Web Guidelines: MIT Libraries

Barton Links:
Linking directly to a record in Barton

Permalinks: in Barton.

On the full record view for any title there is a "link to this item" URL showing at the top of the screen.

Example: http://library.mit.edu/item/001398275

Use this URL to make a link to any specific item in Barton.

Worldcat links

You may want to link to records in Worldcat. They have simple instructions on their site for the following:

• Create a WorldCat link with an embedded keyword search.
• Create a WorldCat link for a specific book, audio or video recording, or another non-serial item using ISBN.
• Create a WorldCat link for a specific serial (such as a magazine, journal or yearbook) using ISSN.
• Create a WorldCat link for any specific item using OCLC Number.
• Add geographic limiting to an item-specfic WorldCat link using ISBN, ISSN or OCLC.

See Create a Worldcat Link.

Linking to a particular keyword search in Barton

1. Do the keyword search in Barton, then on the results screen copy the URL from the location bar of your browser, like this:

http://library.mit.edu:80/F/FU62UD57VXEPMXTEMC4VVIB5JKY1VDYEAK
SF2AI29YYKX8YQLH-16137?func=find-b&find_code=WRD&request=arctic+wildlife+refuge

2. Remove the session ID (the long number after F/ and before the
question mark) so you end up with this:

http://library.mit.edu:80/F/?func=find-b&find_code=WRD&request=arctic+wildlife+refuge

Of course, you don't want to show that link on the page, so just link the words, like this:

Barton keyword search: arctic wildlife refuge

Note: Linking to Subject Heading results is not reliable because whenever the catalog is re-indexed, the link will break, so this is not recommended. Use keyword searches instead.