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===== 1. Searching ===== | ===== 1. Searching ===== | ||
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+ | You may perform a free-text search just by entering a search term into the search box and hitting " | ||
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+ | To get more precise search results, you can combine any number of search terms or even use logical (boolean) operators. | ||
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+ | While your search terms could be upper or lower case (or any combination thereof), the logical operators must always be written in capitals. | ||
+ | Truncation and wildcards can be used within and at the end of a search term: an asterisk (*****) replaces an arbitrary number of characters, a question mark (**?**) replaces exactly one character. If you want to search for two or more words that appear next to each other in a specific order (phrase search), enclose your search term in quotation marks (**" | ||
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+ | The search engine also supports [[https:// | ||
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+ | You may also search for words that are similar to your search term by adding a tilde (**~**). The similarity measure ([[https:// | ||
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+ | In order to find records where your search term appears only in a certain field, add the field' | ||
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+ | ^author: | ||
+ | ^date: | ||
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+ | ^id: | The ISTC id (Marc field 001)| | ||
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+ | ^language: | ||
+ | ^location: | ||
+ | ^place: | ||
+ | ^printer: | ||
+ | ^reference: | ||
+ | ^shelfmark: | ||
+ | ^title: | ||
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+ | For more elaborate search options see also the full documentation of the [[https:// | ||
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===== 2. Customize your Result Display ===== | ===== 2. Customize your Result Display ===== | ||
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+ | The appearance of your search results can be changed by selecting **Custom Search** from the **More...** menu. You may select or unselect the [[https:// | ||
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===== 3. Using Alphabetical Browse Lists ===== | ===== 3. Using Alphabetical Browse Lists ===== | ||
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+ | Alphabetical browse lists show the content of all the occurrences of typically one field in the database (for example all occurrences of the author field) in an alphabetically sorted list, similar to an index in printed book. Clicking on one of the entries will perform a search for exactly this content in the given field. | ||
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+ | To open the browselist at a certain position in the alphabet, just type the beginning of the word and hit **Browse**. To navigate forward and back through the alphabet, use the buttons at the bottom of the browse list. The alphabetical browse lists are case-insensitive, | ||
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+ | //Please note that the number given in front of an entry indicates the occurrences of a field/term combination, | ||
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+ | The following browse lists are available for ISTC: | ||
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+ | ^Shelfmark (British Library) | ||
+ | ^Publication Year |The publication year in numeric form| | ||
+ | ^Format | ||
+ | ^Printer/ | ||
+ | ^Place of Publication | ||
+ | ^ISTC No. |The ISTC record id | | ||
+ | ^Holdings Institution | ||
+ | ^Publication Year |The publication year as it appears in the imprint statement | | ||
+ | ^References | ||
+ | ^Title | ||
===== 4. Booksmarks and Search History ===== | ===== 4. Booksmarks and Search History ===== | ||
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+ | During your current session, the system keeps a log of your last 20 searches. You can access it from the menu **History**. | ||
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===== 5. Downloading Records ===== | ===== 5. Downloading Records ===== | ||
help/istc/main.txt · Last modified: 2017/11/09 18:16 by jahnke