Z39.50 Servers Menu Page

Command link: /z39
HTML document: z39menu.html

The Z39.50 Servers Menu page serves as a target for the /z39 command link. From this page, your library can offer links to various Z39.50 servers. For more information on how to use the z39menu.html file, see Using the Z39.50 Client.

Token	Description
<!--{toplogo}-->	The system replaces this token with the value of the TOPLOGO Web option.
<!--{botlogo}-->	The system replaces this token with the value of the BOTLOGO Web option.

Formatting Z39.50 Search URLs

Links for Z39.50 searches require a specific format. This format varies depending on which version of Sierra your library uses.

Sierra 6.3 and Later

Links for 39.50 searches require the following format:

a href="https://[server]/[command link]/"

URL Element	Description
[server]	The IP address for your Sierra server.
[command link]	The appropriate Z39.50 command links. For details, see the descriptions of the /z39 and /z39m command links.

Do not specify port 211 in the URL. This was required in previous releases but will cause the links to fail in Sierra 6.3 and later due to security headers.

For example:

<A HREF="https://[server]/z39/Melvyl/CAT">Univ of Calif Melvyl Full Catalog</A>

<A HREF="https://[server]/z39m/OCLC2:ArticleFirst,
OCLC2:ERIC,OCLC2:ReadersGuideAbstracts,OCLC2:WilsonBusinessAbstracts/">
Broadcast a Search to Article First, ERIC, Readers Guide Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts</A>

<A HREF="https://[server]/z39m">Z39BROADCAST</A>

Sierra 6.2 and Earlier

Links for 39.50 searches require the following format:

a href="http://[server]:211/[command link]/"

NOTE

Links for Z39.50 searches must specify port 211 in the URL.

URL Element	Description
[server]	The IP address for your Sierra server.
[command link]	The appropriate Z39.50 command links. For details, see the descriptions of the /z39 and /z39m command links.

For example:

<A HREF="http://[Address]:211/z39/Melvyl/CAT">Univ of Calif Melvyl Full Catalog</A>

<A HREF="http://[Address]:211/z39m/OCLC2:ArticleFirst,
OCLC2:ERIC,OCLC2:ReadersGuideAbstracts,OCLC2:WilsonBusinessAbstracts/">
Broadcast a Search to Article First, ERIC, Readers Guide Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts</A>

<A HREF="http://[Address]:211/z39m">Z39BROADCAST</A>