The primary public search interface is SOLO: Search Oxford Libraries Online, but OLIS bibliographic and holdings data can also be accessed via search clients and bibliographic packages which support the ANSI/NISO Z39.50 standard (ISO 23950).
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.
Connection
| Server name | library.ox.ac.uk |
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| Port number | 210 |
| Database name | ALEPH (The synonym ADVANCE may be used for backwards compatibility.) |
Configuration
| Z39.50 services | search, present, scan, sort, extendedServices, namedResultSets |
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| Record syntaxes | USmarc, Danmarc, XML, SUTRS, GRS-1, OPAC |
| Bib-1 Use Attributes | 1 (Personal name) |
| 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 |
