Okay thanks, good enough! Jonathan Chuck Costakos wrote: > Jonathan, > > The direct linking to ISSN has been changed already so that it links only to > the record for that serial, not to the articles from that serial. So the > easiest way is to link directly using the ISSN, either with the hyphen > (http://worldcat.org/issn/0025-3154) or without > (http://worldcat.org/issn/00253154). This will take you directly to the > record for that serial, the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of > the United Kingdom in this case. You can add the location parameter > &loc=[postal code or state or province or country]. > > For a search, the location parameter is ignored because it is not a search > index or limiter field. It only works on a direct link by ISSN, ISBN, or > OCLC number. > > Best regards, > Chuck > > Chuck Costakos > OCLC > Phone: 614-764-6255 > Toll-Free: 800-848-5878 ext 6255 (USA and Canada only) > Fax: 614-764-0496 > Email: [log in to unmask] > www.WorldCat.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:13:19 -0400, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> I forget if I already posted this. >> >> I'm having trouble making "dt:ser" advice below work in combination with >> adding "&loc=[zipcode]" on the end. No matter how I do it, it seems to >> make worldcat complain. Any advice? >> >> Jonathan >> >> Roy Tennant wrote: >> >>> At the request of Chuck Costakas of the Open WorldCat team, I'm getting back >>> to you all on Jonathan's good question about how an ISSN link is handled. At >>> the moment, I think we're in agreement that it doesn't work exactly as it >>> should. That is, we believe a link to an ISSN should be treated differently >>> than a search of that ISSN: >>> >>> - If you travel the _link_ to http://worldcat.org/issn/00253154 you should >>> see only the journal records that match that ISSN. >>> - If you _search_ the ISSN, then you should retrieve all records that have >>> that ISSN, including individual articles. >>> >>> At the moment, you can get just the serial records by limiting to that >>> record type; for example: >>> >>> http://worldcat.org/search?q=issn:0025-3154+dt:ser >>> >>> So thanks for pointing that out and we'll see what we can do to make it >>> function like what is described above. If you want more information, Chuck >>> is willing to be contacted directly at: >>> >>> Chuck Costakos >>> OCLC >>> Phone: 614-764-6255 >>> Toll-Free: 800-848-5878 ext 6255 (USA and Canada only) >>> Fax: 614-764-0496 >>> Email: [log in to unmask] >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Roy >>> >>> >>> >>>> ------ Forwarded Message >>>> From: Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Reply-To: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:10:08 -0400 >>>> To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] weird worldcat results? >>>> >>>> So if I actually want "the periodical with this ISSN assigned", and >>>> >>>> >>> not >>> >>> >>>> "a record that happens to exist for a article in this periodical"... >>>> >>>> >>> is >>> >>> >>>> there anything I can do? >>>> >>>> Would that ISSN assigned to a record that's really for an article not >>>> for a title be considered bad data? Are you supposed to have an ISSN >>>> >>>> >>> on >>> >>> >>>> such a record? >>>> >>>> Jonathan >>>> >>>> Nicole Engard wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Here's my guess. >>>>> >>>>> That ISSN is attached to several records: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=0025-3154&=Search&qt=owc_search >>>>> >>>>> So it just picked one since that's all it can show. If you see the >>>>> >>>>> >>>> search >>>> >>>> >>>>> results the first result is the journal itself. >>>>> >>>>> It all depends on how the catalogers enter the data into OCLC in the >>>>> >>>>> >>>> first >>>> >>>> >>>>> place ... >>>>> >>>>> Nicole >>>>> >>>>> On 9/4/07, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Check this one out: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.worldcat.org/issn/00253154 >>>>>> >>>>>> Why is it returning a specific article as the result, instead of the >>>>>> record for the entire journal with issn 0025-3154? Does that URL >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> not >>> >>> >>>>>> mean what I think it means? The record for the journal title is >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> there >>> >>> >>>> in >>>> >>>> >>>>>> Worldcat, as you can see by clicking on the journal title hyperlink. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder if this is location (zip code) dependent, and nobody else >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> is >>> >>> >>>>>> even going to see this but me. But for me, that URL does not return >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> the >>>> >>>> >>>>>> journal title, but instead returns the record for one particular >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> article >>>> >>>> >>>>>> that happens to be in the journal. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jonathan >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Jonathan Rochkind >>>>>> Digital Services Software Engineer >>>>>> The Sheridan Libraries >>>>>> Johns Hopkins University >>>>>> 410.516.8886 >>>>>> rochkind (at) jhu.edu >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jonathan Rochkind >>>> Digital Services Software Engineer >>>> The Sheridan Libraries >>>> Johns Hopkins University >>>> 410.516.8886 >>>> rochkind (at) jhu.edu >>>> >>>> ------ End of Forwarded Message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> NEW FEATURES: >>>> >>>> >>>> Query: >>>> OCLC Number: 1756690 >>>> Title: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of >>>> >>>> >>> the >>> >>> >>>> United Kingdom. >>>> ISBN: >>>> ISSN: 0025-3154 >>>> Author: Marine Biological Association of the United >>>> >>>> >>> Kingdom. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ End of Forwarded Message >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Jonathan Rochkind >> Digital Services Software Engineer >> The Sheridan Libraries >> Johns Hopkins University >> 410.516.8886 >> rochkind (at) jhu.edu >> > > -- Jonathan Rochkind Digital Services Software Engineer The Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu