Inserting URLs into Bibliographic and Course Records

You can edit records to enter URLs into the y-tagged MARC 856 field of bibliographic and course records.

Specialized URL Setup

Inserting URLs into course records requires special setup. Contact Innovative to add this functionality to your system.
See INN-Reach URLs for Locally Held Resources for specifying URLs using different MARC field tags on INN-Reach systems.

When a WebPAC user encounters a record with a URL, the system offers the opportunity to connect to the resource. Subfield 'u' of the MARC 856 field contains the URL. In Sierra 6.1 and later, the system also supports persistent identifiers in subfield g and treats them the same as subfield u. By default, subfield 'z' contains the text that the WebPAC offers as a link that the user must click to access the resource. For example:

|u[URL]|z[Text displayed in the WebPAC]

If an 856 field contains multiple z and u subfields (or z and g subfields), the system displays each subfield pair as a separate link. This is an example of an 856 field and the resulting HTML in the WebPAC:

<a href='http://www.ebay.com'>Z Subfield 1 </a>
<a href='http://www.ebscohost.com'>:Z Subfield 2 </a>
<a href='http://www.iii.com'>:Z Subfield 3 </a>

If multiple 856 fields occur in a record, the specified subfields from all of them are offered as links.

You can use the DISPLAY_856 option to control how hyperlinks from MARC 856 fields appear and function. If subfield z is not specified by the DISPLAY_856 option (or is not present in the 856 field), the WebPAC displays the URL or persistent identifier itself (from subfield u or subfield g) as the linked text.

Additionally, you can modify the title text for the table for 856 links using the LINK856TEXT option. This is the text "Connect to" in the example below:

Linking to Articles

By default, the WebPAC does not display links to articles specified in the 856 or 962 fields of a record. To allow direct links to articles in your WebPAC, set the ENABLE_DIRECT_ARTICLE_LINK Web option.