Sonny Software

I would like to request that the view of a record found in the internet search (particularly the MARC record from LOC) be improved so that information can be seen clearly in the internet search window.

The reason I would like this is for times when there is just one piece of information that I am missing from an already-existing citation. Usually, when importing from elsewhere, the LOC call numbers and the ISBN's aren't included. Then I end up having to re-enter it by downloading it from LOC - and syncing the rest of the fields (keywords, notes, abstract) which is where the nuisance factor comes in. I would like to be able to just go to LOC in the internet search, find the book, and see the info in that window in an orderly fashion, and just copy and paste the missing info.

I would also like to be able to add amazon cover art by drag and drop from the internet search, without actually downloading the citation.

Even better would be some sort of automated process in BE that just looked up and filled the ISBN's and LOC call numbers automatically, and looked up Amazon cover art (Sente does the amazon art I think).

Another possible solution for this is OpenURL search, though I don't know if LOC supports this (and BE needs to add the ability to have multiple OpenURL searches).

The entire info is shown because each library outputs different fields. This way you can design an import filter -- if you didn't see the output, that would be impossible.

You can import/attach the Amazon art by drag and drop -- did you try it?

Jon
Sonny Software

If I already have a bunch of references in my db, created before I was smart enough (read: took the time) to figure out how filters work, and now I'm missing important fields (esp. LOC Call # and ISBN), is there a way to pick up that data from the original data source (e.g., a library) or some other source (LOC), in order to get that record more complete? In other words - to be able to synch/update data according to the filter (for, say Melvyl) that I have *now* (that includes the various cataloging info in Melvyl that is often non-standard) rather than the filter I had then (which was just the default)? Or will I just have to delete all those records and import the data all over again?

If that's not a current feature, it sure would be nice, as some records are difficult to find, and I have forgotten where I found some of them.

You'll have to do a search again, and then you can do a remove duplicates are you have imported the reference again. One thing that may or may not be useful is doing an OpenURL search based on an existing reference (changing the defulat OpenURL source to your university library, if you have access to one, may be useful, too).

Jon
Sonny Software

Jon wrote:You'll have to do a search again, and then you can do a remove duplicates are you have imported the reference again. One thing that may or may not be useful is doing an OpenURL search based on an existing reference (changing the defulat OpenURL source to your university library, if you have access to one, may be useful, too).

jon, I have the same problem as jblander- i.e. I wasn't smart enough to make a complete record.

I was wondering, is LOC OpenURL? I like your idea of doing an openURL, in that I can launch the search from the record itself instead of manually searching for it in the internet search. At least with the OpenURL search it becomes a little less manual.

Hi,

I don't know if the LOC has an OpenURL server or not. We provide access to one (kindly via 1Cate), but there are many out there, some free.

Jon
Sonny Software