A recid is the primary unique identifier for any record in INSPIRE. It is the string of numbers at the end of a url for the detailed view of a record. You can use it to search for a specific record, using the search terms fin recid and the recid. […]
Keyboard shortcuts on BibEdit
Basic record actions Shortcut Definition Action g Select Go to the record selection field Ctrl+Right Next Go to next record (in search results). Ctrl+Left Previous Go to previous record (in search results). Shift+n New record Opens the new record dialog. Shift+s Submit Submit the record. Shift+c Cancel Cancel […]
Merging an arXiv record with an existing journal article
How to merge an arXiv record with an existing journal article add field 037 with 9: arXiv a: report number c: primary category wait a while for the indexing process to finish use the harvesting interface to manually harvest the record This will add missing arxiv metadata to the existing record. Not […]
Affiliation guesser
If you’re curating a HEP record and need to add author affiliations, try using the affiliation guesser. In Bibedit, typing Ctrl+Shift+g will add guessed author affiliations to the 100__u and 700__u subfields in HEP records. When an author’s name is added to a paper, it is connected to an author […]
Introduction to INSPIRE
This document will introduce you to the INSPIRE database. From here you will find links to more in depth information on tools used by catalogers and the metadata requirements of each type of record. Jump to topics on this page: What is INSPIRE? Content in INSPIRE Record structure Cataloging procedures […]