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Chapter 4: Bibliographic Records
Horizon displays information about the records you have open:
In the Surviving Bib# group drop-down field, Horizon displays
the bib record that was active when you started the merge
process. You can choose a different surviving bib record.
Horizon displays information
about the currently selected
surviving bib record in the
Surviving Bib# group.
Horizon displays
information about any
other open bib records in
the Dying Record(s) list.
The Preview button lets you see
the new merged record before
you commit to the merge.
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If you want to choose a different surviving record, use the Surviving
Bib# drop-down menu to choose the record that you want Horizon to
keep.
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In the Dying Bib# group, highlight the bib records that you want to
merge into the surviving record.
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Click Preview to view the surviving bib record before continuing with
the merge.
*WARNING*
The merge process cannot be reversed. Be sure that you want
to merge the records before you click Merge.
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Make sure that the surviving bib record has all the information that you
want to keep.
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If there are tags in any dying bib records that you want to keep but that
do not display in the preview of the surviving record, cut and paste them
from the dying bib records into the surviving bib record.
You must do this in the existing record that you have chosen to survive,
not in the merge preview window. (For instructions, see “Cutting,
Copying, Pasting, and Deleting Information in a MARC Record” on
page 3-29.)
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Click Merge.
Horizon merges the dying records into the surviving record, attaches
any item and copy records associated with the dying records to the
surviving record, and deletes the dying records.
10 Save your changes.
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