====== Searching for authority records ======

There are two ways to search for authority records in Evergreen 2.0 - the **Cataloging -> Manage authorities** interface, and the context menu for controlled fields in the MARC Editor.

===== Searching for authority records in the Manage Authorities interface =====

The **Manage Authorities** interface, available from the **Cataloging** menu, searches for authority records with 1XX field values that match the left-truncated value of the search term.

To search for authority records in the Manage Authorities interface:

  - Enter the term you want to search for in the **Search term** field.
  - Select the type of authority record (//Author//, //Subject//, //Title//, //Topic//) to search. These choices restrict your searches to different sets of 1XX fields.
  - (Optional) Select which page of results you would like to retrieve. You can browse backwards or forwards using the **Previous** and **Next** buttons, respectively, or directly enter a negative or positive integer in the **Page** field to jump to that particular page.
  - Submit the search. A page of authority records beginning with and following your search term, summarized by the contents of their 1XX subfields, is displayed, along with a count of the number of bibliographic records linked to each authority record.

{{cataloging:authorities:2.0:authorities-manage-edit.png|}}

===== Searching for authority records in the MARC Editor context menu =====

Controlled fields in the MARC Editor offer a context menu that displays authority records near the currently display value. This search includes values from the 1XX, 4XX, and 5XX values of the authority records to provide support for //see from// and //see also// references as well as main entries. The authority records are displayed in alphabetical order based on the matching reference, but the main entry is always the primary displayed value - so while the main entries for the records will sometimes be out of order, one of the displayed //see from// or //see also// references under the main entry is in alphabetical order.

To display the authority context menu, right-click on a controllable field (such as a ''100'', ''500'', or ''650'' field).

In the following screenshot, you can see that the displayed list of authority records also displays the //see from// and //see also// values for the given authority records.

{{cataloging:authorities:2.0:authorities-context-menu.png|Context menu in the MARC Editor for a controllable field}}