fiction:  Main Library -- First floor -- low bookshelf unit in front of Circ desk
RBSCL - Wallace Annex:  Limited access -- collection is open from 8:30am - 3:00pm. For service during other hours, user should arrange for use by contacting the Rare Books Library's Reference Desk -- x5060
Rare Books Library
Social Research Center:  Located on 11th floor of the Cairo Center building on Kasr El Aini further details available through SRC link on Catalog page
SPCL:  Special Collections Library = Rare Books Library (non-circulating material)
SPCL Cresswell:  Rare Books Library
SPCL Hassan Fathy:  Rare Books Library
SPCL Oversized:  Rare Books Library
SPCL Periodicals:  Rare Books Library
University Archives:  Rare Books Library
Wallace Annex:  Main Library -- ground floor

Passwords for Millennium at Reference Desk

First screen:
Username: milcat
Password: milcat

Second screen:
Username: reference
Pasword: reference

Romanization (Transliteration) of Arabic Script

The Library of Congress provides access to the romanization (transliteration) tables for Arabic. AUC uses these. It's available at:

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/arabic.pdf

If you're interested, a directory of LOC's romanization tables can be found here: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html

AUC Theses

To create a list of AUC theses by department,
do a Title search for THESIS.

(Note: this gives a more comprehensive list than using auc thesis.)

ARABIC JOURNALS HOT NEWS FLASH

Attention: Searching for a journal using Arabic script? Read this.

YOU MUST SEARCH BY "TITLE"
YOU CANNOT SEARCH BY "PERIODICAL TITLE"

You WILL NOT FIND Arabic-script entries through the "Periodical Title" index.

NOTE: You can search transliterated Arabic periodical titles in the "Periodical Title" field.

Updated information from Cheryl Ruby

DDC Periodicals

The catalog has a few entries with location:
DDC Periodicals
No call number is given because these periodicals are housed at the Desert Development Center.
It is very challenging to get periodicals via ILL from this center. Please try to find other articles - if possible - for the patron. If the patron really needs this specific journal/article he/she can try ILL.

English to Arabic Keyboard Switching

Arabic :   Right Alt + Shift key

English:  Left Alt + Shift key