Frequently Asked Questions
What are ProQuest MARC Records? Are records available for all ProQuest content? Are records provided for all titles in the database? How do I select options for receiving ProQuest MARC Records? How are ProQuest MARC Records loaded into my catalog? Why do ProQuest MARC Records use the print form of the MARC record instead of the electronic version? How many update records are expected?
What are ProQuest MARC Records? ProQuest MARC Records are full bibliographic CONSER records, which include 856 links to publications in ProQuest. Customers will load these records into their local OPAC so that patrons can more easily find the library's holdings in ProQuest. The records include custom links to ProQuest in the 856 field that take users directly to a view of the corresponding title in Search for Publication, affording them direct access to full text articles.
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Are records available for all ProQuest content? Yes, with the exception of historical materials, ProQuest MARC Records are available for all ProQuest content from 1973 to current day.
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Are records provided for all titles in the database? ProQuest MARC Records are provided for all full text titles available to the customer’s account, but only for full text title. Records are not provided for index-only titles.
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How do I select options for receiving ProQuest MARC Records? The ProQuest Local Administrator (LAD) application allows you to designate how often you want to receive updates and whether you want to receive only the updated records or all of the records. This is also where you will specify the e-mail address for notices that records are available for download, and where you will set your options for authentication of the 856 field links. If you do not already have a LAD account, our Customer Service associates will set one up for you when your order for ProQuest MARC Records is processed.
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How are ProQuest MARC Records loaded into my catalog? ProQuest MARC Records are delivered in standard MARC file format for your systems librarian to load into your catalog. Also it depends on the loading options available with your OPAC software. The best source of guidance for questions of this type is the Final Report of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Standing Committee on Automation (SCA) Task Group for Journals in Aggregator Databases available on the Library of Congress website at http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/aggfinal.html. Some of the options to consider include: Overlaying existing records Appending as "holdings records" to existing records Combining with existing records to create a single record Loading as duplicate records Your OPAC administrator may have additional ideas about how to add ProQuest MARC Records to your catalog. For example, your OPAC software may have features that make it easy to simply extract the 856 fields from the ProQuest MARC Records and add them to your existing records. In summary, this is a choice that each individual library needs to make based on their cataloging practices and their OPAC's capabilities. It is up to each institution to determine how best to implement the records in your OPAC
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Why do ProQuest MARC Records use the print form of the MARC record instead of the electronic version? The titles in ProQuest represent the original print version of journals and in that way are distinct from e-journal publications. Hence ProQuest MARC Records use the ISSN of the print version of publications.
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How many update records are expected? There are two sources of updates to ProQuest MARC Records: 1.) Since these records are derived from CONSER records, any updates to CONSER records are reflected in updates to ProQuest MARC Records; 2.) Any changes in ProQuest holdings are reflected in updates to ProQuest MARC Records (e.g. addition of titles, loss of rights, etc.). Based on our early experience, customers can anticipate about 20% of the records to be updated each year.
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