Searching MELVYL: Search Commands: ACFIND [acf]

Scope

• The acfind (acf) command is used to search for authority records in the Authority/Heading File, which includes authority files for authors and titles. The intent is to ensure that the correct author name or title heading is being used.
• UC and LC (Library of Congress) headings are retrieved. Compliance with AACR2 rules is noted.

Available authority indexes

personal name	pn or pa
corporate name	cn or ca
exact corporate name	xc
uniform title	ut,ti

Format for using acfind

• acfind is used just like find. For example:

  acf xc apple	finds the exact corporate names of Apple.
  acf pa dick, philip	finds the standard name of Philip K. Dick

Note:

• To find subject headings, use bro su [term]

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