Searching with Voyager 6'1 Cataloging Client

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Searching withVoyager 6.1Cataloging Client

• Jana Brubaker
• Northern Illinois University
• March 20, 2007

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Overview of Search Index Types

• Headings Index Searches
• Left-Anchored Index Searches
• Call Number Index Searches
• Keyword Index Searches
• Holdings Keyword Index Searches

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Left-Anchored Searches

• Headings Index Searches
• Left-Anchored Index Searches
• Call Number Index Searches

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Index Selection Searching
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Left-Anchored Search
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Results of Left-Anchored Search
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Keyword Search
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Keyword Searches

• Search for word(s) and/or phrase(s) anywhere in a
  record or in specific fields
• Search in both bibliographic and holdings records
• Can apply limits

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When to Use

• Dont know if the word or phrase appears
• at the beginning of a field
• Search for a word or phrase in a holding record
• You want to search more than one field at a time

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Boolean Search
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Search Results
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Phrase Search
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Search Results
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Command Line Search
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100a davids AND 245a beach
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4 Letter Composite Index Codes
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TKEY summer AND SKEY vocal
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Keyword Composite Index Codes

• GKEY (Searches anywhere in bib record)
• SKEY (Searches in any subject field (650, 651,
  etc.))
• JKEY (Searches anywhere in journal title field)
• NKEY (Searches anywhere in corporate or personal
  names)
• TKEY (Searches anywhere in title or series)
• SERI (Searches anyway in series)
• HKEY (Searches anywhere in holdings record)

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Combined MFHD-Bib Search
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HKEY video AND SKEY hawaii
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Nested Boolean Search
Search inside parenthesis completed together and
before being combined with operators or terms
outside of parenthesis
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Search Results
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Boolean Search Without Nesting
The system interprets search as (walking AND
health) OR fitness
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Search Results
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Free Text Search
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Search Results
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Free Text Phrase Search
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Search Results
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Holdings Boolean Search
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How We Have UsedKeyword Searching
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To Find Electronic ResourcesOn a Specific Topic
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Search Results
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To Find a Common Title
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Search Results
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245a "annual report" AND 260b illinois AND 260b
transportation
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To Search for Typos
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Search Results
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To Identify E-Journals froma Specific Vendor
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Keyword Searching Tips

• Use quotation marks to search phrases confused
  flour beetle
• Use ? with partial words to find variant endings
  econo? retrieves economy, economical, economist,
  etc.
• Or use ? internally as a wildcard wom?n
  retrieves woman and women.

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Free Text Keyword Searching Tips

• Use sign before required terms
• birds bees
• Use ! before terms to be excluded !cats
• Use before terms that are important birds
  bees

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Builder Search
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Builder Search Drop Down Menu 1
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Builder Search Drop Down Menu 2
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Builder Search (Boolean Operator OR)
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Builder Search (Boolean Operator AND)
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Builder Search (Phrase)
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Nested Keyword Search
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Nested Keyword Search Results
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Builder Nested Keyword Search
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Builder Nested Keyword Search Results
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Have Fun Searching!