[IUG] Complex searching with limiters

["Yitzchak Schaffer" <yitzchas at touro dot edu>]

Hello all -

We have a searching issue in the WebPac with a call open; thought I'd air it
here to see if anyone has experienced similar.  When we do the advanced (X)
search

physical ther* OR exerc*

we get 3043 results.  Limiting to Spanish returns 5.  Clearing the Spanish
and limiting to a location (TC Bay Shore) returns 869.  But if we limit
Spanish and Bay Shore together, 977 come back.

This is also the case if we limit to Spanish and Sound Recording.

It seems like perhaps there is a bug in the search logic when we use "OR"
among the search terms, and the result set after applying limiters is empty.
Any thoughts?  The nice fellow at the Help Desk said he'd give it some
thought, but no initial ideas.


Yitzchak Schaffer
Systems Librarian
Touro College Libraries
33 West 23rd Street
New York, NY  10010
Tel (212) 463-0400 x230
Fax (212) 627-3197
yitzchas at touro dot edu