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Subject:        Federated scanned map search - OAIster
Date:   Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:44:49 -0500
From:   Chieko Maene <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>

Hello-

I learned about OAIster at a metadata workshop in May. I think it is a
useful "deep-web" resource for map users - it is great because we can
search a variety of digital library catalogs at once, including LC's
American Memory map collection. I believe this search model works best
for monographs, but still, OAIster itself is an interesting attempt to
combine digital library portals.

We can also add a quick map search box to a library website, just by
adding a simple code to a HTML document (example:
http://maps.lib.uic.edu/test.html - the second search box.)

This search example will send a query which states ("-search terms-"
included in "subject") AND ("maps" is included in "subject") AND
("resource type" is equal to "image") AND (sort by "date descending").
This query is meant to improve precision, so you may want to change the
condition. For example, you can broaden the search by changing a search
field, i.e. ("-search term-" is included in "keyword") not in "subject".
Here is the code. For more information about the OAIster metadata
search: http://bigbird.lib.umn.edu/o/oaister/sru.html

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<form name="query"
action="http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx" method="GET"
autocomplete="OFF">
<input type="hidden" name="type" value="boolean">
<input type="hidden" name="size" value="20">
<input type="hidden" name="rgn1" value="subject">
<input type="hidden" name="rgn2" value="subject">
<input type="hidden" name="rgn3" value="entire record">
<input type="hidden" name="c" value="oaister">
<input type="hidden" name="searchfield" value="Subject">
<input size="25" maxlength="100" name="q1" value=""
onClick="document.query.search.value='';">
<input type="hidden" name="op2" value="And">
<input type="hidden" name="Searchfield" value="Subject">
<input type="hidden" name="q2" value="maps">
<input type="hidden" name="op3" value="And">
<input type="hidden" name="rgn6" value="norm">
<input type="hidden" name="restype" value="image">
<input type="hidden" name="sort" value="date descending">
<input type="hidden" name="submit2" value="search">
<input type="submit" value="Go">
</form>
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Chieko Maene
Map Librarian
Government Documents, Maps and Microforms Department
Richard J. Daley Library
University of Illinois at Chicago
801 S. Morgan, M/C 234
Chicago, Illinois 60607 USA
(312) 996-2738
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