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Overview

There are a variety of issues remaining from the integration between Alma and the Books & Media catalog. As a result, people searching the catalog may encounter a number of issues, especially with electronic resources. These include:

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Don’t know the MMS ID? If you have the Aleph-born sysid, you can generate Alma’s MMS ID. Example:

Books & Media URL: https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE005080540DUKE005853732

  • Aleph-born sysid – 005080540 005853732

  • 99 + Aleph-born sysid + 010 + 8501

  • Alma MMS ID: 990050805400058537320108501

Then search Alma under All Titles by MMS ID. If the search for this MMS ID has no results, it means the bib record no longer exists in Alma and the original record in the catalog was inactive.

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