SmartMARC Features

SmartMARC is a powerful research tool used to locate full MARC/MARC 21 records that may be imported into Alexandria—greatly enhancing your database.

Accepts input from the following sources:

MARC/MARC 21 or MicroLIF records

Other Alexandria v5 library collections

Quick scan of the UPC code which is then used to perform an ISBN search

Manual entry of Title, Author, ISBN & LCCN

Searches for full MARC/MARC 21 records from any one of the following sources of data:

Z39.50 databases including Alexandria

Brodart's Z39.50 database containing over 2.5 million records. Brodart's Z39.50 database contrains pre-1968 records that can't be found in most other databases. This database is updated monthly and tests have shown it has a faster and more accurate hit rate than most other Z39.50 databases.

Batch matching capability upon file import

Convert MicroLIF files to MARC format and MARC files to MicroLIF format

Visible transaction log documenting all matching operations. This log is saved to file and can be viewed and printed

Integrated word processor used to examine any text import or export file

Program updates via the Internet