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Search the Authority File

Abstract

Search or browse the Library of Congress names and subjects authority file interactively or via batch; search indexes and examples; use search and browse results. Includes expanded browse for subheadings and See and See also references. Open LC history records for distributed authority records. Also, search the Chinese name authority file for read-only access to records.

Revision history

Last updated: January 2008

Revision History
Date Section title Description of changes
January 2008 2 LC authority file indexes Added new genre (keyword label - ge: and browse label - ge=) (will not retrieve records until Library of Congress distributes the records)
  3 Use LC authority file search results Clarified instructions on using LC authority file browse results: If results from clicking an entry in a browse list exceed 50 records, the client displays the first set of 50.
View the next set by scrolling down using the <Up arrow> or <Down arrow> or the <Page up> or <Page down\> keys.
The first set of 50 is number consecutively; the next set restarts numbering at 1 (the entire list is not numbered consecutively

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