- - NLM provides Z39.50 access to its online public access catalog (OPAC), LocatorPlus.
- - The Library operates a version 3 compliant Z39.50 server. Some important notes about NLM's Voyager database access via Z39.50:
- - Voyager systems do currently support Boolean AND/OR/NOT searching on search types with a POSITION attribute of 3
- - Initialization, Present and Scan Protocol options are supported within the Z39.50 standard
- - Setting up access assumes a general familiarity with Z39.50
- - To connect to LocatorPlus using z39.50 you will have to configure your client with the following parameters:
- - Host name: ilsz3950.nlm.nih.gov
- - Port:
- 7090 (MARC-8 Character Set Encoding)
- 7091 (UTF-8 Character Set Encoding)
- - Database: VOYAGER
- - The following table displays the Bib-1 Attribute Set supported by Voyager:
NLM Z39.50 Attribute Table |
Search Field Name |
Use Attributes |
Position Attributes |
Truncation Attributes |
Personal Name |
1 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Corporate Name |
2 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Conference Name |
3 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Title |
4 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Series Title |
5 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Uniform Title |
6 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
ISBN |
7 |
3 |
1,100 |
ISSN |
8 |
3 |
1,100 |
Subject |
21 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Subject: MESH |
25 |
1,3 |
|
Subject: LSCH |
27 |
1 |
|
Publisher: Date |
31 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Title, Key |
33 |
3 |
1,100 |
Title, Varying Form |
41 |
1 |
1,100 |
Title, Former |
42 |
1 |
1,100 |
Title, Key Abbreviated |
43 |
1 |
1,100 |
Language Coded |
54 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Publisher: Place |
59 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
CODEN |
60 |
1 |
1,100 |
Author |
1003 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Subject Name: Personal |
1009 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
Keyword Anywhere |
1016 |
3 |
1,100 |
Publisher: Name |
1018 |
3 |
1,100 |
NLM Record Number |
1062 |
1,3 |
1,100 |
- - Because of our firewalls, you will get an error message if you try to "ping" the servers
- - More information on Z39.50 resources is available from the Library of Congress at http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/
- - For further assistance with searching LocatorPlus, see the LocatorPlus Tutorial at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/ref/tutorials/locatorplus/table_of_contents.html
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