Mark,
UT Arlington's "advanced search" is not doing that. It is not searching
authorities at all. Only the words that happen to be on bibs. "Spanish"
as a subject term is completely out of reach in that system (for Spanish
civil war). But UCLA's "topic and genre/form search" is searching
authorities. And no, with UCLA's search, you don't have to include the
entire string.
Ted Gemberling
UAB Lister Hill Library
(205)934-2461
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[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark K. Ehlert
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 3:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] The problem with OPACs [was: New subject keyword
search]
Doran, Michael D wrote in part:
>> Let's say I use your advanced search and type in Spanish civil war,
>> as a phrase, in subjects. I get nothing.
>
> If the intention was to make *my* point, then that has been
accomplished.
> The exact search (a phrase search for "Spanish civil war" [1]) that
> returned 120 relevance ranked hits in the default basic search
interface
> *fails* in the advanced subject search, precisely because the user
> doesn't know the secret handshake of Library of Congress Subject
Heading
> syntax.
I have an indexing question on this part of the conversation. The LC
authority record for "Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939" includes a
450
"Spanish Civil War, Spain, 1936-1939". Is the system indexing these
non-authorized forms of headings and thus making them available in the
advanced subject search (as a phrase and individual keywords)? If so,
must
an advanced subject phrase search include the entire string to make a
match?
Received on Mon Jul 30 2007 - 09:53:00 EDT