TLC Authorities Z39.50 Attribute Settings

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ITS•MARC Z39.50 Settings

The ITS•MARC authority database contains MARC authority records from the Library of Congress (names, subjects, series/uniform titles), Sears subjects, and the National Library of Medicine medical subject headings. Z39.50 access utilizes the connection information, attributes and settings listed below.

If you are searching for bibliographic records, see the separate Z39.50 settings for ITS•MARC Bibliographic data.

Please enter your user ID, password, database name, Internet address and port, and search attributes in accordance with your Z39.50 client software documentation.

Internet address: auth.itsmarc.com

Port:> 5666

Databases: Enter the Database name as indicated below for the database of interest. Database names have no spaces and are case-sensitive.

	Database	Database Name
	LC Names and Subjects (combined file)	auth
	Sears Subject Headings	sears
	Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	mesh

Search Attribute Settings

For the USE attribute, use one of the following settings:

Search type	No.	Z39.50 Description
Subject	21	Any subject heading
Author (Name heading)	1002	Any personal, corporate, or meeting name
Uniform Title	6	Title Uniform
LCCN	9	LC Control No.
Control No.		Not supported (use LCCN for LC authorities)
Dewey	13	Dewey Classification
LC Class	16	LC Call Number
Other Classification	20	Local Classification
Personal Name	1	Personal Name
Corporate Name	2	Corporate Name
Meeting Name	3	Conference Name
Note	63	Note
Series Uniform Title	6	Title Uniform
Subject Subdivision	47	Subject Subdivision (includes topical, chronological, geographic)
Genre Form	1075	Subject Genre / Form
Geographic heading	1076	Subject Name Geographical
Chronological	1077	Chronological heading
Topical Heading	1079	Subject Topical

Search Strategies

For supported search types, attribute settings are supported for Keyword, Alphabetic, or Browse searches. Use the following attribute combinations:

For Keyword searches (Find records that contain...)

Attribute	No.	Suggested Setting Name
Use	(See above)
Structure	2	Word
Relation	3	Equal
Position	3	Any position in field
Truncation	100	Do not truncate
Completeness	1	Incomplete subfield

For Alphabetic searches (Find records that begin with...)

Attribute	No.	Suggested Setting Name
Use	(See above)
Structure	1	Phrase
Relation	3	Equal
Position	1	First in field
Truncation	1	Right truncation
Completeness	1	Incomplete subfield

To Browse (Find records near ... and permit navigation up and down)

Attribute	No.	Suggested Setting Name
Use	(See above)
Structure	1	Phrase
Relation	0	Default
Position	1	First in field
Truncation	0	Default
Completeness	0	Default

Library Support

If you have any questions about searching TLC Authorities via Z39.50, please call TLC Support at 800-852-4911. You may also e-mail your questions to support@TLCdelivers.com or enter a ticket at http://www.tlcdelivers.com/helpdesk.

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