HIT -- Marc Records

[Charlie Roberts <chas@EDTEK.ORG>]

Dear LM_Net Members,

Thanks to all of those who responded to the marc record source inquiry.
Several list members requested a hit response, so that follows.  I did
search the LM_Net archives and found the same inquiry sometime back and
there does not appear to be much difference.  After a short investigation I
would tend to organize the hits into three categories.

The first category is marc services that are rendered for a fee.  One
example is Marchive, which came recommended by several list members.  The
user provides Marchive with a cataloging profile, searching is free, and
records are $.27 for each ordered.   The profile is then applied to the
record and it becomes available the next day.
http://www.marchive.com

Another category would include software developed to search library marc
records and return results in a format easy to manage and manipulate.  EZCat
and InterCat were two providers for this type of solution.  I believe both
of these products will allow the user to select the libraries that the user
would prefer to search. Both were recommended by list members, and both
provide demo downloads.
http://www.booksys.com/ezcat
http://alpha.tkm.mb.ca/intercat/

The third category would be those Web based systems that search the Library
of Congress catalog and then provide the user with a file that contains all
the records selected by the user which is easily imported into cataloging
programs.  This type of marc record finder received the most praise from
those who responded.  FreeMarc and LibraryCom were the most often
recommended, but I believe they are the same.  The user has to register, but
I found this to be the resource of my choice.
http://www.librarycom.com/
http://www.freemarc.com/

Finally, the Library of Congress was resource recommended most often.
Again, the user can capture the record in a format that can be imported into
cataloging software, but it takes a little more know-how on the users part.
http://catalog.loc.gov


Thanks for all your help,
Charlie

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Charlie Roberts, Media Coordinator
Pine View High School
2850 E. 750 North Street, St. George, UT 84790
Phone: (435)628-5255 EXT 4  FAX: (435)628-0327
chas@edtek.org

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