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Subject: CORRECTION OCLC QC Tip - Unexpected search results using
Connexion Client
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:59:55 +0000
From: Goodson,Luanne <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: askqc <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Please note there were two errors in the original posting which I need
to alert you to.
The correct wording is highlighted here:
2)If you share an authorization number *and the same computer* if the
person you share it with changes the search settings*,* and closes their
session -- their settings will be the ones that come up the next time
Connexion Client is accessed. This is one of many reasons why OCLC
encourages libraries to give each person their own authorization
number. You may obtain as many authorizations numbers as you need, and
they are free, just visit the OCLC Online Service Center
https://www.oclc.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/OSCPortal for more
information.
·Format (mt:) - this refers to the Type of material you wish to find, as
you are used to seeing in the box at the top of a record when you choose:
View--> OCLC Fixed Field --> Top {the OCLC Fixed Field can also be
viewed at the Bottom of your screen, or as a Variable Field}.
http://oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/searching/searchworldcatindexes.en.html#search_worldcat_materialtypes.fm
I apologize for any confusion these inadvertent errors may have caused.
Luanne Goodson
Consulting Database Specialist
WorldCat Quality & Partner Content Dept.
Connexion Client users sometimes encounter search results they do not
expect, and more times than not it is due to a search option being
checked (or not) that went unnoticed.
So, here is a rudimentary overview of the Search WorldCat pop-up window
in the Client version 2.4 of Connexion. For more detailed information
please see Help --> Client Help within Connexion or Connexion client
documentation here:
https://www.oclc.org/support/services/connexion/documentation/client.en.html
Connexion Client -- searching issues to always be aware of:
1)You can use more than one session of Connexion Client at a time, this
can be especially helpful if you use more than one authorization number
(e.g. Enhance Regular and NACO Regular). Regardless, the settings for
the last session that you close will be the settings that open the next
time.
2)If you share an authorization number and the person you share it with
changes the search settings, and they close their session after you --
their settings will be the ones that come up the next time Connexion
Client is accessed. This is one of many reasons why OCLC encourages
libraries to give each person their own authorization number. You may
obtain as many authorizations numbers as you need, and they are free,
just visit the OCLC Online Service Center
https://www.oclc.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/OSCPortal for more
information.
Many options are available -- and if you check the box next to Retain
Search, they will remain in play the next time you open the Search
WorldCat window.
·Command Line Search: convenient not just for numbers, but for any
search you do regularly. Try combining searches in the command line when
you know the search label (e.g. kw:cataloging and dx:rda and yr:2013 and
cs=dlc)
·Keyword/Numeric Search
a./Search for:/pull down menus are helpful; remember you can click the
plus button (e.g. beside the Language: box above) to see more options or
the minus button (e.g. across from Material Type above) to see fewer
options. Or click the button, which looks like a bulleted list and a
pencil, before that to set your own list of indexes
b.Don't forget the Boolean operators can be changed as well - combine
search keys using AND (finds records that contain all terms anywhere in
the record)
c.NOT -- use to narrow results (excludes the term that follows *not*)
d.OR -- use for broader results (Finds records containing any or all terms)
·Language (la:) - this search option refers to the language of the item
for which you are searching (e.g. as found in the OCLC Fixed Field
(008/35-37))
http://oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/searching/searchworldcatindexes.en.html#language
·Format (mt:) - this refers to the Type of material you wish to find, as
you are used to seeing in the box at the top of a record when you choose
View --> OCLC Fixed Field.
http://oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/searching/searchworldcatindexes.en.html#search_worldcat_materialtypes.fm
·Internet (mt:) - to limit searches either to include or exclude
internet resources
* Source (cs=) - refers to the cataloging source (to limit a search to
records cataloged by the Library of Congress use dl:y)
* Microform (mf:) - limit searches to include or exclude records for
microform
* Years (yr:) - in this box type a year of a range of years
* Material Type - this list includes codes which can be used to search
by either format and/or document type. See Searching WorldCat
Indexes for a more detailed explanation
* Apply Language of Cataloging Limiter (ll:) - this searches only on
subfield $b of Field 040. Your setting remains in effect for all
WorldCat searches from session to session unless you change it.
ŘThis setting applies whether you enter searches in:
oCommand Line Search box
oKeyword/Numeric Search area
oQuick search box on the toolbar
* Search Results: Display using GLIMIR clustering see
https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/support/connexion/documentation/client/cataloging/searchworldcat/searchworldcat.pdf
beginning on p. 32 of 95 for help with this selection.
Then there is the Settings button. This opens an additional window in
which you can opt to view -- Institution Records ; Scipio
You might find it worthwhile to review the Searching WorldCat Indexes
document
http://oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/searching/searchworldcatindexes.en.html.
Finally, please consider the many training opportunities available on
the OCLC Support & Training website
http://www.oclc.org/support/home.en.html. You might wish to register for
the free, live online "Connexion Client Module 02- Basic Bibliographic
Searching" coming up Dec. 4, 2013
https://www.oclc.org/support/training/portfolios/cataloging-and-metadata/connexion-client/courses/basic-searching.en.html
There is a handout available now:
https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/training/Connexion_Client/Connexion_Client_Module2/Connexion%20client%20module%2002%20handouts.pdf
Improved searching skills lead to faster and more accurate cataloging,
so it is worth the time to explore all the searching options available.
Please direct questions or concerns to [log in to unmask]
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Thank you,
Luanne
Luanne Goodson
Consulting Database Specialist
WorldCat Quality & Partner Content Dept.
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