Re: Advanced search rules

[Ellen Feinberg <Ellen dot Feinberg at mail dot uh dot edu>]

Zoltan,

We have our Advanced Search to default to "AND" and we provide our users 
with search tips showing them how to force adjacency by using double 
quotes (as in Google).  We tried having the search default set to 
adjacency, but our users seem to prefer the "AND."

While it can't be changed for each search, this option can be set in 
System Codes/Set System Options/OPAC Options. If you go to the end of 
the file you'll see the AVS settings.

I hope this helps.

Ellen

zoltan dot tomory at mobot dot org wrote:
> I was asked if there was a way to alter the behavior of the Advanced Search
> more profound than the stuff mentioned in ASSEARCH, which I realize is no
> longer valid.
>
> Some people were interested in altering what happens when Millennium
> interprets a query: 1)treat adjacent words as if they are being ANDed. 2)
> treat words as adjacent only when enclosed in double quotes. Pretty much
> what one would find in Google or MSN, I think.
>
> I tried to find stuff in the manual and the list archives, perhaps a bit
> half- heartedly because I have not heard of a product yet that allows users
> to mess with their particular rules for parsing a search. It would be an
> interesting thing to have influence over, but if not careful it could
> undermine search capabilities. What would you even call it ... metaquery?
>
> I would really appreciate any help or other thoughts on the matter.
>
> Zoltan Tomory
> Technical Services Librarian

> Missouri Botanical Garden
> (St. Louis Research Library Consortium)
>
> zoltan dot tomory at mobot dot org
> 314-577-5157
>
>
>
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