Setting Up Broadcast (Z39.50) Searching

You can set up Information Portal so that your users can search remote Z39.50 library databases. You can also set up an Information Portal Library as a Z39.50 connection so that other remote library users can search your database.

To do this

See these instructions

Add or change a Z39.50 library so your users can access it

Adding a Z39.50 Library Connection and Changing Broadcast Searching

Make one of your Information Portal Libraries available for broadcast searching

Changing Broadcast Searching, Setting Up a Horizon Index Limit, and Customizing a Z39.50 Universal ID

Determine how the results of a search look for a Z39.50 library

Customizing a Z39.50 Search Result Display, Customizing a Z39.50 MARC Map, and Customizing a Z39.50 Lookup Code

Decide which search result displays Information Portal uses for Z39.50 searches

Customizing a Z39.50 Result Type

Set up Z39.50 libraries for redirected searches

Redirecting a Search for a Z39.50 Library

 


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