MARC Records

OvidSP provides accurate MARC21 records to Books@Ovid and Journals@Ovid customers. These records are updated when:

• New books (new titles and editions) are added
• New journals are loaded
• When a journal changes its title
• When bibliographic information for a book or serial changes

You may reach the MARC Records download page from either the Journals A-Z page or the Books@Ovid page by clicking the Download MARC Records link at the top of the page.

You will be notified by email when new MARC records are available for download.

The MARC Records Page

The MARC Records page is divided in four main sections.

	Additional resources and online assistance - return to the journal or books listing or the Main Search Page; submit session questions to an on-site expert; or browse in our online, context-sensitive help system.
	Select publications and download selected MARC records - select one or a group of publications for which you want to download the MARC records.
	Reordering icons - select a different order for the publication list.
	Publication list - run, edit, and develop previously saved search strategies and AutoAlerts.

From this page you may select publications from which you want to download the MARC records.

Select Records to Download

You have several options for selecting MARC Records for download.

	Select records updated after a date you specify
If you choose a date that is after the last update, OvidSP displays an error message.
	Select the entire list of publications
	Select individual records or a group of records from the list of publications
	Clear the selected records

Once you have selected the publications from which you want to download MARC records, click the Download Selected MARC Records button.

If no publications have been selected, OvidSP displays an error message.

OvidSP opens the Save As dialogue box. Click the Save button to save the file.

Your operating system opens a Save As dialogue box. The File name: box is already populated with the MARC Records download filename assigned by OvidSP.

Again, click the Save button to save the file. The file will be saved to your local drive.

Make a note of the filename so you may easily retrieve it later.

The downloaded MARC Records file is available for local processing.

Reorder the List of Publications

You may change the display order of the publications to make selection more efficient. You have two options: reorder by the last date the MARC records were updated, or reorder alphabetically. You may reorder publications in either ascending or descending order.

The black triangle indicates the active publication title order.

You may reorder records at any time.

View a Single Publication's MARC Record

You can view a title's MARC record information. Click here for more information.