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====== Mystic Help ====== | ====== Mystic Help ====== | ||
- | ==== Advanced Search ==== | + | ===== Advanced Search ===== |
- | This help file has not yet being released. | + | The **[Advanced Search]** option allows readers to perform specific searches on the database in a more targeted fashion than the general search feature. |
- | The Mystic Help Files are being re-written for the release of **Mystic v1.5, during the summer of 2021**. | + | {{ :pergamonmystic:linkedhelp:mystichelp_opac_0011.jpg?direct&600 |}} |
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+ | Initially, the **Advanced Search** option provides a single search criteria field into which a required word or phrase can be entered. The first field provided is initially set to search only the **Title** field with a wildcard **Contains** search profile (i.e. the word or phrase can exist anywhere within the title field). | ||
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+ | Clicking the **[Search]** button beneath the search criteria text field will start the search on the database, and display matching records. | ||
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+ | === Changing the Search Field === | ||
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+ | The targeted field for a search criteria can be changed by clicking the first drop-down menu on the row. The data fields targeted can be: | ||
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+ | * Contributor (including authors, illustrators, editors etc.) | ||
+ | * Publisher | ||
+ | * Series | ||
+ | * Category (may only be available on some license levels) | ||
+ | * Keyword | ||
+ | * Language (may only be available on some license levels) | ||
+ | * Subject | ||
+ | * Location | ||
+ | * Audience | ||
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+ | === Changing the Comparison Type === | ||
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+ | The type of comparison that will be made against the targeted field can be changed by clicking the second drop-down menu in the row. The types of comparison that can be made are: | ||
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+ | * **Contains** (the word or phrase can be at any point within the targeted field, and affixed by further text or none) | ||
+ | * **Equals** (the entire word of phrase must match the contents of the targeted field exactly) | ||
+ | * **Does not equal** (the entire word of phrase must **not** match the contents of the targeted field exactly) | ||
+ | * **Begins with** (the targeted field starts with the word or phrase, but then can continue with further text or none) | ||
+ | * **Ends with** (the targeted field ends with the word or phrase, but can start with additional text or none) | ||
+ | * **Less than** (the targeted field is textually less than the word or phase: a < b) | ||
+ | * **Greater than** (the targeted field is textually greater than the word or phrase: b > a) | ||
+ | * **Less than or equal to** (the targeted field is textually less than or equal to the word or phrase) | ||
+ | * **Greater than or equal to** (the targeted field is textually greater than or equal to the word or phrase) | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | ==== Adding Further Search Criteria ==== | ||
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+ | Additional search criteria can be added and removed from the list of criteria by clicking the **[+]** and **[-]** symbols at the end of a row. If there is only a single row in the criteria list, only the **[+]** symbol will appear so that you can never remove the last remaining criteria row. | ||
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+ | All rows after the first are given an additional prefixing drop-down menu containing the boolean options **[AND]** and **[OR]** which can be used to determine how each additional criteria row is integrated into the overall search. | ||
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+ | {{ :pergamonmystic:linkedhelp:mystichelp_opac_0012.jpg?direct&600 |}} | ||
+ | For example: | ||
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+ | * Row1 **AND** Row2 - the criteria in row 1 **AND** the criteria in row 2 must both be true for a specific record to be returned and displayed on the screen. | ||
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+ | * Row1 **OR** Row2 - the criteria in row 1 **OR** the criteria in row 2 can either be true for a specific record to be returned and displayed on the screen. | ||
- | For now, please use the Pergamon Help files by clicking the **Pergamon Wiki** Icon at the top of this page, or **Pergamon Wiki Home** below. | ||