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852 (Location)

Required for all records.

Enter all information in ‡a.
Standard wording: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Example:

852 __ ‡a Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Required for collections with a finding aid

Link from the OPAC to a finding aid:

Standard wording: View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid ‡u http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.[file [1] name]
Do not enter punctuation before ‡u

Example:

856 42 ‡3 View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid ‡u http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.jobaker [2]

Two or more finding aid files associated with a catalog record:

Enter multiple 856 fields, each with standard wording: [Title of part of collection]: View a description and list of collection contents in the finding aid ‡u http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.[file [1] name]

Example:

Link from the OPAC to a search for images in the Beinecke Digital Library:

Generally, this field is added by DSU staff after materials have been digitized.
Standard wording: View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library’s Digital Images Online database ‡u http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?WC=N&S… [4] number]
In the search string, spaces in the call number are represented by underscores.

Example:

856 41 ‡3 View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library’s Digital Images Online database ‡u http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?WC=N&SS=N&CN=YCAL_MSS_187 [5]