Retrieving Contact Records

To view contact records, you must be assigned permission 231 (View Contact Records). See Permissions Used by Sierra for more information.

To retrieve a contact record, do the following:

  1. Choose the Contacts function.
  2. Choose one of the following from the Index drop-down list:
    • Contact Code
    • Contact Name
    • .Record #
    • Keyword
  3. Enter the search criteria in the text box and choose Search.
Viewing a Contact Record from a Resource Record

When you are viewing or editing a resource record, you can view the associated contact record by double-clicking one of the following fields in the resource record:

  • ACCESS PROVIDER
  • CONSORTIUM
  • COPYRIGHT HOLDER
  • DATA PROVIDER
  • PUBLISHER
See also:
Record Types Accessed by Searches
Display of Contact Records