Since authority-controlled tags follow a certain format and contain specific information, catalogers should make sure the authority heading that they want to use does not already exist in your library’s database before they create a new one. One way to do this is to use Browse Link to create a link with an existing authority. Browse Link gives catalogers a fast access to linkable records (such as authority records or electronic documents) in your database. Your staff can also use Browse Link with bib to bib linking and Uniform Title linking.
Browse Link works with search types that you set up in the Search view based on the PAC flavors you have defined. This lets your catalogers choose a Browse Link search flavor in the Profile tab of the Customize Editor. (For example, if you want to set up a 650 tag to search for existing subjects in staff search, you must have a subject type search set up in the Search view for stafpac.) If your catalogers do not choose a different Browse Link Search flavor, Horizon uses the default search flavor (pac). (For more information on setting up search types and PAC flavors, see the “Searching Setup” chapter of the System Administration Guide.)
When you installed Horizon, you may have set up Browse Link to work with some tags. If you want your catalogers to be able to search against other tags using Browse Link, you must set up each tag. (For more information on using Browse Link, see “Adding an Authority-Controlled Tag to a Bib Record” in the “MARC Editing” chapter of the
You may need to create new MARC maps before you can set up this feature. (For more information, see “MARC maps” in the “General Setup” chapter of the System Administration Guide.)
To set up Browse Link
1 | Start the Browse Link Setup process. |
The default location of this process is the Cataloging\Cataloging Control Menu folder on the navigation bar.
Horizon opens the Browse Link Setup grid:
2 | Click in the Cat Type field and choose the cataloging type you want from the drop-down list. |
3 | Click in the Tag field and use the drop-down list to choose the tag from which you want Browse Link to work. |
You must choose a linkable tag, such as an authority tag.
4 | Click in the Tag Extract Marc Map field and use the drop-down list to choose the MARC map from which the tag should extract the information. |
The MARC map you choose must be related to the type of Mq Index you choose for this tag.
5 | Click in the Mq Index field and use the drop-down list to choose the index you want Horizon to use to search for an existing linking record for this tag. |
The Mq Index must be defined in a Search type that is assigned to a PAC flavor. (For more information, see the “Searching Setup” chapter of the System Administration Guide.)
6 | Repeat this task for every tag you want to set up for Browse Link. |
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