• More Than Just a Catalog
• MyJAC - Personalized Catalog
• Jenkins Journal Portal
• Search Other Catalogs (beta)
• Search By Legal Abbreviations
• Congressional Information Service Library Collection Now on JAC

MORE THAN JUST A CATALOG

JAC is now more than just a catalog. With over 25,000 links to full text documents, JAC has now become a legal resource portal.

JAC provides Jenkins patrons with 24/7 access to full text versions of cataloged resources. Users can find online versions of everything from administrative codes to court rules and congressional hearings.

To see some samples of full text documents, follow the links under Link To: on the records below:

• Applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Code of the Township of Radnor
• Palawlibrary.com

MyJAC - PERSONALIZED CATALOG

MyJAC is a feature available to Jenkins' members. With your name and membership number you are able to

• view your circulation record
• check due dates
• renew books
• save searches
• sign up for email alerts
• view your reading history
• update your email address
• renew your membership
• suggest a title
• report problems
• create lists
• sending text messages

JENKINS JOURNAL PORTAL

The Jenkins Journal Portal brings together thousands of legal and nonlegal journals from a variety of sources and media into one easily searchable place.

In addition to searching the Journal Portal, users will find links to the portal right from JAC. To see some samples of Jenkins Journal Portal records, follow the links under Link To: on the records below:

• American Diplomacy
• Journal of Distance Education
• Law and Contemporary Problems
• Medical Science Monitor
• The Legal Intelligencer

SEARCH OTHER CATALOGS (beta)

This special search feature allows users to simultaneously search many library catalogs. (Searching by author or title is recommended.)

An option to Search Other Catalogs is also available from the result page of your most recent search. By clicking the "Other libraries" icon your search will automatically be run on the catalogs at Biddle Law Library, Drexel University Libraries and Temple University School of Law.

Books found using this search can be ordered through our Interlibrary Loan department.

SEARCH BY LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS

For the convenience of our users JAC is enhanced with the legal abbreviations used in Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations. For best results perform a Title search for the abbreviation.

Example Searches:

CONGRESSIONAL INFORMATION SERVICE LIBRARY COLLECTION NOW ON JAC

Looking for an easy way to search for congressional information? Access to the indexes of the CIS (Congressional Information Service) Microfiche Library Collection is available using JAC. CIS covers many congressional publications including hearings, reports, committee prints and much more.

This new addition to JAC brings you many direct links to full text documents dated from 1970 to the present. (ex. Margin Lending Hearing)

Now you can search for CIS records on JAC by using any of the following methods:

To obtain copies of documents from our CIS microfiche collection, please refer to the CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers (CIS #) on retrieved JAC records when visiting Jenkins or contacting our Document Delivery Department.

If you have any questions regarding this service please contact Jenkins Library Systems Manager.