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- | ====== CERL Thesaurus Help ====== | + | ======CERL Thesaurus Help====== |
- | These pages (accessible via the links on the left) describe the main features of the CERL Thesaurus web interface. For information on the content of the Thesaurus or other means of access go to the [[:: | ||
+ | ==== Full text search ==== | ||
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+ | Probably the easiest approach to searching the CT is to use one or more terms in the full text search field. A full text search in the new environment will typically yield more hits than in the previous system, due to different indexing principles applied to the data. (To let your search mimic the behaviour of the old system, see below.) | ||
+ | As a default your search result will be grouped by the types of entities it contains: Corporate Names, Imprint Names, Places and Persons. Each group will display the first 25 hits and a link to the full set, if available. | ||
+ | You may click a heading in these list to access the full record. | ||
- | ===== Searching ===== | + | Clicking on "Show all ... records" |
- | {{thesaurus11.png? | + | To bookmark |
- | The records that match your search terms are grouped according the database segments they belong to. I.e. when searching for //paris//, the capital of France will appear in the places section while Geneviève <de Paris> will appear in the persons section. | ||
- | Click on a record to display the full information or click on the clipboard symbol to add that record to your [[# | + | ==== Limiting and sorting |
- | Clicking **More Search Options** opens an extended form from which you may select even more categories to search in. (You may close this form by clicking "Fewer Search Options" | ||
- | The use of **Boolean search operators** is not supported. | + | If your search |
- | Right **Truncation** is possible by adding a question mark (**? | + | The option " |
- | You may **sort** your search results | + | The limit "by feature" |
- | You may always **return to your last search | + | The search |
- | ===Examples of searching for names=== | + | ==== Using search keys ==== |
- | ==(Personal or Imprint names)== | + | |
- | **1.** Forms used as entry forms by one of the contributing libraries are indexed as they are, without any further additions etc. For example: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | 1 budapest | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | or | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | 1 ribalta, francisco | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | \\ | + | |
- | **2.** Variant or fictional name forms are followed by an equals sign and the first (in alphabetical order) heading form. For example: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | 1 zagrabia = agram | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | or | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | 1 ribadeneira, | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | ==(Personal names only)== | + | |
- | **3.** A name form comprising non-sorting elements will be indexed [a] without the non-sorting elements, [b] with the non-sorting elements as a part of the first name and [c] with the non-sorting elements as a part of the last name. For example: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | 1 bergen, paulus | + | |
- | 1 bergen, paulus von | + | |
- | 1 von bergen, paulus | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | **4.** Names containing additons (filing qualifiers) are indexed with the addition following the name and without. For example: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | 1 parker, matthew archbishop of canterbury | + | |
- | 2 parker, matthew | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | **5.** Names that consist only of a single name form (i.e. the first name) and an addition to the name or a filing qualifier will be indexed with and without the addition and - unless the addition contains a numeration of any kind - with the addition in the place of the last name. For example: | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | >100 johannes | + | |
- | 2 johannes damascenus | + | |
- | 1 damascenus, johannes | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | -> [[http:// | + | You may formulate more complex queries using the following search keys in the search box. A search key must always be followed by a colon and the value you are searching for without any blanks. You may also use parentheses and the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT (note that the Boolean operators must be written in capital letters). |
+ | Truncation is possible by adding an asterisk (*) to the search term. To search for phrases, put those in quotation marks ("). | ||
+ | |address|search within the address of an entity \\ '' | ||
+ | |corporateName|search only within the names (headings and variants) of corporate entities \\ '' | ||
+ | |dedup|search for records marked for deduplication (see below) \\ '' | ||
+ | |external_id|search for IDs from external files \\ '' | ||
+ | |feature|search for records with certain features \\ '' | ||
+ | |gender|search for persons or printers by their gender \\ '' | ||
+ | |id|search for a CERL Thesaurus ID \\ '' | ||
+ | |imprintName|search only within the names (headings and variants) of printers etc. \\ '' | ||
+ | |last_changed|search for records last changed at a certain date or within a certain time period \\ '' | ||
+ | |name|search only within name fields \\ '' | ||
+ | |note|search only within note fields \\ '' | ||
+ | |placeName|search only within the names (headings and variants) of places \\ '' | ||
+ | |personalName|search only within the names (headings and variants) of persons \\ personalName: | ||
+ | |record_flag|search for records bearing a specific marker \\ '' | ||
+ | |related_to|search for records that link to the given record id. There is a number of search keys that allow for more detailled searches for certain relationship types, which are not listed here. \\ '' | ||
+ | |sign|search within the sign/ | ||
+ | |type|search for a certain record type \\ type:cnp| | ||
+ | |year_end|search for entities whose activity or existence ended before, in or after a certain year \\ '' | ||
+ | |year_start|search for entities whose activity or existence started before, in or after a certain year \\ '' | ||
- | ===== Browsing ===== | + | a complete list of available search keys can be found here: [[: |
- | {{thesaurus12.png? | + | |
- | Below each index entry the records holding this name or title form are listed in the same manner as in the search result lists. Just click on an entry to see the record or click on the clipboard symbol to add that record to your [[# | + | ==== Working with the Search History ==== |
- | Each page contains 15 entries in alphabetical order. To see the next or the preceding 15 entries, use the links at the bottom. | ||
- | Available indexes are: | + | The last 20 searches you have performed |
- | * Places | + | |
- | * Imprint Names | + | |
- | * Persons | + | |
- | * Sources | + | |
- | * Corporate Names | + | |
- | * Provenance Names (Persons and Corporate Bodies who are recorded | + | |
- | * Id numbers (CERL Thesaurus | + | |
- | By clicking // | + | The search history is associated with the current session. If you don't do anything |
+ | ==== Browsing alphabetical indexes ==== | ||
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+ | You may search for names of places, corporate bodies, printers, persons and entities for which provenance information is available by using alphabetical browse lists. They are available from the item " | ||
- | -> [[http:// | + | Select an alphabetical browse list from the dropdown and type the first few characters of your search term into the field next to it and hit " |
+ | The number at the left of each entry indicates the number of records that hold the particular name form. Clicking on the entry itself will trigger a search and present the records. | ||
- | ===== Search History ===== | ||
- | {{thesaurus13.png? | ||
- | Please note that by going back to a previous search or index browse list, the current search result set or index browse list will be overwritten. (However, you can access it from the search history then) | ||
- | You may also add records to your [[# | ||
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- | ===== Clipboard ===== | ||
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- | To access a record from your clipboard, just click on the heading/ | ||
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- | To remove a record from the clipboard, click the waste paper basket symbol on the left of that entry. To remove all records from the clipboard, select //clear your clipboard// from the Toolbox. | ||
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- | You can **download** the records on your clipboard as a text file by clicking //Export clipboard// in the Toolbox. Your browser will prompt you to save the file, which you can open with any text processing software. Please note that the character encoding is UTF-8. | ||
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- | ===== Annotations ===== | ||
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- | To add an annotation click //Add an annotation// | ||
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- | In order to be able to **edit your comment** at a later point in time, you should insert a password of your choice in the password field. Please choose a password that you can remember easily while it is not easy to guess by others (Under no circumstances use your name or ' | ||
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- | CERL reserves the right to delete any comment, which it considers inappropriate (i.e. messages that are usually referred to as ' | ||
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- | ===== Multilingualism ===== | ||
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- | Please note: if a component of the web interface is not available either in the language you've choosen or in your browser' | ||
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- | If you would like to help with the translation of the interface into a language not yet covered, please contact CERL at [[secretariat@cerl.org]]. | ||
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- | ===== Diacritics and Non-Roman Scripts ===== | ||
- | Under Windows XP some **diacritics do not display properly** with the CERL Thesaurus web interface' | ||
- | The system will try to display the record using the following fonts if available: | ||
- | * Arial Unicode MS | ||
- | * Titus Cyberbit Basic **or** Times New Roman | ||
- | * Tahoma | ||
- | Under Windows Vista and Windows 7 the default font works fine with diacritics and most non-Roman characters. | ||
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- | To facilitate the input of diacritics and non-Roman characters there is a virtual (on-screen) keyboard available for the search line and the index browse input field. Click //Virtual Keyboard// in the Toolbox to activate the keyboard icon. Click //Virtual Keyboard// again to hide it. | ||
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help/thesaurus/main.txt · Last modified: 2020/01/29 16:44 by jahnke