New Titles @ UIUC: FAQ

A title is considered new if it is added to a departmental library's collection that does not already have a copy the work. For example, the English Library purchases and adds Sylvia Plath, Method and Madness, published in 1975, to their collection. If the English Library does not own another copy of this title, it is considered a new book. Even if the Undergraduate Library already owned Sylvia Plath, Method and Madness, the book would still appear as a new title for the English Library. The focus of the New Titles List is to serve as a tool for the individual libraries within the University Library, not necessarily for reflecting titles that are new to the library as a whole.

The date may also be misleading in a multi-volume work. In these cases, the publishing date is often considered a range, starting from the date the first volume was originally published untill the final volume was published. If the series has not yet ended, the New Titles List will usually display just the first date.

This is due to a known problem in the online catalog software. A software upgrade due to be installed in early summer of this year should fix this particular problem. For now, the best way to request a specific item is to:

1. copy the title words--using the Windows copy function (Control-C)
2. click on the "New Search" button
3. paste the title words into the "Search for" box--using the Windows paste function (Control-P)
4. click on the Search button
5. look for the record and click on it
6. click on request and it should now work properly