Re[2]: On-line cataloging info

[Dan Robinson <DAN@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

> You can search the Library of Congress catalog through a DRA interface, which
 is
> much easier to use than LC's system. Telnet to  dra.com   Try it!
> Ellen Berne
> The Winsor School
> Boston MA 02215
> eberne@a1.mec.mass.edu
>

LC on DRA.COM is nice, but it is not the complete LC database.  It is
also not updated as often as LC.  There is more to LOCIS than books.
There is also access to Federal legislation, Copyright information,
Braille and Audio, Organizations, and Foreign law.  Within the
Catalog, there is access to the LC subject headings.


> I also want to mention that to see the
> MARC record display, you enter: d 1/2/edit where 1 is the set, 2
the item
> number. While most systems use "marc" to obtain the MARC display,
LC uses
> "edit." Go figure.
>
> Happy cataloging,
> Ron Bettencourt

Remember, Locis was really designed for the LC catalogers.  Public
access came later.  "Edit" probably meant exactly that, the command
to edit a MARC record.

If you look at the MARC format on LOCIS, note that LC uses a strange
format.   It groups the subfield letters after the indicators, then
runs the subfields together, separated by "#" marks.


Dan Robinson
Editorial Specs Specialist
H. W. Wilson Company
dan@info.hwwilson.com