Topic 1: The three parts of the user interface
	Topic 2: Search modes Standard and Advanced search
	Topic 3: Search boxes and search terms
	Topic 4: Results - overview (search results)
	Topic 5: Details
	Topic 6: Truncation and masking
	Topic 7: Index function
	Topic 8: Browsers and browser settings
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The user interface of the Web-OPAC is divided into three parts (frames): top frame: Search boxes and toolbars frame on the left: Start page and results - overview (search results) frame on the right: Details and search results of an indexed search Enter the search term into the appropriate search box of the top frame. By clicking the button you will execute searching. According to your browser you can use the ENTER key alternatively. The search template is surrounded by the two toolbars. Use them to find all information about the functions of the Web-OPAC. The frame on the left shows the start page after starting the Web-OPAC and the search result list after a search. The search result list shows the short form of the relevant hits. Click the short display or the symbol in front of it to show the details of your hit(s). In the frame on the right you'll find: a selected hit in detail view. or the result list of an index search (index entries). In the detail view you will find the following information: Bibliographic information (formal description): Example: author, title, publisher, publication place, publication year, pages etc. Some of these are linked. Therefore, you can start a new search using those terms which are marked as links. Subject information (subject indexing): Example: classification, subject headings These entries are linked. Therefore, you can start a new search using those terms which are marked as links. Copy information Example:status on loan oder available Link to series titles: Example: from volume to series title or from the article to the journal title. These entries are linked. Therefore you can display the details of a series title directly. Link to subordinate entries: Example: From the series title to the volume or from the journal title to the article. These entries are linked. Therefore you can display the details of the volume title directly. If a reservation is possible, the button will be disblayed. Index entries For search boxes with the symbol an index function is available. Use the index function for a search box to display the index entries as a list in the frame on the right. Click an index entry to copy the term to the search box. That means a search will be started finding all records containing the corresponding index (search) term. Help topics: overview >>>

In general there are two search modes: Standard search and Advanced search. The search templates differ in the number of search boxes. When starting the Web-OPAC the search template for the Standard search will be displayed. It contains a maximum of 6 search boxes. The Advanced search offers additional search boxes and therefore even more search options. It contains a maximum of 12 search boxes. Change between the two search modes by using the toolbar: Change from Standard search to Advanced search by using the button . Change from Advanced search to Standard search by using the button . Help topics: overview >>>

Hint: Please refer to the individual help function of the single search box. Click the name of a search box to open the help function. Enter search terms into one or more appropriate search box(es). By clicking the button you will execute searching. According to your browser you can use the ENTER key alternatively. Several search terms are linked by the Boolean operator AND. This refers to: Several search terms in one search box Search terms in several search boxes Types of search boxes: Entry field with index function : individual entry of search term(s), additionally: selection by using the index Entry field: individual entry of search term(s) List field: selection of the search term by using a list opened via arrow symbol Additional hints: Truncation and masking of search terms are possible. There is no case sensitivity. Special characters like the accent mark in the word géographie or the å in Småland do not have to be considered. Umlauts do not have to be considered; they are stored as two characters internally. Help topics: overview >>>

The frame on the left shows the start page after starting the Web-OPAC and the search result list after a search. The search result list shows the short form of the relevant hits. Hint: Even the number of hits = 0 ("Found: 0" "No suitable entries could be found") is correct. It can mean: There are no hit(s) found for your search query. Or the safety settings of your browser prevent a correct search or display. In this case, please check your search query resp. your browser settings. Click the short display of a record or the symbol in front of it to show the details of your hit(s). Here you can see all available information on a hit. In the frame on the right you'll find the result list of an index search: If you use the index function by clicking on the symbol a list of index entries will be displayed in this frame. Help topics: overview >>>

In the frame on the right you'll find: a selected hit in detail view or the result list of an index search (index entries), see topic 4. In the detail view you will find the following information: Bibliographic information (formal description): Example: author, title, publisher, publication place, publication year, pages etc. Some of these are linked. Therefore, you can start a new search using those terms which are marked as links. Subject information (subject indexing): Example: classification, subject headings These entries are linked. Therefore, you can start a new search using those terms which are marked as links. Copy information Example:status on loan oder available Link to series titles: Example: from volume to series title or from the article to the journal title. These entries are linked. Therefore you can display the details of a series title directly. Link to subordinate entries: Example: From the series title to the volume or from the journal title to the article. These entries are linked. Therefore you can display the details of the volume title directly. If a reservation is possible, the button will be disblayed. Help topics: overview >>>

You can use wildcards within search terms. Wildcards are recommended if the exact spelling of a search term is unknown or to expand the search. You can use: Truncation on the right Truncation on the left Masking Truncation Truncation means "to shorten by cutting the top or end off something". You can replace any character string you like by a wildcard. That means, a truncation wildcard replaces any number of characters. Permitted truncation wildcards are: Per cent symbol "%" Asterisk "*" Truncation on the right means to use the truncation wildcard for the end of search terms. Therefore you can search words starting from there word stem combining with different endings or additional parts (compounds). Example: If you search the title Computer*, you will find all those records with a title that starts with the word Computer and ends with any character(s) like computer, computer literature, computer-aided design..., computer and internet etc. Truncation on the left is only possible in a very much restricted way. In this case the truncation wildcard is used at the beginning of a search term. Therefore you can search words of which the ending or second part is known. Hint: Please refer to the individual help function of the single search box. Click the name of a search box to open the help function. Masking Use masking to replace a single character by a wildcard. That means a masking wildcard replaces exactly one character. Permitted masking wildcard is: Underscore "_" You can even use the masking wildcard for replacing more than one character: In this case, enter for each character to be replaced one masking wildcard. Hint: Umlauts are stored as two characters internally. Therefore one umlaut always has to be replaced by two masking wildcards. Example: Author M_ller searches e.g. Miller, but not Müller. Author M__ller searches e.g. Müller, Möller. Hint: Please refer to the individual help function of the single search box. Click the name of a search box to open the help function. Help topics: overview >>>

Next to some of the search boxes there is a symbol . These are search boxes with index function. The symbol and therefore the index always refer to the search box left to it. It's recommended to use the index function in case the exact spelling of the search term is unknown. Enter at least two characters into the search box and open the index by clicking the symbol . The index is an alphabetically grouped list. It includes all entries matching your query. That means the index entries are determined by the chosen search box (with index function) and the number of characters entered. The index only includes entries with at least one linked record. Click an index entry to copy the term to the search box. That means a search will be started finding all records containing the corresponding index (search) term. Help topics: overview >>>

Recommended browsers and versions For full functionality and display of the Web-OPAC we recommend using Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 7 or higher. Alternatively you can use Mozilla, version 3.5. We cannot guarantee full functionality and display of the Web-OPAC for all other types of browsers resp. older versions of the recommended browsers. Browser settings In most case you simply have to modify the security resp. browser settings for full functionality: Cookies have to be permitted (for intermediate storage and session identifications). JAVA has to be enabled (to support operation). Performing Java-Script has to be permitted. Recommendation: security settings should be set up Middle stehen. Help topics: overview >>>