Re: Scoping vs. advanced searching

[Tom Klingler <tk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Has anyone who is using advanced searching (which I believe will be
>available to all Millennium sites at some point) found that this is an
>acceptable substitute for scoping by material type?
>
>For those of you who haven't seen a demo of this feature, check out the
>Innovative site at http://demo.iii.com:81/search/  Select a word search
>and then type Hamlet in the search box.  In the drop down menu under
>Material Type, select Sound/Tape.  This will return a browse screen with 3
>entries.  A search under the default material type of Any gives you 77
>entries.
>
>In theory this would seem an acceptable substitute for scoping, and you
>would not have to pay extra for the scoping feature.  Any thoughts on
>this?
>
>Virginia

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Folks can try the same at our beta test site:
http://kentlink.kent.edu/screens/betaword.html

The "X" search has the pre-search limits:
http://kentlink.kent.edu:5701/search/X

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Tom Klingler
Head of Systems
Libraries & Media Services
Kent State University
Kent, OH.
U.S.A.
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