MARC Records

These are individual MARC records for the titles available in subscription databases. Before loading them into their catalogs, libraries should keep the following in mind:

• The records were provided by the database vendors themselves (i.e. EBSCO, NewsBank,  etc.). OPLIN disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of the records. Use at your own risk.
• OPLIN has done minimal editing on these records: changed the URI in the 856 subfield $u so that the links use our authentication system; added an access note in field 506; and standardized the text in 856 subfield $y. You may edit these records according to your own local needs.
• Local automation systems have different requirements for record content, and there are no standards for how MARC record information displays on the screen. (For example, your system may not display the content in subfield $y of the 856 field, and you may prefer this text to be in subfield $z).
• Each automation system has its own mechanism for editing, importing, and deleting MARC content. The OPLIN staff has no expertise in local ILS management, but you probably can find help and advice from other Ohio libraries on the OPLINLIST or OPLINTECH mailing lists.
• Titles come and go from large database subscriptions, depending on publisher restrictions. Libraries who load these records may want to make sure they have a mechanism to replace these records annually (deleting the full set and loading a new set).

The links below are to files with a ".mrc" extension. They vary in size; some can be several megabytes in size. It might be best to right-click on the links, save the files locally, and open them with your preferred MARC editing program

What do these do?
These records will add direct links to electronic titles in the Ohio Web Library databases to your Web OPAC, like this one for Consumer Reports.