Searching OLIS via Z39.50

The primary public search interface for University of Oxford library catalogues is SOLO: Search Oxford Libraries Online. One of the catalogues searchable via SOLO is OLIS. OLIS bibliographic and holdings data can also be accessed via search clients and bibliographic packages which support the ANSI Z39.50 (ISO23950) standard.

Listed below is the technical information required to configure a Z39.50 connection to OLIS. The data returned via Z39.50 contains location codes; see OLIS location codes for details.

Please note that the Integrated Library System underlying OLIS was changed in July 2011. The information below may be further revised during late 2011.

Connection

Server name	library.ox.ac.uk
Port number	210
Database name	ALEPH (The synonym ADVANCE may be used for backwards compatibility. The old name MAIN*BIBMAST has been withdrawn.)

Configuration

Z39.50 services	search, present, delSet, resourceCtrl, scan, sort, extendedServices, namedResultSets
Record syntaxes	USMARC, OPAC
Bib-1 Use Attributes	1-14, 16-18, 21, 25, 27, 30-31, 48, 50-54, 59-60, 63, 1002-1007, 1009, 1016, 1018, 1027-1028, 1031-1032
Bib-1 Relation Attributes	3 (equal), or omit
Bib-1 Position Attributes	3 (any position in field), or omit
Bib-1 Structure Attributes	1 (phrase), 2 (word), 6 (word list), 107 (local-number), or omit
Bib-1 Truncation Attributes	1 (right truncation), 2 (left truncation), 100 (do not truncate), or omit
Bib-1 Completeness Attributes	1 (incomplete subfield), or omit