Routing More Effectively

Here are some tips to make your DOCLINE requests route more effectively:

Remove Closed DOCLINE Participants from Your Routing Table
 
Here are two Pacific Southwest Region libraries that have closed this year. Be sure to delete them from your routing table.

Institution	LIBID
Sacramento-El Dorado Medical Society	CAUSES
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System	CAUCAV

Doing a search in DOCUSER for "Only if:" "DOCLINE Participant" "AND" "Library Closed" will provide you with the complete list of closed DOCLINE libraries across the nation.

Add New DOCLINE Participants to Your Routing Table
 
After deleting some libraries from your routing table, you may have room to add new ones. If so, here are some new DOCLINE participants to add. Please contact the library in order to get permission to add its LIBID to your routing table.

Institution	LIBID	Titles in SERHOLD
Biodyne	CAUHHV	68
Desert Valley Hospital	CAUHHW	11
Harbor UCLA Medical Center	CAUHUC	1094
Ventura County Medical Center	CAUPJX	105

FreeShare Members
 
Finally, for those libraries that are part of the FreeShare Library Group, please be sure to add fellow members to your library's routing table. For a list of members, click on DOCUSER and then select Search/View. For the first "Search in:" prompt, select "library group code". A second window will open; please select "FreeShare - Free Reciprocal Interlibrary Loan Group". This will give you the entire list of FreeShare members. For Regional FreeShare members, select "Region code" for the second "Search in:" prompt. Again, a second window will open; then select "07 - Pacific Southwest Region." Click on the Search button to retrieve a list of FreeShare libraries.
 
If you are not a member of FreeShare and would like to know more about it, please visit the following URL:
 
http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/libinfo/docline/freeshare.html

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