Sample external search boxes
- Anthro 190 Library guide
- Mann Library - research tools for Business and the Applied Social Sciences (Commonspot page on test server)
Code for external search box
In <HEAD> section of the page:
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://wfsearch.webfeat.org/clients/cornellu/js/cornellu.js" ></script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://wfsearch.webfeat.org/js/wf3library.js" ></script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://wfsearch.webfeat.org/clients/cornellu/js/cornelluCustom.js" ></script>
Anywhere in the <BODY> you want the form to appear:
<script>
function changeCatName() {
var i = document.wfform.Databases.selectedIndex;
var DBCat = document.wfform.Databases[i].id;
var DBCatNew = DBCat.replace(/&/g,'%26');
document.wfform.catName.value = DBCatNew;
}
</script>
<form action="http://wfsearch.webfeat.org/clients/cornellu/cornell_auth.asp" method="get" name="wfform">
<input type="hidden" name="Command" value="Search">
<input type="hidden" name="Client_ID" value="cornellu">
<input type="hidden" name="noserial" value="1">
<input type="hidden" value="JS" name="format">
<input type="hidden" value="js" name="rtmpl">
<input type="text" name="wf_term1" id="wf_term1" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="wf_field1" value="wf_keyword">
<!-- You can change the value here to create a link that will take you back to a particular page-->
<input type="hidden" name="catName" value="General">
<!-- Adding outside field to keep this query separate from ones from main page -->
<input type="hidden" name="outside" value="YES">
in
<!-- Here is where you add the databases and categories you would like searched-->
<!-- Here is a sample with a dropdown list of categories to search. See below for a simple search box option -->
<select name="Databases" id="Databases" onChange="changeCatName()">
<option value="wf_ebscoxml_aph,wf_artindexretro" id="General">General</option>
<option value="wf_ebscoxml_aph,wf_anthroplus" id="Social Sciences and Area Studies">Social Sciences and Area Studies</option>
<option value="wf_artindexretro" id="Arts %26 Humanities">Arts & Humanities</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search" class="button" />
</form>
---------------------------------
END of code
For a simple search box option
In the above code replace:<select name="Databases" id="Databases" onChange="changeCatName()">
<option value="wf_ebscoxml_aph,wf_artindexretro" id="General">General</option>
<option value="wf_ebscoxml_aph,wf_anthroplus" id="Social Sciences and Area Studies">Social Sciences and Area Studies</option>
<option value="wf_artindexretro" id="Arts %26 Humanities">Arts & Humanities</option>
</select>
With: <input type="hidden" name="Databases" id="Databases" value="wf_ebscoxml_aph,wf_artindexretro,wf_artindexretro" />