856 Electronic Location and Access
Required for all records.
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:
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:
See the record for the Spinelli Archive, GEN MSS 109 [3]
Link from the OPAC to a search for images in the Beinecke Digital Library:
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]
Links
[1] http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.[file
[2] http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.jobaker
[3] https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3906653
[4] http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?WC=N&SS=N&CN=[call
[5] http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/callnumSRCHXC.asp?WC=N&SS=N&CN=YCAL_MSS_187