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# Library Catalogue

The library catalogue NEBIS (Lierz et al. 2004) is the catalogue of a network of libraries and information desks in Switzerland. With the help of NEBIS it is possible to search for specific books or publications in libraries all over Switzerland.
The most important characteristics of such a database system:

Structured and Described Data | It is more than helpful to have a clearly defined structure when recording and updating several thousands of books, magazins and publications. Additionally, the description of the data allows to search selectively for specific objects. Further, a clear structure is also free of redundancy. This saves work as already a very small redundancy would lead to a multiple of work.

Data Views | Depending on how detailled and specialised a search should be done, a user needs more or less information from the database. Thus, for a coarse search title and author might already be sufficient. However, when looking for a specific edition of a book, some more information is needed. With this in view the user can choose between different data views. Additionally, there are views for the manager of the catalogue which are not accessible by the public user.

Different Data Views (click on the thumbnail for a bigger image)

Result List of the Search (Lierz et al. 2004) | Standard View of a Choosen Entry (Lierz et al. 2004)

Catalogue View of a Choosen Entry (Lierz et al. 2004) | 'MARC'-View of a Choosen Entry (Lierz et al. 2004)

Screenshot of a Library Catalogue (Lierz et al. 2004)

Online access to the NEBIS library catalogue: http://www.nebis.ch/