Adding Variants
The HPB Simple Search screen (which is the default) offers to add variant name forms from the CERL Thesaurus for
- personal names (Index
[PER]
] - corporate body names (Index
[COR]
) - imprint names (i.e. printers, publishers, bookseller, …) (Index
[IPN]
) - imprint place names (Index
[PLC]
)
The [Add variants] button appears
- only when any of the four named indexes was selected and
- only upon typing a search term into the search field:
A box opens and shows the results from the CERL Thesaurus:
You can individually pick the name forms you wish to adopt for your search. Then hit the [Apply now] button at the top of the box.
It is advisable to exclude name forms which are very generic, such as initals - they would make the search less precise.
The chosen name forms will be included in your search query:
Combining Added Variant searches with other search arguments
To combine a variant name search with other search criterions, please use the search history: