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Z39.50 Connection

The following is information to assist you in connecting to the Libraries Catalog via a Z39.50 client such as Bookwhere or EndNote. The information below will help you configure your client. Provided is a list of Z39.50 attribute options and a list of suggested attributes. Please note that some Z39.50 search techniques differ from the Web interface, a native Voyager product. For more information on the Z39.50 standard: LC, NISO (last updated July 8th, 2021)
Catalog Connect Settings

Server Name:

library.ua.edu

Server IP:

130.160.143.85

Port Number:

7090

Database Name:

VOYAGER

Record Format

MARC

Search Attribute Options

Search Field/Type

Use

Position

Truncation

Personal Name

1

3

1 or 100

Corporate Name

2

3

1 or 100

Conference Name

3

3

1 or 100

Title

4

1or 3

1 or 100

Series Title

5

1 or 3

1 or 100

Uniform Title

6

1 or 3

1 or 100

ISBN

7

1 or 3

1 or 100

ISSN

8

1 or 3

1 or 100

LCCN

9

1 or 3

1 or 100

LC Call Number

16

1

1 or 100

NLM Call Number

17

1

1 or 100

Other Call Number

20

1

1 or 100

Subject

21

3

1 or 100

Publisher:Date

31

3

1 or 100

Title, Key

33

3

1 or 100

Title, Varying Form

41

1 or 3

1 or 100

Title, Former

42

1 or 3

1 or 100

Title, Key Abbreviated

43

1

1 or 100

GPO Number

50

1

1 or 100

Music Number

51

1

1 or 100

Publisher:Place

59

3

1 or 100

CODEN

60

1

1 or 100

Author

1003

3

1 or 100

Subject Name -Personal

1009

3

1 or 100

Keyword Any

1016

3

1 or 100

Publisher: Name

1018

3

1 or 100

Position Attributes

1

First in field

Search term must be the first data in the field.

2

First in subfieldSearch term may appear in any subfield but must be the first data in the subfield.

3

Any position

Search term may appear any place in the field.

Truncation Attributes

1

Right truncation

Last word of term (word or phrase) is right truncated.

100

Do not truncateNo truncation applied

Suggested Search Attributes

Search Field/Type

Use

Position

33

3

1

Title, Varying Form

41

1

1

Title, Former

42

1

1

Title, Key Abbreviated

43

1

1

GPO Number

50

1

1

Music Number

51

1

1

Publisher: Place

59

3

1

CODEN

60

1

1

Author

1003

3

1

Subject Name – Personal

1009

3

1

Keyword Any

1016

3

1

Publisher:Name

1018

3

1