If I understand your question, Innovative can do something like this, though it isn't set up in a way that is very helpful to patrons.
This is an "extra", though as I recall quite an inexpensive one. Your authority records need to be indexed, which isn't a free service, but it costs remarkably little. The function itself can simply be turned on by Innovative. The indexing is of the authority records that are already present and is a one-time charge; new authority records are indexed without further ado as they come into the catalog.
If the words in a search appear in a cross-reference (and also in a bib record - which is an unhelpful requirement), then you get a list of the bib records that include those words and also a link called "Related Searches." If you click that link, you get a separate window that shows the authorized headings your words lead to. The headings are clickable. Once a patron realizes they are there, using them to find further records is easy.
The problem is that the clickable headings are buried under that "Related Searches" link, which most patrons don't click on.
The other problem is that if the keywords aren't in any bib record, you get a "No Results Found" page, which does not offer the Related Searches link. So if you have a cross-reference that consists of words not used in bib records, the patron will get a null result and never have a chance to find and follow the authorized heading.
Also, the system does not convert the original search to a search on the heading. The patron has to go through at least a couple of other steps. Why Innovative thought this was the way to do this escapes me. It seems to me that the company was on the track of a good idea but then buried it under poor implementation.
To see how this works, see http://www.library.unt.edu/
Jean
Jean Harden, Music Catalog Librarian
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> Jacobs, Jane W
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:31 PM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [NGC4LIB] Leveraging Authority Data
> in Keyword Searches
>
> I don't know if this has been discussed
> before, but I'm interested in
> leveraging our authority records for keyword
> searches in our
> "traditional" ILS.
>
>
>
> For example a search using "author keywords"
> or "anywhere keywords" for
> "Gafenco, Gregorio" gets no results, yet we
> have works for: Gafencu,
> Grigore, 1892-
>
> With a cross reference from: Gafenco,
> Gregorio, 1892-
>
>
>
> In my mind, this ought not to be rocket
> science, but I'm not quite sure
> how the algorithm would work. Something like:
>
>
>
> Basic Keyword search in Bibliographic records
> +
>
>
>
> Keyword search in Type z (authority) records
> fields 1XX & 4XX ->
>
> if a hit occurs grab the 1XX and perform
> appropriate keyword search
> (i.e. author keyword, title keyword, etc.) on
> it and add to result set.
>
>
>
> Does that make sense? Would you get too many
> irrelevant hits? Would
> this kill your processors?
>
> Is anyone doing it? If so which system?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for anyone's thoughts!
>
> JJ
>
>
>
>
>
> **Views expressed by the author do not
> necessarily represent those of
> the Queens Library.**
>
>
>
> Jane Jacobs
>
> Asst. Coord., Catalog Division
>
> Queens Borough Public Library
>
> 89-11 Merrick Blvd.
>
> Jamaica, NY 11432
>
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>
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>
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