HomeZ39.50 Configuration
Basic Settings
In order to access the free authenticated MARC 21 service, ensure your client uses the following configuration details:
- Domain Name: z3950cat.bl.uk
- Port Number: 9909
- Database Names: ZBLACU or BNB03U
- Record Format: MARC 21
- Character Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)
- Element Set Name: F (Full) or B (Brief)
Z39.50 Attributes
The following attributes from the BIB-1 semantics are supported by our MARC 21 server:
| USE (1) | |
| Word Searching | Use Value |
| Personal name | 1 |
| Title | 4 |
| Series title | 5 |
| ISBN | 7 |
| ISSN | 8 |
| British National Bibliography number (only on BNB03U) | 10 |
| Local control number | 12 |
| DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification) | 13 |
| Subject heading (other) | 21 |
| LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Heading) | 27 |
| Date | 30 |
| Date of publication | 31 |
| British National Bibliography number (only on BNB03U) | 48 |
| Place of publication | 59 |
| Author | 1003 |
| Author name personal | 1004 |
| Any | 1016 |
| Server choice | 1017 |
| Publisher | 1018 |
| Other standard number (e.g. ISMN) | 1092 |
| Browse Searching | Use Value |
| Personal name | 1 |
| Title | 4 |
| Series title | 5 |
| ISBN | 7 |
| ISSN | 8 |
| British National Bibliography number (only on BNB03U) | 10 |
| Local control number | 12 |
| DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification) | 13 |
| Subject heading (other) | 21 |
| LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Heading) | 27 |
| British National Bibliography number (only on BNB03U) | 48 |
| Place of publication | 59 |
| Author | 1003 |
| Author name personal | 1004 |
| Publisher | 1018 |
| Other standard number (e.g. ISMN) | 1092 |
| Sorting | Use Value |
| Personal name | 1 |
| Title | 4 |
| Date | 30 |
| Date of publication | 31 |
| Author | 1003 |
| Relation (2) | 3 (equal) |
| Position (3) |
1 (first in field), 3 (any position in field) |
| Structure (4) | 1 (phrase), 2 (word), 6 (word list) |
| Truncation (5) |
1 (right truncation), 2 (left truncation), 100 (do not truncate) |
| Completeness (6) |
1 (incomplete sub-field), 3 (complete field) |
For further information please contact:
The British Library
Metadata Services
Boston Spa, Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ
United Kingdom
Email: metadata@bl.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1937 546548
Fax: +44 (0) 1937 546586