Creating a See Also Reference Manually

Horizon automatically creates a See Also reference in your database when you import an authority record that has a See Also reference. If no authority exists that matches the incoming See Also reference, Horizon creates a system‑generated authority record. Both the system‑generated authority record and the imported authority record contain See Also references to each other.

On the other hand, if you import an authority record that has a See Also reference that matches an authority record in your database (and that authority record is not system‑generated), Horizon creates a See Also reference to that authority record, but not a reciprocal See Also reference. This prevents See Also references that should not exist.

For example, the author “Stephen Leacock” might have a See Also reference to the subject “Canadian Authors.” If you create a reciprocal reference for both authorities, “Canadian Authors” would contain a See Also reference to Stephen Leacock, which should not exist. Therefore, when both authority records are imported into your database, Stephen Leacock references “Canadian Authors,” but not vice versa.

 


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