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1. The Two Types of Search Window
2. Searching
3. Using Operators in the Icon Format Search Window

The Two Types of Search Window

There are two different types of Search Windows available in SmartPORT:

1. The Icon Format Search Window:



2. The Labeled Format Search Window:



You can toggle between the two windows by pressing the Search Format button:

The Icon Format Search Window will contain a number of buttons with different icons on them to the right. You can determine what they are for by placing your mouse over the button. Alternatively you can press the enter key after typing in your search term. This will bring up a window from which you can choose the kind of search you want as shown in the figure below.



The Labeled Format Search Window has all the possible searches listed with fields available for placing search terms in them. To the right of each field is a drop-down selection list of boolean operators. By default, they are all set to AND. You may also choose OR or NOT.

There are also two types of searches available: Search or Browse (see upper left portion of either Search Window). The search option will be the usual option most people will choose. The difference between it and the browse option is that the browse option allows searching when the correct spelling of the search terms is not known. Browse results will show a list of words in a new window that can be searched upon. Most servers do not support this option and will display an error message.

Searching

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The table below lists the types of searches supported by the various connections available. If you need to include the terms AND, OR, and NOT in your search term, place your search term in quotes (e.g. "Green eggs and hams"). The search mode assumed is a Phrase Search. If a Word Search is required in order for the search to work, it will be noted in the table.

	DEUTSCHE-BIBLIOT (Deutsche Bibliothek Database)	MARC	NEWLC (Library of Congress)	OCLC (OCLC Z39.50 Server)	PSU-CAT-OLD (LIAS--The CAT)	PSU-CAT-NEW (The Enhanced CAT)	RLIN
AUTHOR 100, 110, 111, 700, 710, 711, 800, 810, 811	Not supported, use General search	Doe John -- Supports truncation "#"	Doe John -- Keyword search only	Doe John -- Supports truncation "#"	Doe -- Doesn't support first name (??) -- Supports truncation "#"	Doe John Does not support 1xx (!!), use General search for 1xx. -- Supports truncation "#"	John Doe -- Supports truncation "#"
TITLE 130, 24x, 4xx/8xx, 7xx|t, 730, 740	Does not support 7xx|t, 730 (?) -- Supports truncation "#" -- Keyword search only	Does not support 24x|b, 7xx|t -- Supports truncation "#"	Does not support 24x|b -- Keyword search only	Does not support 4xx/8xx, 7xx|t, 730 -- Supports truncation "#"	Completely supported -- Supports truncation "#" If a search fails try using the General search	Does not support 130, 730 -- Supports truncation "#"	Completely supported -- Supports truncation "#"
SUBJECT 6xx	Not supported, use General search	Only 6xx|a supported -- Supports truncation "#"	Not supported, use General search	Only 6xx|a supported -- Supports truncation "#" -- Keyword search only	Completely supported -- Supports truncation "#"	Fully supported -- Supports truncation "#"	Only 6xx|a supported -- Supports truncation "#"
GENERAL All available indexed fields	Supported -- Supports truncation "#" -- Keyword search only	Number searches not supported -- Supports truncation "#"	Supported, including 5xx -- Supports truncation "#" -- Keyword search only	Not supported	Supported -- Supports truncation "#"	Supported, including 5xx -- Supports truncation "#"	Supported -- Supports truncation "#"
	DEUTSCHE-BIBLIOT (Deutsche Bibliothek Database)	MARC	NEWLC (LC Voyager Server)	OCLC (OCLC Z39.50 Server)	PSU-CAT (LIAS--The CAT)	PSU-CAT-NEW (The Enhanced CAT)	RLIN
ISBN 020	Supported, with and without hyphens -- Supports truncation "#"	Supported, no hyphens, USE WORD SEARCH -- Supports truncation "#"	Supported, no hyphens	Supported, no hyphens, USE WORD SEARCH	Supported, with and without hyphens	Supported, no hyphens	Supported, no hyphens -- Supports truncation "#"
ISSN 022, 4xx|x	Supported, with and without hyphens -- Supports truncation "#"	Supported, hyphen required, USE WORD SEARCH -- Supports truncation "#"	Supported, hyphen required	Supported, hyphen required, USE WORD SEARCH	Supported, with and without hyphens	Supported, hyphen required	Supported, with and without hyphens -- Supports truncation "#"
LCCN 010	Not supported	Supported, without hyphen only (add zeros when appropriate) , USE WORD SEARCH -- Supports truncation "#"	Supported, without hyphen only (add zeros when appropriate)	Supported, with and without hyphens, USE WORD SEARCH	Supported, with and without hyphens	Supported, without hyphen only (add zeros when appropriate)	Supported, with and without hyphens -- Supports truncation "#"
OCLC 001 or 035 (?)	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Supported, USE WORD SEARCH	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
RLIN-ID 001	Not supported, but works with Deutsche Bibliothek numbers	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Supported, with and without hyphens
PUB DATE 260|c	Not supported	Not supported	Supported, does not correctly handle a range of dates	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
	DEUTSCHE-BIBLIOT (Deutsche Bibliothek Database)	MARC	NEWLC (LC Voyager Server)	OCLC (OCLC Z39.50 Server)	PSU-CAT (LIAS--The CAT)	PSU-CAT-NEW (The Enhanced CAT)	RLIN

Using Operators in the Icon Format Search Window

The Icon Format Search Window also supports boolean operators and search commands. There are three buttons available for constructing searches using these:



The leftmost button clears the field, the middle button inserts an operator wherever your cursor is in the field, and the right button inserts a search command wherever your cursor is in the field. Upon pressing the middle and right buttons, you will be given a list to choose your operator and commands from. See the two figures below.



Your search terms should be surrounded by parentheses. You may nest parentheses. You can press any of the icon buttons to send the search to the server. When you have a search command in your search term, it will always override whatever icon button you press. You can also construct these searches in the Labeled Format Search Window, and again the search command will override whatever field you place the search in.

Examples:

AUTHOR (sagan) AND TITLE (cosmos)
AUTHOR (asimov) AND PUBDATE (1960)
AUTHOR (franklin) AND (GENERAL (science) OR GENERAL (astronomy))
AUTHOR (levy david) NOT SUBJECT (clothespins)
AUTHOR (seuss) AND TITLE ("green eggs and ham")
TITLE (peas) OR TITLE (carrots) OR TITLE (vacuum cleaners)
GENERAL ("cheesecake and horses") OR GENERAL (two little peas)

If you try the examples listed above, please make sure you search them in databases that support them.

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