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53 lines
2.6 KiB
PHTML
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<h2>Help with Advanced Search</h2>
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<ul class="HelpMenu">
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<li><a href="#Search Fields">Search Fields</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Search Groups">Search Groups</a></li>
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</ul>
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<dl class="Content">
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<dt><a name="Search Fields"></a><h4>Search Fields</h4></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>When you first visit the Advanced Search page, you are presented with
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several search fields. In each field, you can type the keywords you
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want to search for. <a href="<?=$this->url('help-home')?>?topic=search">Search operators</a>
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are allowed.</p>
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<p>Each field is accompanied by a drop-down that lets you specify the type
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of data (title, author, etc.) you are searching for. You can mix and
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match search types however you like.</p>
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<p>The "Match" setting lets you specify how multiple search fields should
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be handled.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>ALL Terms - Return only records that match every search field.</li>
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<li>ANY Terms - Return any records that match at least one search field.</li>
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<li>NO Terms -- Return all records EXCEPT those that match search fields.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The "Add Search Field" button may be used to add additional search fields
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to the form. You may use as many search fields as you wish.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt><a name="Search Groups"></a><h4>Search Groups</h4></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>For certain complex searches, a single set of search fields may not be
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enough. For example, suppose you want to find books about the history of
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China or India. If you did an ALL Terms search for China, India, and
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History, you would only get books about China AND India. If you did an
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ANY Terms search, you would get books about history that had nothing to
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do with China or India.</p>
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<p>Search Groups provide a way to build searches from multiple groups of
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search fields. Every time you click the "Add Search Group" button, a new
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group of fields is added. Once you have multiple search groups, you can
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remove unwanted groups with the "Remove Search Group" button, and you can
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specify whether you want to match on ANY or ALL search groups.</p>
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<p>In the history of China or India example described above, you could solve
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the problem using search groups like this:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>In the first search group, enter "India" and "China" and make sure that
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the "Match" setting is "ANY Terms."</li>
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<li>Add a second search group and enter "history."</li>
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<li>Make sure the match setting next to the Search Groups header is set to
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"ALL Groups."</li>
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</ul>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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