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Printed sources search
Printed sources search is one of Scotland's Culture's main searching tools. The printed sources search is powered by CAIRNS (Co-operative Information Retrieval for Scotland - this link will open in a new window).
Printed sources search allows you to search for books, pamphlets, journals, maps, and many other printed items held by libraries throughout Scotland. You can select some or all of the available libraries and carry out a one-stop search by subject, author, or title keyword.
Many of the libraries display details of how many copies they have of a particular item and whether they are available for borrowing. If you wish to consult any items, please contact the library directly, or ask your local public library to obtain an inter-library loan.
Most of the libraries contain items about a full range of
subjects, and not just those pertaining to Scottish topics, so expect to find
general resources as well as Scotland's culture. Some of the libraries also
contain electronic resources such as CD-ROMs, digital images, and websites.
Connect to the printed sources search in CAIRNS by using this button.
You will then see a screen prompting you for your search term. Your term will
be searched against subject, author and title keywords in all available libraries,
so it might take a bit of time.
If you want to carry out more precise searches, use the Advanced search facility.
When you have finished, use the button at the bottom of the screen to return to Scotland's Culture.
You can find additional help on each page of CAIRNS.
Scotland's Culture help pages
are displayed in a new browser window. You may wish to keep the new window
open for further reference, or close it to reduce clutter. You can always
display this guide again from the Sitemap page,
along with all other help pages.
Some users may find that parts of Scotland’s Culture are inaccessible
from within an institution that has firewall protection. This may be because
parts of Scotland’s Culture use an untypical port number (8000). To
rectify this you should contact your IT department who will be able address
the problem.
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Last updated:28 Nov 2003
Date created:28 Nov 2003
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Scotland's Culture is supported by the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Library and Information Council.
