Client documentation: Authorities

Quick reference

Connexion Client Authorities Quick Reference
Basic instructions for working with authority records and for controlling headings in bibliographic records. Lists default keystroke shortcuts and toolbar buttons.

Search Authority Files
Search or browse the Library of Congress (LC) authority file interactively or via batch. Search the Chinese name authority file.

OCLC Connexion: Searching Authorities Quick Reference
Summary instructions, formats, techniques, guidelines, examples, and indexes for searching OCLC authority records (applies to both client and browser interface).

Create Name Authority Records
Create name authority records online or via batch, using a workform, deriving from an existing record, or generating from a name heading.
Edit Authority Records
Basic techniques and special functions for editing records.
Authorities Format Tag Chart
(Quick reference)
List of fields and subfields used in authority records
Take Actions on Authority Records
Take actions on authority records interactively or via batch processing.
Use Authority Constant Data
Create, apply, find, and manage online and local constant data records.
Save Authority Records
Save records in the online or local authority save file; find and use saved records.

Use Authority Control for Bibliographic Records
Control headings in bibliographic records to comply with LC authority records.

Export or Import Authority Records
Set up and export records from the LC authority file or import records into Connexion.

Batch Processing in the Client: Overview
Basic instructions for batch processing searches and actions in the client for both bibliographic and authority records.

Authorities: Format and Indexes
Provides details on the format of OCLC authority records. Describes indexes and indexed fields/subfields. Also covers procedures for submitting authority record change requests. (Supersedes the Authorities User Guide.)
OCLC Cataloging Authorization Levels
(quick reference)
Hierarchy of OCLC authorizations. List of actions authorized for each level. Types of master record updates authorized for Full and higher.
Enhance training outline
Overview of the Enhance process and related mechanics, workflow, requirements, policies, practices, control and communication.