Re: [IUG] "Faceted" keyword searching

[Mike Cunningham <mcunningham at cambridgelibraries dot ca>]

Andrew,

Just saw this...pretty awesome! I'll have to take a closer look at it.

Coincidentally, I was just playing around with the Drupal Millennium 
module and faceted search module which are pretty slick:

http://drupal.org/project/millennium
http://drupal.org/project/faceted_search

Mike


> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:33:21 -0600
> From: "Welch, Andrew" <AWelch at auroragov dot org>
> Subject: [IUG] "Faceted" keyword searching
> To: <innopac at innovativeusers dot org>
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> Just for fun on the Friday before IUG, I thought I'd throw this out
> there for public comment/criticism/consumption.
>
> http://auroralibrary.org:2082/search/X?SEARCH=mountain+climbing&searchsc
> ope=2&SORT=R
>
> Advanced search limits sit to the left of the results display in a
> "Refine your search" box. Choosing limits constructs a new URL; deleting
> limits (once they've been chosen) deconstructs the URL. It also
> screen-scrapes the subjects from the first screen of results and puts
> them in an alphabetical list for use as limits. The idea was to
> integrate the Modify Search functions to keep the patron from having to
> leave their results to go back to a search page.
>
> It's definitely not flawless at this point, the main flaw being that it
> may fail miserably in release 2007, depending on how keyword URLs are
> constructed. It only works with keyword searching, as the Limit/Sort
> URLs for other indexes are constructed 'behind the scenes'. The other
> bugs are noted at the top of the .js file (modX.js) and can be fixed
> with some work.
>
> For anyone who has time and feels inclined, I'd be grateful for any
> feedback. I'd like to use this in our live catalog, but not if there are
> major problems. I know many of you have your own "gotcha" searches that
> you use to test search functions and limits.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew Welch
> Sr. Library Systems Technician
> Aurora Public Library
> Aurora, CO 80012
> http://auroralibrary.org

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Mike Cunningham
Web Services Librarian
Cambridge Libraries