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infopetal committed Jan 9, 2024
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- Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
- Free text
- To verify a result is correct, click the linked **Authorized Term** to view the corresponding record in the source authority
- Once you have confirmed the correct result, click the **Use this term button**
- Once you have confirmed the correct result, click the **Use this term** button
- Selecting a name from the MMS authorities module automatically populates the **Name Part** subelement and the **Type**, **Authority**, and **Value URI** attributes
- If you are not receiving the result you expect by searching the MMS authorities module, try searching the [Library of Congress Linked Data Service](https://id.loc.gov/)
- It is possible that the name you are searching exists in the [Library of Congress Linked Data Service](https://id.loc.gov/) but does not exist in the MMS authorities module
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- Select the radio button for **Free text**
- If the authority exists in LCNAF but it is not appearing for selection from the MMS authorities module, input the LCNAF label manually
- If the authority exists in VIAF:
- Input the name as it been used in an NYPL catalog record
- Input the name as it has been used in an NYPL catalog record
- If no NYPL catalog record with that name exists, select and input a name string from VIAF that most closely adheres to <a href="#lc-name-guidelines">LC name formatting guidelines</a>
- If none of the VIAF labels meet this criteria, construct and input the name according to <a href="#lc-name-guidelines">LC name formatting guidelines</a>
- If a name does not appear in LC or VIAF, construct and input the name according to <a href="#lc-name-guidelines">LC name formatting guidelines</a>
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