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Request Types

SRU

Basic form of query

http://alcme.oclc.org/srw/search/lcnaf?query=[CQL Query]

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionRequired?Possible Values
queryquery in the form of a CQL Search. For more information see the SRU Explain responserequired 
operationthe type of operation to perform. Browse (scan) or Search (searchRetrieve)optional

searchRetrieve
scan

default is searchRetrieve

recordSchemadetermines the result format, and can be MARC XML (info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fmarcxml)optional

info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fmarcxml

default is info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fmarcxml

startRecordthe starting position of the result setoptionaldefault is 1
maximumRecordsthe maximum number of records to return in a single requestoptional


default is 10

Indexes

  • cql.any
  • local.BirthDate
  • local.DeathDate
  • local.FamilyName
  • local.FirstName
  • local.FuzzyFamilyName - Family Name with spelling forgiveness, nicknames and abbreviations and a couple
    different soundex algorithms
  • local.FuzzyFirstName - First Name with spelling forgiveness, nicknames and abbreviations and a couple
    different soundex algorithms
  • local.FuzzyName - Any of the name parts with spelling forgiveness, nicknames and abbreviations and a couple
    different soundex algorithms
  • local.LCCN
  • local.Name - Any of the name parts: first, last, titles and dates
  • local.Number
  • local.PersonalName - First and last name
  • local.Title - Titles and other words associated with a name: 100$c, 400$c and 500$c

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