Linking headings in bib records to other resources

From: Ian Fairclough <ifairclough43302_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:41:52 -0700
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Dear NGC4LIB readers,

Jimmie Lundgren said in a recent post "Another useful navigation tool ... is the ability to click on headings in displayed records to retrieve other records with those headings."  As is widely known, in OCLC WorldCat you can click on headings in bibliographic records to retrieve the authority record, if the heading has been "controlled."  ("Control" in this context appears to be equivalent to "link.")

Has anyone developed functionality to link headings in bibliographic records, not to an authority record, but to an outside source that provides further information?  For example: A personal name heading might be linked to an online biographical resource about that person.  

- Ian

Ian Fairclough
George Mason University
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