HamCAT new ILL functionality is now available:
See this guide for more information about more streamlined Interlibrary Loans.
If you need assistance, please contact your library liaison.
HamCAT is our online library search engine. “Partner Libraries” includes numerous MnPALS Consortium Libraries collections including Bemidji State University, Minnesota State University, Mankato, St. Cloud State, vintage CLIC libraries , and other four-year academic Minnesota libraries. It does not include the University of Minnesota Libraries
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You can search all MnPALS Libraries collections including Hamline by clicking the drop down on the search:
HamCAT has replaced the older, now defunct CLICsearch
is a toggle button that brings up a more powerful search interface with more parameters for refining results. The Advanced Search button changes to be "Basic Search" if you wish to return to the single-line more simplified search interface.
Hint: DOIs begin with the number ten period (10.) .
50 items is the maximum number of favorite/pin selections at a time. If this limit is reached, users are prompted to edit their selections. 
Pins disappear after browser session is closed unless user has signed in. Another option is to export your pins/favorites. Read about how to do this. Some users find it helpful to have two different browsers, one of which is used for the personal Google account and the other used for their Hamline Google account.
Atlases are showing up incorrectly as type MAPS.
EBOOK vs. BOOK: occasionally the system misidentifies whether a book is electronic or not. If you need help identifying the definite format, please contact a librarian.
REVIEWS vs. the actual ARTICLE or BOOK: sometimes the item format is not accurate until the full resource record is opened. Sometimes the full record is erroneous. Again, If you need help identifying the definite format, please contact a librarian.
HamCAT is a catalog of most of Hamline's library resources, but not all. For example, MLA Bibliography records cannot be rendered discoverable in HamCAT. Instead, one needs to search EBSCO directly.
Other sources NOT found in HamCAT:
It is optimal to search the above resources directly rather than using HamCAT.
Google 404 when trying to sign in: if you encounter the following problem please contact the Central Service Desk at csd@hamline.edu or 615-523-2427 as we need to request that ITS add a missing parameter to your Hamline account to resolve this. Another option is to submit an incident on our Hamline Central Service Desk Service Portal and include "404 HamCAT sign in issue" as part of the description. It will also be helpful to know your OS (e.g. Windows 10, Mac OS X Big Sur, iOS, Android, etc.) and browser version to expedite your request. Resetting your Hamline password or trying another browser will not resolve this 404 error.
Advanced Search: electronic capstones, theses and dissertations don't show up in search results when material type is limited to "Theses & Dissertations." This is a known issue. As a workaround, please use material type "All items" in the Advanced Search if you are not sure if the thesis or capstone is electronic or print. This is highly suggested for search is limited to "Digital Collections." Another option is to go into DigitalCommons@Hamline and search directly.
HamCAT displays 10, 25 or 50 results per page depending upon the user settings. After entering a search, scroll down to the near the bottom of the page to adjust "Results Per Page":
Unfortunately the system doesn't remember this setting for subsequent searches if you close out your browser. You may have to reset the desired results per page repeatedly.
IOS device (iPad) left panel-facets cover-up the search boxes when devices held horizontally.
Solution: rotate the device 90°, i.e. hold the device vertically.
If you try to login to HamCAT but it fails and you see this message below, realize that you are probably signed into Google with a non-Hamline username.
The solution is to sign out and sign back in with your Hamline credentials. Another option is to use a different browser.
Curly quote marks versus straight quotes give different results
A bug in the system is treating search strings wrapped in different kinds of quotes differently. For example, a search for
“australian intelligence community“
brings up a different number of search results than using straight quotes:
"australian intelligence community"
Please note that depending upon your device, it may be automatically changing your quote marks into curly quotes (e.g. on some iPhones). This is on the vendor's list to be fixed but has not been resolved yet.
Bug: APA (7th edition) citations are missing the first name of the first author/creator in HamCAT. IMPORTANT
You will have to add the initial of the first author manually for your Reference List until a fix is released (unknown timeframe, but vendor is working on it). Tip: always double-check any references / citations that are generated by a computer for appropriate formatting.
Articles: Conference Abstracts NEW
Some "full text" records are for abstracts of papers presented at conferences which are inaccurately described as type "Articles." Please realize that conference abstracts are in fact the full text. No further full text was ever intended nor will ever be made available.
EBSCO "Item not found" NEW
EBSCO does not index numerous short articles as separate articles, so they do not resolve correctly following the HamCAT link(s). The solution is to go directly into the appropriate EBSCO database and conduct a search for the short article title; i.e. use the citation info. from the HamCAT record to search within the EBSCO search interface. You can also ask a librarian for assistance.
Multiple ISSNs NEW
The system does not return valid results when searching for multiple ISSN numbers concatenated together with commas. The solution is to instead conduct separate searches for each ISSN.
E.g. searching for 1759-9660 , 1759-9679 returns zero results.
Rather: search for 1759-9660. Look at the results. Then conduct a subsequent search for 1759-9679 and view those results.
Interlibrary Loans (ILL) NEW
See this page for details about how to request Interlibrary Loans using HamCAT.
allows faculty to create and edit Reading Lists that integrate library available resources into your Canvas courses.
To use the Leganto Send to button when viewing a full record in HamCAT, you must first sign into HamCAT using your full Hamline email address. If you choose to send the citation(s) to a list, note that your reading list and section must previously have been created in Leganto. Faculty can sign in to Leganto directly here or go through Canvas to edit your Reading List(s). After clicking the Add to Reading List button in HamCAT, the screen will flash briefly but currently there is no notification that the send to function worked. Go into Leganto to check that your reading list has been updated with the new additional citation.
Note that the "Send to Leganto" reading list functionality is only available for faculty and staff users.
We are members of the larger Minnesota MnPALS Library Consortium with support services through 
