In this screen you can search in selected fields. You can for example search only for Author and Title. You can use upto five fields at the same time, and you may repeat the field type (search code). Click on the Start search button to start the search. The Clear fields button empties all fields. Search in WebCat is not case-sensitive (it doesn't matter if you enter upper- or lower case letters).
Catalogue |
Select which catalogue you want to search. You may search all catalogues concurrently, but this will take somewhat longer time. |
Truncation |
Choose if you want automatic right-truncation or if you want to enter the truncation mark manually. Even if you use Automatic right-truncation you can use other forms of truncation in addition. |
Sorting |
Select sorting order of the records in the hitlist. You can choose to sort alphabetically or by Default Main entry, Title, Author or Classification code. |
Combination |
Select how searches combining several search boxes (fields) shall be processed. You can choose between AND and OR. The default option is AND. |
Select type of search |
Select which type of fields to search in. This is decided by the two-letter search code chosen from the "pulldown" menu. The freetext searc code FT searches all MARC fields from 010 to 999, plus field 008. |
Search terms |
Enter letters, words or phrases. If you want to enter more than one word, use a space between them. |
Each search box yields either a word or a phrase search. Word searches generally give more comprehensive searches than phrase searches. The word search Author Word (AW) will create hits regardless of the sequence of forenames and surnames: "William Shakespeare" or "Shakespeare, William" will give the same result, while the phrase search Author (AU) must be entered in its inverted form: "Shakepeare, William". You find a hyperlink to a page with an overview of what search codes yield word searches and which codes yield phrase searches.
Word search treats each single word as a search term. The words are entered with a space between them. They are combined with an automatic AND or OR, depending on the field and the setup of the system. For most fields there is an automatic AND, while Year (YY) has an automatic OR.
If the word search is combined with AND, all the words must be present in the record to produce a hit. If it is combined with OR, it is sufficient that one of the words occurs in the record.
When searching for phrases, one searches for the exact string of words you have entered. You can for instance use the phrase search Title (TI) to search for "Collected works"
Combination of search in several boxes
The box (field) for Combination (Comb.) decides how searches with several search types (in several fields, BOXES) shall be combined. Default value is AND. This means that all words must be present in the record to produce a hit.
Truncation means using a wildcard to replace one or more characters in the search term. You can also left truncate or truncate in the middle of words. If you insert a * or a % you replace one or more characters, and if you insert a _ you replace one character only. Truncated searches normally takes longer time than untruncated searches.
Automatic right-truncation is default in all words in word searches and in the entire phrase in phrase search. This means that you get a hit for all words or phrases that begin with what you have entered. You can use other methods of truncation together with an automatic right truncation.
If you choose manual right-truncation, right-truncation will only be performed in the cases where you have entered the truncation mark.
Truncation comes from the Latin expression “truncens” which means stem. When you truncate you search for the stem of the word.
Kor*insky
Korit_insky
Both these searches will find Koritzinsky (if the name exists in the database).
Both Author and Title searches are phrase searches.
Truncation |
Automatic |
Combination |
AND |
Search type |
Author |
Search word/phrase |
Shakespeare, William |
Search type |
Title |
Search word/phrase |
Collected works |
The search retrieves all records having the text Shakespeare, William in the author field and "Collected works" in the title field. Since Automatic right-truncation is on, one will also retrieve for example "Collected works vol. 1", "Collected works vol. 2" etc.
If you start each search box with a "=", you can search using CCL commands like in Mikromarc Catalogue. This functionality can be used in all boxes and all fields, both in simple and advanced search.
Type in for instance:
=aw=shakespeare AND NOT (tw=tempest or tw=hamlet)
in the freetext field. The search finds records with "shakespeare" in the author field, that do not contain neither "tempest" nor "hamlet" in the title field (if there are any such records in the database). You will find more info in the help for Mikromarc Catalogue.
Advanced search can be reached by going to Simple search (click on Search in the WebCat menu to the left in the screens) On the page for Simple search you find a hyperlink to Advanced search and Index search.