This has been done in WorldCat.org to link to WorldCat Identities. You can find in the Details section of full records. Identities was created by mining WorldCat for an authors works and works about any person or character. It is a popular option that users click on frequently. It can also be embedded in other services.
Matt Goldner
Product & Technology Advocate
OCLC
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
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Subject: [NGC4LIB] Linking headings in bib records to other resources
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
ifairclough43302_at_yahoo.com
703-993-2938 (office)
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