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- | ====== CERL Thesaurus Help ====== | + | ======CERL Thesaurus Help====== |
- | These pages (accessible via the links on the left) describe the main features of the CERL Thesaurus web interface. For information on the content of the Thesaurus or other means of access go to the [[:: | ||
+ | ==== Full text search ==== | ||
+ | {{ : | ||
+ | Probably the easiest approach to searching the CT is to use one or more terms in the full text search field. A full text search in the new environment will typically yield more hits than in the previous system, due to different indexing principles applied to the data. (To let your search mimic the behaviour of the old system, see below.) | ||
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+ | As a default your search result will be grouped the types of entities it contains: Corporate Names, Imprint Names, Places and Persons. Each group will display the first 25 hits and a link to the full set, if available. | ||
+ | You may click a heading in these list to access the full record. | ||
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+ | Clicking on "Show all ... records" | ||
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+ | To bookmark a record, click the bookmark icon in the top right corner of the record. You can access your bookmarked records from the item " | ||
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+ | ==== Limiting and sorting your search results ==== | ||
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+ | If your search yields too many hits, you can reduce the size of your resultset using one of the limiting options in the right column of the result screen. | ||
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+ | The option " | ||
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+ | The limit "by feature" | ||
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+ | The search results are by default sorted alphabetically. If you want to consult them in chronological order, you may do so by clicking " | ||
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+ | ==== Using search keys ==== | ||
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+ | You may formulate more complex queries using the following search keys in the search box. A search key must always be followed by a colon and the value you are searching for without any blanks. You may also use parentheses and the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT (note that the Boolean operators must be written in capital letters). | ||
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+ | Truncation is possible by adding an asterisk (*) to the search term. To search for phrases, put those in quotation marks ("). | ||
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+ | |address|search within the address of an entity \\ '' | ||
+ | |corporateName|search only within the names (headings and variants) of corporate entities \\ '' | ||
+ | |dedup|search for records marked for deduplication (see below) \\ '' | ||
+ | |external_id|search for IDs from external files \\ '' | ||
+ | |feature|search for records with certain features \\ '' | ||
+ | |gender|search for persons or printers by their gender \\ '' | ||
+ | |id|search for a CERL Thesaurus ID \\ '' | ||
+ | |imprintName|search only within the names (headings and variants) of printers etc. \\ '' | ||
+ | |last_changed|search for records last changed at a certain date or within a certain time period \\ '' | ||
+ | |name|search only within name fields \\ '' | ||
+ | |note|search only within note fields \\ '' | ||
+ | |placeName|search only within the names (headings and variants) of places \\ '' | ||
+ | |personalName|search only within the names (headings and variants) of persons \\ personalName: | ||
+ | |record_flag|search for records bearing a specific marker \\ '' | ||
+ | |related_to|search for records that link to the given record id. There is a number of search keys that allow for more detailled searches for certain relationship types, which are not listed here. \\ '' | ||
+ | |sign|search within the sign/ | ||
+ | |type|search for a certain record type \\ type:cnp| | ||
+ | |year_end|search for entities whose activity or existence ended before, in or after a certain year \\ '' | ||
+ | |year_start|search for entities whose activity or existence started before, in or after a certain year \\ '' | ||
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+ | a complete list of available search keys can be found here: [[indexing]] | ||
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+ | ==== Working with the Search History ==== | ||
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+ | The last 20 searches you have performed (or records you've consulted in full display) are recorded in your search history and can be seen from the item " | ||
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+ | The search history is associated with the current session. If you don't do anything in the web interface for more than two hours, logout or if you clear your browser cookies, the session will be terminated and the search history will be no longer available. Data associated with terminated sessions is deleted from the server after 24 hours. | ||
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+ | ==== Browsing alphabetical indexes ==== | ||
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+ | You may search for names of places, corporate bodies, printers, persons and entities for which provenance information is available by using alphabetical browse lists. They are available from the item " | ||
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+ | Select an alphabetical browse list from the dropdown and type the first few characters of your search term into the field next to it and hit " | ||
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+ | The number at the left of each entry indicates the number of records that hold the particular name form. Clicking on the entry itself will trigger a search and present the records. | ||
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help/thesaurus/main.txt · Last modified: 2020/01/29 16:44 by jahnke