We're discontinuing Connexion browser on 30 April 2024. Current Connexion browser users who prefer a web-based interface are encouraged to make the switch to WorldShare® Record Manager. Users of the Windows-based Connexion client can continue to use the locally-installed Connexion client for their cataloging workflows. Learn more
With Connexion, you can:
Accelerate copy cataloging
Connexion allows you to simply search for matching records in WorldCat®, edit the record, set your holdings, export your records and print labels, if desired. You can also create and maintain copies of your library's local holdings records, which may contain additional data, such as local call numbers, holdings locations within the institution or local or copy-specific notes.

Create original MARC records
Connexion is the definitive tool for OCLC member institutions to perform original cataloging, adding records for new resources to WorldCat's global collective. With Connexion, you can check WorldCat to see if a record or title exists, create a new record, validate the record and export it individually or with other records you've created.
Connexion offers flexible searching using derived, numeric and phrase options in over 90 indexes of Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Syriac, Tamil and Thai script data. Drop-down menus list available indexes, eliminating the need to memorize index labels. Experts can search via a command line using index labels and search strings.
You can search headings in a bibliographic record with the touch of a button and link headings to the associated authority records so the bibliographic record will automatically update if the authority record changes. You can also let other Connexion users worldwide know that the linked headings in the bibliographic records match those in the authority records.

An interface that fits your needs
Connexion client is a Windows® desktop application available as a free download.
The Connexion client adds productivity-boosting enhancements, including macros, additional keyboard customization—you can perform all navigation and cataloging actions using assignable key combinations—and integrated label printing. In addition, you can work offline using client local files and batch processing to send your transactions to OCLC. The Connexion client supports Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Syriac, Tamil and Thai scripts, with interface language choices of Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, German, Japanese, Korean or Spanish. Individual users logging onto a shared workstation can maintain their own settings within the application.
System requirements
See Hardware, software, and user requirements for Connextion client
Further instruction
Complete information on using the Connexion client is available in Connexion client documentation.

Connexion is a full-service online cataloging tool backed by OCLC's 40+ years of cataloging experience. Connexion lets you create and edit high-quality bibliographic and authority records and then share them with the entire OCLC cooperative, which benefits libraries around the world.
Service availability
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Available everywhere except Germany and the Netherlands
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Join OCLC-CJK, a listserv discussion of OCLC Chinese, Japanese and Korean functionality. Or browse the archives.
A detailed comparison chart is available to help you compare functionality in all cataloging interfaces, point by point.
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