Relevancy Ranking in OutLook OnLine

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Relevancy Ranking in OutLook OnLine

• Demo Setup
• December 2008

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OutLook OnLine Staff View

• Current Default Sort By Alphabetically by Title

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OutLook OnLine coast salish search

• Lets view a search with the current default. We
  will enter coast salish in All Headings, and
  click Search.

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OutLook OnLine search results, alphabetically
by title

• OutLook OnLine automatically sorts by the
  default, in this case alphabetically by title, as
  long as the result set is under 1,000.

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OutLook OnLine switch to Relevancy sort

• The default sort can easily be changed using the
  drop-down menu. Here, we see that the top
  results are the ones most relevant to our search
  term, coast salish.

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OutLook OnLine changing the default (staff view)

• If desired, we can change the default Sort for
  the staff view. Lets click on My Preferences.

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My Preferences Menu

• Select the desired Sort from the Sort Results
  by dropdown menu

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Changing the default for the patron

• To change the default for the patron, start by
  clicking Staff Menu

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Setting the default sort for patron

• From the Staff Menu, Select User Admin

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Setting the default sort for patron

• From User Admin, select Edit User Accounts

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Setting the default sort for patron

• Open the drop-down box for Users Type

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Setting the default sort for patron

• From the drop-down menu, select Patron

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Setting the default sort for patron

• Click Submit

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Setting the default sort for patron

• From the Edit User Accounts Menu, select Edit
  Preferences

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Setting the default sort for patron

• From User Preferences, go to the dropdown menu
  for Sort Results by from here, you can change
  the default sort for the patron to Relevancy.

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Questions? Contact

• BC Electronic Library Network
• office_at_eln.bc.ca
• 778-782-7003