LILACS records loaded into WorldCat

OCLC recently completed the first phase of loading records from The Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences Database (LILACS) into WorldCat. 

The majority of the records were original to WorldCat (316,796 original LILAC records were added). Documents in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish are included.

LILACS is a cooperative product of the Latin American and Caribbean Centre on Health Sciences Information, coordinated by BIREME (Biblioteca Regional de Medicina). BIREME is a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Specialized Center established in Brazil since 1967 and works in collaboration with the Brazilian Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Secretary of Health of the State of Sao Paulo and the Federal University of Sao Paulo. BIREME offers a virtual library to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean providing information in Science and Health. www.bireme.br 

It is the mission of BIREME to contribute to the development of health in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean by the promotion of the use of the scientific and technical health information.  In a broad sense, LILACS covers all Health Sciences addressing human health: Medicine, Public Health, Dentistry, Nursing, Veterinary Medicine, Sanitary Engineering, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Biology, Nutrition, Psychology, Ecology and Environment, etc.

The Cooperating Centers of the Latin America and Caribbean countries include: the libraries of the network or national information systems; the Documentation Centers of Pan American Health Organization - PAHO; PAHO Representations in the countries of the Region; PAHO Special Regional Centers; and PAHO Headquarter Library. All of them contribute to the LILACS database. A Coordinating Centre in each country is responsible for the activities of the National Cooperating Centers concerning the LILACS database. In Brazil, BIREME is also the LILACS Coordinating Centre at regional and national levels.

Here are some sample searches to demonstrate LILACS materials in WorldCat:

Search in the KW index for west nile and limit to library code lilac.

Or try:  (kw: avian and kw: flu) or kw: influenza and li: lilac.

If you have questions about LILACS, please contact Mark Blanchard.  Thank you.

Mark A. Blanchard
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
6565 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017
Voice: (800) 848-5878 x4337
E-Mail: <mailto:blancham@OCLC.Org

(2006 06 20)