Display holding information for books in SFX

To display book holdings (eBooks and print books) from ALEPH in SFX without loading them into SFX, follow the instructions in chapter 14 of the Advanced User Guide: "Plug-In Feature". The instructions include filling out a configuration file called aleph_xserver_lookup.config.

Step 1
Create a new, separate target for Books, which must have not any portfolios
Create a getHolding target service in this target
Parser: ExLibris::ALEPH

Parse Param:
url=http://apollo.sdln.net&
database=SDB&
issn_index=022&
isbn_index=020&
jtl_index=wti&
btl_index=wti&
version=ALEPH_16&
author_index=wau

Displayer: ALEPH::ALEPH
Object Lookup: No

Threshold (local):
($obj->need('ISBN') || $obj->need('bookTitle') || $obj->need('authLast') || $obj->need
('@rft.aulast')) && $obj->plugIn('ALEPH')

Step 2
Edit /exlibris/sfx_ver/sfx_version_3/[instance]/config/aleph_xserver_lookup.config as follows:

#ALEPH X server details needed for plugIn lookup
Section "x_server"
url "http://apollo.sdln.net/X"
issn_index "ISSN"
isbn_index "ISBN"
full_title_index "TIT"
word_title_index "WTI"
database "sdb"
EndSection

Section "searching"
title_option "Y"
author_index "WAU"
num_of_words_for_search "6"
EndSection

Section "display"
marc_field "852$a 866$a"
display_summary_holdings "Y"
cut_off_num "20"
EndSection
#This is the end of content of aleph_xserver_lookup.config

There are different ways to search books and eBooks:
1. Citation Linker
2. Searching databases that can send OpenURLs to the SFX Menu and contain book metadata, such as Google Scholar

When searching books via Citation Linker:

• When a book has both the title and the ISBN, the ISBN is always preferably sent to the Library Catalog as it is considered a more accurate match. In other words, you are always expected to search by ISBN if it is available.
• The Author search is not an independent search, and it only works in conjunction with the book title.
• The published date usually will have no effect when searching for books, because very few of the Knowledgebase in SFX so far have published date metadata, and you cannot use it to search the current version of the ALEPH PlugIn.

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