Connexion®
Connexion is a full-service online cataloging tool backed by OCLC's 40+ years of cataloging experience. Connexion lets you create and edit high-quality bibliographic and authority records and then share them with the entire OCLC cooperative, which benefits libraries around the world.
Accelerate copy cataloging
Connexion allows you to simply search for matching records in WorldCat®, edit the record, set your holdings, export your records and print labels, if desired. You can also create and maintain copies of your library's local holdings records, which may contain additional data, such as local call numbers, holdings locations within the institution or local or copy-specific notes.
Create original MARC records
Connexion is the definitive tool for OCLC member institutions to perform original cataloging, adding records for new resources to WorldCat's global collective. With Connexion, you can check WorldCat to see if a record or title exists, create a new record, validate the record and export it individually or with other records you've created.
Connexion offers flexible searching using derived, numeric and phrase options in over 90 indexes of Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Chinese, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Syriac, Tamil and Thai script data. Drop-down menus list available indexes, eliminating the need to memorize index labels. Experts can search via a command line using index labels and search strings.
You can search headings in a bibliographic record with the touch of a button and link headings to the associated authority records so the bibliographic record will automatically update if the authority record changes. You can also let other Connexion users worldwide know that the linked headings in the bibliographic records match those in the authority records.
Choose the interface that fits your needs
There are two ways to access the power of Connexion: a Web browser-based interface and a Windows® desktop application. Which interface you use depends on the unique needs of your library and cataloging staff. You can use both if required; consistency in presentation ensures that users can move back and forth between the interfaces with a minimum of effort.
Connexion browser
Choose the Connexion browser if you want a browser-based interface that requires no special software to install and is available from any Internet-enabled PC.
