RE: search OPAC from library home?

["Seeman, Corey Glenn" <CSeeman at UTNet dot UToledo dot Edu>]

Nason -- 
 
You should be able to do this with hidden values (like this <input type="hidden" name="SORT" value="D" />) if you are using a keyword search.  You can set any value and it will be added to the search.  With the multiple limiting option that is coming with Release 2005, you can also set it to a variety of values which is really fantastic.
 
There is a great FAQ on CSDirect that you might find useful.  It is called "Linking to the Web OPAC Using Persistent URLs" and it is located here:
 
http://csdirect.iii.com/faq/persistenturls.shtml
 
You will need to use your CSDirect password to view the document.
 
Best -- Corey
 
Corey Seeman
Asst. Dean for Resource and Systems Management
University of Toledo
 
corey dot seeman at utoledo dot edu
http://library.utoledo.edu/userhomes/cseeman/
(419) 530-2333
 

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From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org on behalf of Throgmorton, Nason L.
Sent: Tue 5/24/2005 4:45 PM
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: RE: search OPAC from library home?



Hello,

Does anyone know how to send a limit to a material type using the form
type below. I am would like a search box on our AV website that will
only search the catalog for videos.

Thank you,
Nason Throgmorton
Stafford Library

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From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Fifarek, Aimee
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:52 PM
To: 'IUG INNOPAC List'; elin at ucmerced dot edu
Subject: RE: search OPAC from library home?

Emily -- we decided to go with just a plain box that automatically does
a
keyword search, with the go button next to it.  Here's the code:
<table>
<form name="catalog" action="http://your.catalog.url/search/a?a";
method="post" onsubmit="return checkform(this);">
<tr><td align="bottom">
<input type="hidden" name="searchtype" value="X" />
<input name="searcharg" id="searchterms" size="13" />
<input type="hidden" name="SORT" value="D" />
</td><td valign="top">
<input type="image" value="Submit"
src="http://your.catalog.url/screens/go_but.gif"; class="searchbutton"
accesskey="s" title="Search the Library catalog" alt="Search the Library
catalog"/>
</td>
</tr></table>

-- Aimee

Aimee Fifarek
Library Technology Supervisor
Scottsdale Public Library
3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251-4467
Tel:  480/312-7060
Fax:  480/312-7993
afifarek at scottsdaleaz dot gov


-----Original Message-----
From: David Jones [mailto:djones at scu dot edu]
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:07 PM
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org; elin at ucmerced dot edu
Subject: Re: search OPAC from library home?




_____________________________________________________________________
David Jones                                     mailto:djones at scu dot edu
Library Systems Manager                   http://www.scu.edu/library/
Orradre Library                                   fax:   408-551-1805
Santa Clara University                            phone: 408-551-7167
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara CA 95053-0500
_____________________________________________________________________
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ich mich geduckt / sag mir was das war"
--Wueste by Blixa Bargeld, http://www.neubauten.org/tabula/wueste.php
>>> Emily Lin <elin at ucmerced dot edu> 05/23/05 3:28 PM >>>
We'd like to have a search box on our library's home page that will
search
the library catalog, instead of linking off to the catalog's page. Would
anyone who has implemented this share how you did it?
<<<

It's not perfect because the first URIs retrieved aren't bookmark-able,
but
here's our form (salt to taste...)

         <form method="post" action="http://sculib.scu.edu/search/_";
name="">
                          <select name="searchtype">
                                <option value="X"
selected>Keywords</option>
                                <option value="a">Author</option>
                                <option value="t">Title</option>
                                <option value="d">Subject </option>
                                <option value="c">LC Call
Number</option>
                                <option value="g">Gov Doc
Number</option>
                                <option value="i">ISBN/ISSN</option>
                                <option value="r">by Course
name</option>
                                <option value="p">by Course
Instructor</option>
                          </select>
                          <input type="text" name="searcharg" size="25"
maxlength="60">
                          <input type="hidden" name="SORT" value="A">
                          <input type="image" border="0" name="submit"
src="images/gifs/templates/search_oscar_red.gif" width="120" height="20"
alt="Search OSCAR">
                  </form>

HTH,
David

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