Client documentation: Authorities

Search

• Search Authority Files
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  Search or browse the Library of Congress (LC) authority file interactively or via batch. Also, search the Chinese name authority file (read-only access).

Create and edit records

• Create Name Authority Records
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  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
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  Basic techniques and special functions for editing records.
  
• Authorities Format Tag Chart
  (In PDF only)
  (Quick reference)
  List of fields and subfields used in authority records
  
• Take Actions on Authority Records
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  Take actions on authority records interactively or via batch processing.
  
• Use Authority Constant Data
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  Create, apply, find, and manage online and local constant data records.
  
• Save Authority Records
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  Save records in the online or local authority save file; find and use saved records.
  
• Use Authority Control for Bibliographic Records
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  Control headings in bibliographic records to comply with LC authority records.

Import and export records

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

Related

• OCLC Cataloging Authorization Levels: Record Actions and Upgrades
  (In PDF only)
  Hierarchy of OCLC authorizations with actions authorized for each level.
  
• Authorities User Guide, 3d Ed Revised
  • Authorities User Guide, Update Page Set
    (In PDF only)
• Enhance training outline
  
• Find other OCLC documentation

Technical bulletins

• Technical Bulletin 255: OCLC-MARC Format Update 2008
  
  
• Technical Bulletin 252: OCLC-MARC Format Update 2006

  New coding practices for integrating resources; changes to OCLC-MARC records based on MARC21 changes.

• Technical Bulletin 249: OCLC-MARC Format Update 2003

  Changes to OCLC-MARC records based on MARC21 changes.

Notes

• All files are updated for Connexion client 2.10.
• Client Web documentation contains the same content as the client Help.

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