Neat!
If you're doing a general keyword search without specifying a field, do
you get any of those authority-based 'did you means'?
Jonathan
Simpson,Elizabeth Yager wrote:
> The State University Libraries of Florida are using an Endeca catalog - http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp . Recently, we implemented a "Did you mean ... " link for title, author and subject keyword searches. The system searches the user's term in the authority tables and if there's a cross-ref match, it displays a "Did you mean ... " for the authorized term. Instead of populating the user's search results with hits based on the authorized term, the system allows the user to click and do a new search if desired.
>
> Here are some examples:
> Search: Roosevelt, Teddy
> Did you mean?: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
>
> Search: Bush, George H. W.
> Did you mean?: Bush, George, 1924-
>
> Search: JFK
> Did you mean?: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-
>
> Search: Dalai Lama
> Did you mean?: Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- [the standardized form of the current Dalai Lama's name]
>
> Search: Mao Tse Tung
> Did you mean?: Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976
>
> Search: Lenin
> Did you mean?: Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich, 1870-1924
>
> Search: Drones
> Did you mean?: Drone aircraft
>
> Search: Electric cars
> Did you mean?: Electric automobiles
>
> Search: Partial birth abortion
> Did you mean?: Dilatation and extraction abortion
>
> Search: Alternative energy (or Alternative energies or Alternative energy sources)
> Did you mean?: Renewable energy sources
>
> Search: Solar power
> Did you mean?: Solar energy
>
> Search: Nationalized health care (or Socialized medicine)
> Did you mean?: National health services
>
> Betsy Simpson
> Chair, Cataloging and Metadata Department
> George A. Smathers Libraries
> University of Florida
> P.O. Box 117004
> Gainesville, FL 32611
> 352-273-2730
> 352-392-7365 (fax)
> betsysim_at_ufl.edu
>
>
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>
> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:31:24 -0400
> From: "Jacobs, Jane W" <Jane.W.Jacobs_at_QUEENSLIBRARY.ORG>
> Subject: 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
> tel.: (718) 990-0804
> e-mail: Jane.W.Jacobs_at_queenslibrary.org
> FAX. (718) 990-8566
>
>
Received on Fri May 01 2009 - 18:00:17 EDT