April 26, Connexion Client Version 1.30 Implementation, May 9, Training, April 26, 2005

April 26, Context for Changes Changes made to make Connexion searching similar to FirstSearch searching. True Boolean keyword searching is available, including multiple terms with a single index label. Great specificity in phrase and keyword searching is possible.

April 26, More Context Changes in phrase and keyword searching will require attention to master predictable results. Technical Bulletin #251 is most informative.

April 26, Three types of Searches Command Line Searches – Entered in the box at the top of the screen Guided Searches – Entered in Keyword / Numeric Search boxes Browse query (index scan) Searches – Entered into Browse WorldCat Search Screen (separate screen)

April 26, Command Line Searches Derived Numeric Keyword / Phrase Browse Query (index scan)

April 26, What’s different? “Find” is now implicit Index labels changes – but labels are optional if first search element in command line box. Phrase searching has been expanded. New boolean operators – wildcards, truncation & plurals Use quotation marks around multiple words to search them as a phrase.

April 26, Derived Searches Still structured the same Title3,2,2,1 Name / Title4,4 Name4,3,1 Corporate name=4,3,1

April 26, Index Label Changes In the command line always use the index labels [e.g., ti] EXCEPT for ISBN number and when doing a derived search. For numeric searches the index labels and all letters are required for the search.

April 26, Sample Numeric Searches ISBN Search: bn: ISSN Search:in: OCLC #no: # * LCCN phraseln= Publisher number:mn:K 4401

April 26, Phrase Searching Expansion Many index labels have been changed Many new indexes have been added Scan command still browses WorldCat indexes: sca ti:

April 26, Punctuation after the index label is now obligatory and meaningful Keyword Search xx:Single word in any location in a field Phrase Search xx= Multiple words in a specific order in a single subfield Whole Phrase Search xxw=Multiple words in a specific order in a single field

April 26, Example Title Search Options Keyword Searchti: Phrase Searchti= Whole Phrase Searchtiw= Keyword Browse Queryscan ti: Phrase Browse Queryscan ti= While Phrase Browse Queryscan tiw=

April 26, Example Searches Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and Freedom, Second Edition with New Preface, edited by Louis Filler, University Press of America, 1982

April 26, Academic Libraries by the Year 2000, essays honoring Jerrold Orne, Edited by Herbert Poole, R.R. Bowker Company, New York & London 1977

April 26, Now for something completely different What is it doing? Do a derived title search (3,2,2,1) for The Nation’s flu shot shortage – you get 4 results Now go to that blank command box and simply type: nations flu shot shortage or Type nations shot flu shortage I THINK it is assuming “find” – and performing a keyword search.

April 26, Boolean Operators And used between terms, both words must be in the record. nepal india [AND is assumed] Or used between terms, contain either one or both words in the same record nepal OR india

April 26, More Boolean Operators With “w” between two terms, record must contain both in the order typed “w#” between two terms found in the order typed with no more than 1-25 spaces between the words aluminum w wiring aluminum w2 wiring

April 26, More Boolean Operators Near “n” between 2 terms in any order “n#” no more than 1-25 spaces between the words overview n 1998 chicken n3 egg (civil OR war) OR (stone NOT river)

April 26, Wildcards, truncation and plurals # - Unknown single character wom#n retrieves women and woman ? – Unknown number of additional characters col?r retrieves color and colour * - Truncation – find variant endings librar* retrieves libraries, librarian, etc.

April 26, Qualifiers In the command line qualifiers are the same for keyword searches as they are for the derived searches, but the index terms must be used for keyword searches. mt:Material type yr:Year or years mf:Microform dl:Cataloging source dt:internet/not internet la:Language

April 26, Guided Searches Keyword Searches Numeric Searches Searches performed in the Keyword/Numeric Search box

April 26, What’s different The dialogue box has been changed considerably. There are only three lines, but multiple words can be used in each line. Choose the indexes to be searched, in that box type all the terms to be searched for that index. In the index boxes at the right are a list of ten commonly used indexes.

April 26, Browse Query Screen Use instead of Command Line Search box Basically functions like a guided browse search

April 26, Change to Brief list Display

April 26, Change to Truncated Display

April 26, Resources Connexion Central on the Intranet: tion/cataloging/ConnexionCentral.htm

April 26, OCLC Connexion Client Tutorial Searching WorldCat: exion/client/clsearch.html