Creating, Copying, and Editing MARC Records

You can create an original bibliographic or authority record in the Bibliographic or Authority Record workform using various editing features. You can also search a remote database and copy a MARC record to create a new one in Polaris.

For information on creating item records, see Maintaining Item Records.

Note:
You can also add MARC records to your catalog by importing or copying them. See Setting Up Import Profiles and Importing Records. 

See also:

• Creating MARC Records
• Copying MARC Records
• Editing MARC Records
• Browse Headings Display

For more information on MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic records, see the Library of Congress website:

http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html

For more information on MARC 21 Format for Authority records, see the Library of Congress website:

http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html