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Find links to commonly used resources, organized by category, that provide guidance for working with OCLC cataloging products and services.
How to use the web browser-based interface to catalog in WorldShare Record Manager.
How to use the Windows-based interface to catalog in OCLC Connexion. Links to Getting Started, Basics, Cataloging, and Authorities documents.
How to use the simplified cataloging interface in WorldShare Record Manager for copy cataloging.
How to use Z39.50 for cataloging.
How to use WebDewey for Dewey classification.
Defines authorized actions for each OCLC cataloging authorization level.
Tagging conventions, input standards, and guidelines for WorldCat records.
Cataloging guidelines for participants in OCLC's Expert Community
Procedures for entering diacritics and special characters in Latin-script-based records.
Find DDC resources
Find DDC updates.
Description, guidelines, and examples of indexes for searching WorldCat, including fields and subfields indexed. Indexes are supported for all OCLC WorldCat search interfaces (except Z39.50), including Connexion, CatExpress, FirstSearch, and FirstSearch Resource Sharing.
Provides summary instructions, formats, techniques, guidelines, examples, and indexes for searching WorldCat for cataloging purposes, using the Connexion client.
WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative outlines the rights and responsibilities associated with the stewardship of the WorldCat bibliographic and holdings database by and for the OCLC cooperative.
Record structure, character sets, and exchange media formatting for OCLC-MARC records on magnetic tape, via electronic file transfer or via export.
List of MARC 21 bibliographic data elements that OCLC has not implemented along with possible OCLC action to implement them.
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).
Find information about closed dates in authority records.
Provides details on adding new name authority records, replacing master name authority records and submitting records for national review.
Provides details on creating name authority records from workforms or existing records and generating records from name headings.
Provides details on supporting the ability to associate headings in bibliographic records with authority records.
Provides details on editing authority records, inserting diacritics, and displaying and printing records.
Provides details on setting export options and exporting authority records, multiple records, and flagged records, and importing MARC records.
Provides details on searching and browsing the Authority File, viewing and using search results, and using the flagged authority records screen.
Provides summary instructions, formats, techniques, guidelines, examples, and indexes for searching OCLC authority records using the Connexion client.
Provides details on selecting, creating, editing, finding, and using authority constant data.
Provides details on using, searching, and viewing the Authority Save file.
Describes indexes and indexed fields/subfields for all the authority files that are available using Record Manager.
You can use the Local Holdings Maintenance service to maintain accurate, current holdings information and to create Local Holdings Records (LHRs) that enable you to share detailed holdings information with library staff, users, and other libraries.
General information on Z39.71 Holdings Format and MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data (MFHD); OCLC LDR format and SERHOLD format are also briefly discussed.
Explains how to search for local holdings records in WorldCat and use search results.
Procedures for creating, editing, and deleting local holdings records; provides procedures and information for local holdings agents.
Explains how to create, customize, and apply local holdings constant data records.
Brief, general information on each tag and subfield.
Detailed reference on the format for OCLC local holdings records. Defines fields, subfields, and indicators. Provides guidelines for creating and editing record content.
Description of local bibliographic data (LBD), the fields that use LBDs, and the search labels you can use to search LBDs.
Find information about how OCLC delivers quality and learn about the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Find a link to the form: WorldCat and Authority Record Quality Control Request.
Give background on how OCLC's Duplicate Detection and Resolution (DDR) software deals with bibliographic records.