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Retrieve the record.
You can retrieve records in many ways, including:
Select viewing and editing options, if desired.
Make changes as desired.
To work with the data in a tag or indicator, click or Tab into the required field. Right click to view valid tags or indicators.
You can navigate the MARC Editor using keyboard shortcuts. Click Help to see the shortcut menu from within the MARC Editor.
You can edit parts of the leader and the 008 field in the MARC Editor via the fixed field editor box displayed above the MARC record.
OPAC icons for text, moving pictures and sound rely on correct MARC coding in the leader, 007, and 008, as do OPAC search filters such as publication date, item type, or target audience.
The MARC Fixed Field Editor provides suggested values for select fixed fields based on the record type being edited. Users can right-click on the value control for a fixed field and choose the appropriate value from the menu options. The Evergreen database contains information from the Library of Congress’s MARC 21 format standards that includes possible values for select fixed fields. The right-click context menu options are available for fixed fields whose values are already stored in the database. Fixed fields that do not contain possible values in the database, the user will receive the default web browser menu (such as cut, copy, paste, etc.).
To Access the MARC Fixed Field Editor Right-Click Context Menu Options:
Right-click on the value control for the fixed field that needs to be edited.
Select the appropriate value for the fixed field from the menu options.
Changing the values in the fixed fields will also update the appropriate position in the Leader or 008 Field and other applicable fields (such as the 006 Field).
MARC Editor users retain the option of leaving the fixed field value blank or entering special values (such as # or | ).
It may be necessary for MARC Editor users to first correctly pad the fixed fields to their appropriate lengths before making further modifications to the fixed field values.
Administration The Evergreen database already contains information from the Library of Congress’s MARC 21 format standards that includes possible values for select fixed fields. Users may also add values to these and other fixed fields through the MARC Coded Value Maps interface. Once new values are added, the right-click context menu for the selected fixed field will display those values in the MARC Editor for any Record Type that utilizes that fixed field. There are three relevant tables that contain the values that display in the fixed field context menu options: