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====== How to Search the ISTC ====== | ====== How to Search the ISTC ====== | ||
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+ | see also [[briefguide]] | ||
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===== 1. Searching ===== | ===== 1. Searching ===== | ||
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In order to find records where your search term appears only in a certain field, add the field' | In order to find records where your search term appears only in a certain field, add the field' | ||
- | ^author: | + | ^ author: |
- | ^date: | + | ^ date: | The year of publication (Marc field 008)((You can search for date ranges '' |
- | ^format: | + | ^ format: |
- | ^id: | The ISTC id (Marc field 001)| | + | ^ id: | The ISTC id (Marc field 001) | |
- | ^heading: | + | ^ heading: |
- | ^language: | + | ^ language: |
- | ^location: | + | ^ location: |
- | ^place: | Place of printing/ | + | ^ location_count: |
- | ^printer: | + | ^ place: |
- | ^reference: | + | ^ printer: |
- | ^shelfmark: | + | ^ reference: |
- | ^title: | + | ^ shelfmark: |
+ | ^ title: | ||
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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:// | + | The appearance of your search results can be changed by selecting **Customise Results Display** from the **More...** menu. You may select or unselect the [[https:// |
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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. | + | 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 a printed book. Clicking on one of the entries will perform a search for exactly this content in the given field. |
- | 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. | + | 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, | ||
The following browse lists are available for ISTC: | The following browse lists are available for ISTC: | ||
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^Author | ^Author | ||
^Shelfmark (British Library) | ^Shelfmark (British Library) | ||
- | ^Publication Year | | + | ^Publication Year |
^Format | ^Format | ||
^Printer/ | ^Printer/ | ||
- | ^Place of Publication | + | ^Place of Publication |
- | ^ISTC No. | | | + | ^ISTC No. |The ISTC record id | |
- | ^Holdings Institution | + | ^Holdings Institution |
- | ^Publication Year | | | + | ^Publication Year |The publication year as it appears in the imprint statement |
- | ^References | + | ^References |
- | ^Title | + | ^Title |
- | ===== 4. Booksmarks | + | ===== 4. Bookmarks |
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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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+ | You can add records to your personal bookmarks by clicking the bookmark icon on the top right of a record display (both in the result set and in a record' | ||
===== 5. Downloading Records ===== | ===== 5. Downloading Records ===== | ||
+ | You can download the records of your result set by selecting **Download** from the **More...** menu. The default set size for downloads is 100 and the download starts with the first record that is displayed on your screen. (I.e. if your result set consists of several pages and you have already navigated to the second page, the download will start with the first record on the second page.) If your set is larger than 100 records, you can download it in several chunks. Set the "items per page" value to 100 (**More.../ | ||
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+ | The following formats are available: | ||
+ | * **YAML (plain text)**: Records as they are stored in the database in [[https:// | ||
+ | * **Excel (csv)**: To download the data as a [[https:// | ||
+ | * **Excel (for editing)**: All fields of a record as stored in the database in the following format: '' | ||
+ | * **Marc21 (text)**: A Marc21 representation of the record as plain text. | ||
+ | * **Marc21 (ISO)**: A Marc21 representation of the record in ISO 2709 format. | ||
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- | + | //see here for [[: | |
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