Docs: adding info about bibliographic fingerprints

Signed-off-by: Jane Sandberg <sandbej@linnbenton.edu>

diff --git a/docs/admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc b/docs/admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc
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+Notes about the Bibliographic Schema in the Database
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+Bibliographic fingerprint
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Evergreen creates a fingerprint for each bib record, which can be found in the `fingerprint` column of the `biblio.record_entry` table.
+This fingerprint is used to group together different bib records in a Group Formats & Editions search in the public catalog.
+
+The bibliographic fingerprint incorporates several subfields to distinguish between different items, including:
+
+* $n and $p from MARC title fields to better distinguish among records of the same series that may share the same title but have a different part.
+
+The bibliographic fingerprint distinguishes among the fields contributing to the fingerprint. This helps the system distinguish between a record
+for the movie _Blue Steel_ and another record for the book _Blue_ written by Danielle _Steel_.

diff --git a/docs/root.adoc b/docs/root.adoc
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 include::cataloging/link_checker.adoc[]
 
+include::admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc[]
+
+include::admin/marc_templates.adoc[]
+
 
 Serials
 =======

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+include::admin/schema_bibliographic.adoc[]
+
 // STAFF ADMIN
 include::admin/staff_from_command_line.adoc[]