Choosing Resource Identifiers in Resource Definitions

If your library has acquired ERM, you choose resource identifers in the Match against this resource drop-down menu of the resource definition to:

• restrict data tests to a portion of the coverage database
• link a resource in the coverage database to its resource record

If you are using the resource identifier only to link a resource in the coverage database with its resource record (and thus display resource and license record fields in the resource panels), you do not need to choose a data test (or field selectors) before choosing a menu option from the Match against this resource drop-down menu.

To choose resource identifiers, identify the resources that require license or resource record fields to display, and for the identified resources, edit the resource definitions.

1. Choose Resources from the menu on the left-hand side of the Pathfinder Pro home page.
   
   The Resources tab displays:
   
   
2. Choose the Edit button associated with the resource.
   
   The Resource (<resource_name>) tab displays. For example:
   
   
3. Expand the Bibliographic record menu:
   
   
4. Choose a resource identifier in the Match against this resource drop-down menu.
   
   If a resource identifier has already been chosen (because a data test is in place), that resource identifier will be used to find the resource and license record fields.
5. Choose Save.