Breaking a MARC file

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Breaking a MARC file

• Description
• This tutorial provides a quick overview on
  breaking a MARC file into MarcEdits mnemonic
  text format, which can then be edited using the
  editor.

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Table of Contents
This tutorial will covering the following topics.
To get the most out of this tutorial, please
open MarcEdit and follow along.

• Getting Started
• Opening the MARC Tools Dialog
• Setting Options
• Breaking into Text
• Breaking into XML
• Breaking into Dublin Core
• Conclusion

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Getting Started

• To open MarcEdit, simply click on the MarcEdit
  Icon on your Desktop or select MarcEdit from
  Start/Programs/MarcEdit.
• When MarcEdit opens, it will look like the
  picture below.

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Opening the MARC Tools Dialog

• The MARC Tools dialog can be accessed from two
  locations. The first by selecting the File/MARC
  Tools option in the menu and the second by
  selecting the MARC Tools Icon on the main screen.
  See the images below.

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MARC Tools Dialog

• When the MARC Tools Dialog opens, you will see
  the following options
• Input File
• Output File
• Functions
• MarcBreaker
• MarcMaker
• MARC gt XML
• MARC gt Dublin Core

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Setting Options Files

• Input File The input file represents the source
  file, or the file that the action is to take
  place upon. The input file can be set by either
  
• Typing the file name into the Input File Dialog.
• Clicking on the Open icon in the tool bar.
• Output File The output file represents the
  destination file, or the file where the product
  will be saved. The output file can be set by
  either
• Typing the file name into the Output File Dialog
• Clicking on the Save icon in the tool bar.
• Please note, if an output file of the same name
  currently exists, MarcEdit will attempt to
  overwrite it.

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Setting Options Functions

• Breaking into Text Users wishing to break a
  MARC file into MarcEdits mnemonic text format
  for editing in the MarcEditor should select the
  MarcBreaker function.
• Breaking into XML Users wishing to break a
  MARC file into the Library of Congresss MARCXML
  Schema should select the MARC gt XML Function.
• Breaking into Dublin Core Users wishing to
  break a MARC file into Dublin Core 1.1
  unqualified should select the MARC gt Dublin Core
  Function

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Conclusion

• In general, MarcEdit provides a fairly simple
  method for breaking text into a different
  formats. From reading this tutorial, you should
  now understand and be able to
• Break a MARC record into MarcEdits mnemonic text
  format for editing.
• Break a MARC record into the Library of
  Congresss MARCXML Schema.
• Break a MARC record into Dublin Core.
• If you have suggestions on how this tutorial
  could have been more helpful for you, feel free
  to contact terry.reese_at_orst.edu