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If no facets are selected, an error message is shown to alert the user that none of the facets are selected.
The search can also be limited to specific fields such as author, title, publisher, publication place, publication date, subject, ISBN, ISSN, OCLC number, notes, customer code, call number and or barcode.
Search Results
Search Results are displayed based on the search criteria specified by the user.
Search Results are presented in a grid which contains results pertaining to the search, in lines that describe the item detail. Above the grid, on the left side, a drop down with label ‘Show Entries’ can be used to limit the number of results to show in the result grid. This is followed by the legend of all acronyms used in grid’s header. On the right corner, above the grid, the number of bibliographic and item results found corresponding to the search made is displayed. Also on the left corner, above the ‘Show Entries’, the user is presented with the pagination buttons - First, Previous, Next and Last. These can be used to navigate between pages of results when there are records that cannot be accommodated in a single page.
The main grid has ten distinct columns, clearly distinguished by a header - Title, Author, Publisher, Publisher Date, Owning Institution (OI), Customer Code (CC), Collection Group Designation (CGD), Use Restriction, Barcode and Summary Holdings (SH). The availability of the items is denoted by a ‘red with a X’ or a ‘green with a tick’ dot next to the checkboxes on each row. Red denotes the item is out and green denotes the item is in ReCAP. The Title and Author columns can be used to sort the contents of the table both in ascending and descending orders by clicking on the arrows on the header.
The results follow a 'bibliographic record - item' model where records with only one item record shows up as an individual row. Those bibliographic records where there are multiple items, typically serials, monographic sets, etc., show a plus sign clicking on which in place of the select check box. Clicking on the plus sign an inner table opens up with the items. The inner table contains Call Number, Chronology and Enumeration information, Customer Code, Collection Group Designation, Use Restriction and Barcode of the items under that bibliographic record. The way Chronology & Enumeration record is stored varies across records and by default this column is sorted as a text. This sometimes results in a not so optimal ordering of records as per volume numbers.
The plus and minus sign act as toggle, switching between displaying and hiding the inner table.
At the bottom of the grid, on the right corner, there are two buttons, Request Selected Item(s) and Export Selected Records. These buttons work in tandem with the checkboxes inside the grid on each row. In case of bibliographic records with multiple items, the checkboxes are placed on the inner table against each item. Clicking on the Select All checkbox selects all records under the header in both main table and the inner table. Using Select All in the main table doesn’t select items under the inner table.
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