In Process, July 2023
Search terms are case insensitive but property labels are not.
'all' or '=' searches within the element (keyword within)
'==' searches for a phrase in exact order
In the copy-friendly column, you can copy/paste these and enter your search terms between the quotation marks:
| Description | Sample queries | Notes | Copy-friendly version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author/Title search | contributors == "salinger, j. d." AND title="catcher in the rye" contributors ="salinger" AND title="rye catcher" | truncation is not needed | contributors == "" AND title == "" contributors="" AND title= "" |
| Author/Uniform title search | contributors.name = “beethoven, ludwig van” AND uniformTitle == “symphonies” | contributors.name is indexed as a term rather than full-text, so the == is not required | contributors.name = “” AND uniformTitle == “” |
| Author (contributor) search when you're unsure of word order in the name | contributors = "united states senate committee" | contributors=("" AND "") | |
| Specific call number | Looking for RMC collection 4600 holdingsNormalizedCallNumbers = "4600" | This call number search will find any call number that has "4600" in it The Query search can also be further limited by location, e.g., RMC, by selecting the Holdings search segment, and then selecting the Permanent location filter | holdingsNormalizedCallNumbers = "" |
Call number prefix | holdingsNormalizedCallNumbers = "special reserve" | The normalized call number includes the prefix, but not the suffix. | holdingsNormalizedCallNumbers = "" |
Common serial e.g., "Nature" "Science" "The economist" | title=="nature" AND holdingsTypeId = "e6da6c98-6dd0-41bc-8b4b-cfd4bbd9c3ae" title=="nature" AND publisher = "macmillan" title=="the economist" AND languages="eng" (or filter by language) then filter by Mode of issuance | Holdings Type IDs: Serial Monograph Multi-part monograph (not all of our holdings have the correct type!) | title=="" AND holdingsTypeId = "e6da6c98-6dd0-41bc-8b4b-cfd4bbd9c3ae" title=="" AND publisher = "" |
| Notes (in instance, holdings, or item records) | notes.note=="Report year ends at June" | ||
| Administrative Notes | administrativeNotes all "date:202310*" AND administrativeNotes all "userid:lew235" | This query identifies instances Laura added an administrative note to any time in October 2023. | administrativeNotes all "date: *" AND administrativeNotes all "userid: " |
Some illustrations and tips
Tip: find the UUID for a value by selecting it in the filter then copying the UUID from the URL
Notes search example--
NB, because of "fuzzy logic" this search also retrieves records with notes such as "Report year ends in June" or "Report year ends 30th June"
