Re: [IUG] Order of display in title searches on opac

[Blythe Kropf <blythekropf5 at gmail dot com>]

If I search the title as a key word, the records display in chronological
order.

Blythe

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Bob Duncan <duncanr at lafayette dot edu> wrote:

> At 09:01 AM 3/1/2010, Diane Leeson wrote:
>
>> We have been trying to work out how the Webpac puts search results into
>> order when you do a title search which results in various editions of
>> the same work being shown.  One example on our catalogue
>> http://library.hull.ac.uk  is to search for the title Research methods
>> for business students
>> . . .
>>
>> We cannot work out why the last one does not file in order, before the
>> 2009 ed.  My interpretation of what the user manual says is that it
>> seems to indicate that when the same title appears the system puts them
>> in record number order (which should correspond to date if added as
>> published).  However, this is not so for the above example since the
>> last record in the list has a number earlier than the 2009 edition.
>>
>
> Interesting.  And the manual says that the default search is by title, but
> you'll note on the sample search you mention that if you choose the title
> sort from the sort drop-down, the records are sorted differently than the
> "system sorted" sort...which is supposedly by title.
>
> Bob Duncan
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