The Structure of NOTIS Commands
NOTIS commands have a three part structure. A command consists of:
What Each Element Means
Transaction code
A transaction code is composed of two parts. The first two characters determine which user mode you want to open. The codes are:
The second part of the transaction code is a two character code that determines which patron group you want to use. For CU searchers the relevant codes are:
Commands
Commands are mnemonic codes that request the system to perform a specific function.
Parameters
A parameter is a code that makes your command more specific. For example, you may use parameters to specify what indexes you wish to search. You may indicate the index code (for example a for the author index, t for the title index or cd for the call number index) and a search term (such as an author's name, a title, or call number). A parameter can also be a record number.
Finally, parameters limit the use of a command to a specific record or segment of a record (perhaps a specific copy location or item record). In most instances you must supply one or or more parameters in the command statement and separate each parameter with a dash or a blank space.
For a complete list of the NOTIS commands and parameters, see the NOTIS Commands section for technical services and public services.
Examples
The basic command structure as explained above looks like this:
transaction code><command><1st parameter><2nd Parameter>
For example: LTCU find ar caa3544
In this example LTCU indicates that the user wishes to search in the technical services mode of the CU catalog. "Find" is the command to locate a record. "ar" indicates a request for a file in the authority record index; and "caa3544" indicates the specific authority record to display.
Common Commands with Possible Parameters
Moving Around in the Staff Mode
Below are some common commands and a short explanation of their function.
| next [PF1] | next record in index (including item index) |
| prev [PF2] | previous record in index (including item index) |
| indx [PF4] | index screen |
| in [number] | begins the index display at the number given |
| guid [PF3] | guide screen cannot move backward in guide display |
| term | redisplays last search |
| more | next screen in record, guide or index display |
| back [PF11] | 1st screen of multi-screen record |
| bibl | move from linked records to cataloging record |
| hold | move from linked records to copy holdings |
| item [number] | move from copy holdings to linked item |
| dhld [number] | move from copy holdings to MARC holdings |
| dord [number] | move from copy holdings to linked O/P/R |
| summ - [number] | move from copy holdings to index of item records linked to a specific copy control statement |
| Standard Number | MARC tag | Parameter | Example |
| Library of Congress Control Number LCCN |
010 | nl | LTCU fin nl 95-350451 |
| International Standard Book Number ISBN |
020 | nb | LTCU fin nb 08965832X |
| International Standard Serial Number ISSN |
022 | ns | LTCU fin ns 8995-4835 |
| Other Standard Number (including Standard Recording Number) |
024 | nr | LTCU fin nr 1005820742 |
| Standard Technical Report Number | 027 | nt | LTCU fin nt 600/8-83-016 AF |
| Music Number | 028 | np | LTCU fin np e.s. 5042 |
| CODEN Designation | 030 | nc | LTCU fin nc JACSAT |
| Local System Control Number (including Cornell RLIN ID number |
035 | no | LTCU fin no NYCX85B350 |
| Source of Acquisition (including Stock Number) |
037 | nk | LTCU fin nk 2111 |
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