Each item in the catalog is linked to a bibliographic record. This record contains detailed information about the item. You can also perform a number of actions from a bibliographic record.
Access an item’s bibliographic record by finding the item in the Staff Catalog, then selecting the item’s title or cover image.
You may also access an item’s record by clicking its title any time it is hyperlinked, such as on a patron’s account or on the Item Status page.
There may be multiple records for a given title if the title has multiple editions, formats, or publishers in your catalog. Differences in cataloging practices between libraries could also result in multiple records for the same title.
Tip
Select Show Search Form in the top-right corner of a bibliographic record page to display the search form. If the search form is displayed, the button will say Hide Search Form. Select this button to hide the search form.
The search form is filled by information in your URL. This information will still be present in the search form if you accessed the record from a search results page or by selecting a link that contained search information.
The top panel in a record is the Record Summary. This contains the following information:
- Format: The type of item, such as book, DVD, or large print book. This appears above the cover image.
- Cover Image: Image of the cover of the specific version of the item on this record. Note that clicking the cover image will open the image file in your browser.
- Title: The title is a hyperlink. Selecting the title will direct you to the record with no other information in the URL. This is useful for sharing the record.
- Author: The author’s name exactly as it appears in the MARC record.
- Bibliographic Call Number: This is pulled from the MARC record, so it may different from any call number used in your library or consortium.
- Edition
- Publication Date
- Record Owner
- TCN: Title Control Number
- Database ID
- Created On Date
- Created By User: The user’s Evergreen account is linked here.
- Last Edited By User: The user’s Evergreen account is linked here.
- Last Edited On Date
Select the caret (^) icon in the top-right corner of the Record Summary to collapse the record summary panel. Only the title, edition, TCN, and Created By user will be shown.
Select the icon again to expand the record summary panel.
