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Searching in the library catalogue could be done in two ways:
by Exact Search or
by Browsing.
Exact Search
Invoke Exact Search by clicking the 'Search' button on the main screen.
Select the type of the fields to be searched.
You may fill in the search forms with a pattern to be searched for.
Set the logical operators between the fields.
Use the usual AND, OR and NOT operators between fields.
Browsing
Click the 'Browse' button on the main screen to invoke this option.
This kind of searching is useful when you do not know the exact form of the data you would like to search for.
Browsing works on pre-selected indices that you can choose from the list.
The results will be that segment of the index, where the field content is identical or mostly similar to the
pattern given..
Use browsing to find out the exact form of a field content (for example the exact name of an author).
You can use the exact field content in an Exact search.
To do this, first perform a browsing, then click the little red double up arrow just left to the item.
The item will be transferred to the corresponding input windows on the Exact search page.
You can switch to another index and do another transfer.
Repeat this action as many times as you wish.
Connect the fields with logical operators and perform an Exact search.
Results
After performing an Exact search the Result page will be displayed.
If the result of the search is one single record only, the record will be displayed immediately.
Many fields can be used as hyperlinks throughout the whole database.
Click on a hyperlink and you will receive a result, as you would have initiated an
Exact search, with the hyperlink, as pattern.
E.g. clicking on the author in the 'Author' field of a record you will get
the list of records belonging to that author.
Invoke a new search or browse by clicking on the relevant button again.
More information: www.monguz.hu
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