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Introduction
Congratulations on selecting SmartMARC as your MARC/MicroLIF maintenance and retrieval software.
With the power of SmartMARC, users can easily clean and update their library database by searching from
a number of different on-line and off-line sources to further complete their bibliographic records.
Although SmartMARC is simple and intuitive, you’ll learn its capabilities much faster by reviewing this
user’s manual, which is divided into chapters that correspond to the program’s major areas.
There are three different versions of SmartMARC, Demo, Standard, and Professional. Depending on
the version of SmartMARC you are using, bibliographic record information may be searched for, inputted,
or updated using one the following methods:
• From imported MARC or MicroLIF records.
• From an Alexandria v5 library collection.
• By scanning UPC barcodes, which are used to perform ISBN searches for the closest matching
record.
• Through manual entry of the title, author, ISBN and/or LCCN.
Depending on the version of SmartMARC you are using, SmartMARC can search for complete
bibliographic records from some of the following sources:
• Search from a selected Z39.50 database. Public access Z39.50 databases are available all around
the world. You can also subscribe to Brodart’s own specialized (and other vendors) Z39.50
server1.
• Search from a Precision One CD-ROM database. SmartMARC supports Brodart’s Precision
One Cataloguing Database2, a 2-CD-ROM set that contains over 1.8 million bibliographic
records. One CD contains records up to 1991; the second CD contains bibliographic records
from 1991 through the present.
• Search from a well-established Alexandria v5 library collection.
Once SmartMARC has located one or more matching records, the results will be displayed with the
closest-matches listed first. From this point (depending on your SmartMARC preferences), users can select
the closest match and then add their own local holding information. During an “automatic match,” the
best match is automatically selected (it must have a match score over 100) and local information (if
available) can be entered manually before the search or obtained from the import record. Otherwise,
SmartMARC will take local information from your program preferences.
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Brodart’s Z39.50 server access is available separately from COMPanion. Contact COMPanion’s sales department to order a one year subscription.
Brodart’s Precision One CD-ROM database is available separately from COMPanion. Order COMPanion part V5002 for a one year subscription.
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