Client documentation: Authorities

Quick reference

Connexion Client Authorities Quick Reference
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(New in February 2009)
Basic instructions for working with authority records in the client. Includes instructions for controlling headings in bibliographic records. Also lists default keystroke shortcuts and toolbar buttons.

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).

OCLC Connexion: Searching Authorities Quick Reference
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(New in January 2009)
Summary instructions, formats, techniques, guidelines, examples, and indexes for searching OCLC authority records using either the Connexion client or browser interface.

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
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(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 and to update headings automatically when the controlling authority record changes.

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

OCLC Cataloging Authorization Levels: Record Actions and Upgrades (Quick Reference)
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Hierarchy of OCLC authorizations with actions authorized for each level.
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.)
Enhance training outline
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