Re: Advanced search rules

[Elizabeth Thomsen <et at noblenet dot org>]

We also have this option turned on, and our users (including staff) 
definitely prefer it.  Just one small but important point-- the option 
for this is an OPAC option, and, logically enough, only affects the 
OPAC.  I find that library staff have a hard time remembering this and 
putting in the AND when using keyword in Millennium, including as a 
range in Create Lists.  They often forget they need the AND here.  I 
wish we could change this so that the logic matched in the OPAC and 
Millennium, just to make it easier for staff to move back and forth 
between them.

Elizabeth

Ellen Feinberg wrote:
> 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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Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
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