Link Subordinate Items to Different Records

This procedure can also be used to create an item record where you manually link the new item to a bibliographic record. You may need to link items to different bibliographic records when the items are in a different medium. To do this, you need to know the item control number of the primary item record.

Note:
See Create a subordinate (child) item record to link the primary and subordinate item records to the same bibliographic record.

To link a primary (parent) item and related subordinate (child) item records to different bibliographic records:

1. Open the Item Record workform for the item to which you want to link the subordinate item.
2. Note the item control number of the primary item record.
3. Select File > New, press CTRL+N, or click the New button from the Polaris Shortcut Bar.

The New dialog box appears.

4. Select Item Record in the Objects list.

The New Item Record Options dialog box appears.

5. Enter the information for the subordinate item in the New Item Record Options dialog box, and click OK. See Create multiple item records for a single title.

The Item Record workform appears.

6. In the Parent item box, enter the item control number of the primary item record to which you are linking the subordinate item record.
7. Select File > Save, press CTRL+S, or click to save the record.