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My AltaVista: The Advanced Keyword Adventure

My AltaVista: The Advanced Keyword Adventure. Mary Strouse ILUG Annual Meeting July 20, 2002. AVS Toolbox. Advanced Keyword Fundamentals Basic Decisions: Screens, Segments & Limits The Fine Print : WWWOptions, Tokens, Javascript Advanced staff searching. Why Advanced Keyword?.

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My AltaVista: The Advanced Keyword Adventure

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  1. My AltaVista: The Advanced Keyword Adventure Mary Strouse ILUG Annual Meeting July 20, 2002

  2. AVS Toolbox • Advanced Keyword Fundamentals • Basic Decisions: Screens, Segments & Limits • The Fine Print: WWWOptions, Tokens, Javascript • Advanced staff searching ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  3. Why Advanced Keyword? • Speed – faster results, faster indexing • Phrase searching • Segmentation – keyword in title, etc. • Cross-index searches (w/o 2-step process) • Wildcarding ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  4. Why Advanced Keyword? • Pre-search limits & sorts • Bells & whistles • Proximity operators (near & within), • Relevance sorting (title, then author, then subject) • Keyword highlighting ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  5. What Hasn’t Changed • Only indexed fields are searched • Result is a list of titles • No cross-references • Limit on retrieval (32,000 “bib record entries”) • Keyword synonyms list ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  6. Cross-Reference ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  7. Subject Search Result ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  8. Keyword Search Result ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  9. Basics: 3 Search Screens (+1) The X,Y and Z of it: X – Advanced Boolean (pre-search limits) Y – Simple Boolean (w/o limits) Z – Simple “AltaVista” searching ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  10. Simple Boolean (Y) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  11. Advanced Boolean (X) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  12. The Search-builder (X+) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  13. “AltaVista” Searching • Broad search (default “Or”) • Use + and – to include/exclude • Relevance ranking by default • No segments, limits, or boolean operators • Wildcarding to end of word ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  14. Basics: 4 Segments • Author (a:) , Title (t:) and Subject (s:) • Use same fields as existing indexes • Notes (n:) • Fields customizable at setup • All fields must belong to at least one segment (… or limit) • No custom segments (but….) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  15. Basics: Choice of Fields • Maximalist approach (default) – includes most 5xx fields • Minimalist approach – 505, 520 [& 970 subfields not already included] • “Notes” segment can include other fields or subfields (ex. GMD from 245 |h ) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  16. GMD’s in Notes Segment ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  17. Basics: Choice of Limits • Pre-Search Limits can be: • Fixed length codes • Special fields (006, 008) • Variable fields • Existing Post-Search limits as default (minus “search as words”) • Custom limits allowed ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  18. Custom Limits using 007 ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  19. Custom Limits, Good and Bad • Pre-search limits are indexed • Variable field limits can function as custom segments • Use caution: Data from limits added to general (unsegmented) search ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  20. Variable limit as drop-down ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  21. Variable limit in Cross-Index Search ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  22. Limit used as exclusion ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  23. Publisher Limit ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  24. “Noise” retrieval ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  25. AVS WWWoptions AVS_TAG AVS_TAG=XYZ • Determines what searches are allowed (separate from searches offered (screens) • Must have search screens to match • Consider impact on pass-through searches (e.g. Partners, INN-Reach) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  26. AVS WWWoptions • ASSEARCH (Release 2000 Update D) (Replaces ASTRUNCATE) 1 Change to "AND" 2 Change to "OR" 3 Strip off field limits …. Etc. • AVS_RELEVANCE_FORMAT • Coming option to restore “and”default (Rel 2002 Phase 3) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  27. One Display WWWoption KEYWORD_COLOR Controls color highlighting • On/Off • Color choice • What fields/field groups apply ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  28. Keyword Highlighting ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  29. …and a System Option First code entered is the default (controls in Telnet, Millennium).    A = Alphabetical    D = Date    R = Relevance ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  30. Tokens Take Over Required Tokens • <!--{msg}--> Error message Needed to generate “no hits” message • <!--{search}--> creates search input box ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  31. What [else] required tokens do <!--{search}--> also: • Preserves search criteria on “modify search” • Triggers color highlighting of keywords ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  32. “No hits” message ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  33. The Java Jive Javascripts library on CSdirect • Expand “no hits” search (various versions) • Search-builder (coming soon) • [Your idea here] ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  34. Partners Link from Search Results ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  35. Pass-through “no hits” Screen ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  36. Advanced Staff Searching • AVS available in both Telnet and Millennium • In Millennium and Telnet search, default is simple Boolean (Y) search • In Telnet modules, use command language to specify search (X) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  37. AVS in Millennium (Y) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  38. AVS command search (Telnet) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  39. Documentation Manual (Rel. 2002) is best source • Advanced searching (#101241) • Search screens & tokens (#102136) • Boolean syntax (#101243) • WWWoptions (#102170) • AVS ranking options (#101916) ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  40. Other Documentation • Advanced Search WWWoptions http://csdirect.iii.com/faq/woptions_avs.shtml#assearch • CSdirect FAQ http://csdirect.iii.com/faq/adv_sch.shtml • Javascript Library http://csdirect.iii.com/faq/avs-java.shtml • The searchbuilder screen http://www.iii.com:81/search/X ILUG 7/20/02 mms

  41. Contact: Mary M. Strouse, Head of Technical Services Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library The Catholic University of America (202) 319-5547 strouse@law.cua.edu ILUG 7/20/02 mms

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