FirstSearch Configuration Notes
The following notes use Geneva as an example, since the notes originated there.
FirstSearch must first be configured in FirstSearch admin: https://firstsearch.oclc.org/admin/ You need the firstsearch admin 9 digit code and password. Go to linking tab -> Web Library Catalogs -> updated ISBN, ISSN, eISSN and OCLC URL.
Here are the links used:
- ISBN https://sshelco-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?tab=alma_tab&search_scope=alma_scope&sortby=rank&vid=GENEVA&lang=en_US&query=isbn,contains,
- ISSN https://sshelco-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?tab=alma_tab&search_scope=alma_scope&sortby=rank&vid=GENEVA&lang=en_US&query=issn,contains,
- OCLC# (needed to request special index added to advanced search for this one to work) https://sshelco-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?tab=alma_tab&search_scope=alma_scope&sortby=rank&vid=GENEVA&lang=en_US&query=lsr01,contains,
These links are sloppy, the query section has just been removed so that the search term could be inserted at the end. The actual placeholder text is {rft.isbn} so thus: https://yourlibrary/primo-explore/search?query=isbn,contains,{rft.isbn},AND&tab=default_tab&search_scope=default_scope&sortby=rank&vid=VID&mode=advanced&offset=0
The OCLC number search is a local norm rule done for Geneva locally, not all libraries might have it, and depending on what else they have added to the search fields, it might be a different lsr##. Whether or not the prefix should be added to the OCLC numbers or whether a custom prefix is added depends on local practices with how the libraries imported records through the years.