Are you looking for MARC records for your library’s catalog, but dealing with budget constraints? Did you know that there are places where you can get these records at no cost? Join Emily Nimsakont, the NLC’s Cataloging Librarian, to learn about sources of free MARC records.

1. Cataloging on a Shoestring:Sources of Free MARC Records Emily Dust Nimsakont Nebraska Library Commission NCompass Live September 30, 2009

2. What is MARC? MAchineReadable Cataloging FIC Kaplow, Robert. KAP The cat who killed Lilian Jackson Braun : a parody / by Robert Kaplow. – Beverly Hills, Calif. : New Millennium Press, 2004, c2003. 213 p. ; 18 cm. In this bawdy parody, Ms. Jackson's headless body has been discovered in a men's room of a bar in Lower Manhattan. The police are busy filming reality television shows, so it falls to Braun's writer friend James Qafka and his Siamese cats, Ying-Tong and Poon-Tang, to solve the ghastly mystery. 1932407391 (pbk.) 1. Braun, Lilian Jackson--Fiction. 2. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) --Fiction. I. Title.

3. What is MARC? MAchineReadable Cataloging 00922nam 2200217Ia 45 0001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036040001300077020002200090043001200112049000900124100002000133245007700153260006500230300002100295520029900316600003600615651004100651994001200692ocm55654318 OCoLC20050909094919.0040615r20042003cau 000 1 eng d aMPIcMPI a1932407391 (pbk.) an-us-ny aTPBB1 aKaplow, Robert.14aThe cat who killed Lilian Jackson Braun :ba parody /cby Robert Kaplow. aBeverly Hills, Calif. :bNew Millennium Press,c2004, c2003. a213 p. ;c18 cm. aIn this bawdy parody, Ms. Jackson's headless body has been discovered in a men's room of a bar in Lower Manhattan. The police are busy filming reality television shows, so it falls to Braun's writer friend James Qafka and his Siamese cats, Ying-Tong and Poon-Tang, to solve the ghastly mystery.10aBraun, LilianJacksonvFiction. 0aManhattan (New York, N.Y.)vFiction. aC0bTPB

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6. Library of Congress Catalog http://catalog.loc.gov

19. Library of Congress Authorities http://authorities.loc.gov

31. ‡biblios.net http://biblios.net

32. Low-Cost MARC Records Vendors may include records for books that you order from them Consult NLC’s web site for vendor discounts

33. Library of Congress MARC Web Site http://www.loc.gov/marc

34. Links http://delicious.com/NLC_Reference/ncompasslive

35. Questions? Emily Dust Nimsakont Cataloging Librarian Nebraska Library Commission emily.dust.nimsakont@nebraska.gov 800-307-2665