How to copy a bibliographic record using Z39.50

Don’t forget to search for a title first before you bring in a new record via Z39.50

Please refer to the serching instructions here for more information.

Searching Z39.50

Select “Home > More > Cataloging”

Click on the “New from Z39.50” button

Enter the ISBN number or UPC number from the item you are searching for and click “Search”

NOTE: The ISBN number is ususally embedded in the UPC, so scanning the UPC on a book usually populates the ISBN - however, the official ISBN for a book is usually found on the back of the book’s title page

NOTE: Self-published titles often do not include an ISBN

If you do not get any results, you should try searching again by author or title

If you find a match, click on the action button on the right and choose “MARC” or “Card” to pre-view the record and make sure that the record is a good match

NOTE: Generally speaking, the more data you see in the “Card” preview, the better the record

If you find a match and the top results are highlighted in yellow and the server name is “#NEXT SEARCH CATALOG” it means that we already have a bibliographic record in the catalog that matches your search terms

If this happens, please double check and make sure that the record already in Next does not match the record you’re trying to add

If you do find a matching record you want to add to Next, click on “Import” to add the record to our catalog

Once the record has been imported you can make changes to the MARC record as necessary and then click the “Save” button to finalize the import.

Specifically, you must update the record’s 942$e, 942$c, and 942$h

If the item does not have a 040$d and you do not know the OCLC code for your library, please input “cz5” (the NEKLS OCLC code - it’s OK, it works just fine for our purposes)

After the bibliographic record has been saved, you will be redirected to the add items page so you can add your items to the new record.