Advanced Search
The [Advanced Search] menu option is not available by default. In order to turn on this feature, select the 'Display Advanced Search' option in the 'Client Information' section of the [Lookup Manager].
The [Advanced Search] menu option allows reader to access a more comprehensive search system - useful if they have specific ideas of what they need in the catalogue rather than general words or phrases.
The Advanced Search system starts with a single row of drop-down controls allowing the reader to select the database catalogue field that they with to search and the type of comparison to be made, followed by a text field to enter the criteria.
At this time, reader can search (though some of these are not available within the Pergamon Mu release of software):
- Title
- Contributor (e.g. Author)
- Publisher
- Series
- Category
- Keyword
- Language
- Subject
- Location
- Audience
Readers are permitted to compare these fields using:
- contains - the criteria is anywhere in the field selected.
- equals - the criteria is an exact match.
- does not equal - the field is NOT the criteria entered.
- begins with - the field starts with the criteria entered.
- ends with - the field ends with the criteria entered.
Three command buttons are available beneath the criteria:
- Search - Starts the search using the criteria entered.
- [+] - Adds another row so that more criteria can be entered, including a drop-down to select whether the combination should be used in a logical AND or OR manner.
- [-] - Removed the last criteria row from the list.
Any results from the search are displayed below the criteria box.
