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NOTIS Searching

Comparison of search indexes in OPAC and staff mode

Type of Search	OPAC	Staff Mode	Notes
Author search	a	ja
Title search	t	jt
Subject search	s	jsx
Dictionary search	none	jx
Call #	cl OR co	cl OR co
Keyword	k	none
NOTIS record #	k	Yes (no search typ. req)
LCCN	k	nl	include hyphen
ISBN	k	nb	include hyphens or spaces
ISSN	k	ns	include hyphen
Recording's #	none	nr
Music pub. #	k	np	include hyphen
RLIN ID	k	no	staff mode: njpg95-b123 public: njpg95 b123 (not valid for serials in public)

Merged Heading Index (MHI) Searching Hints

To see the MARC format of any record from the OPAC, press >
Omit punctuation, diacritics and initial articles in any language. Remove hyphens and leave a space. Truncation is implicit. Dictionary search includes author, title and subject indexes.
If the index contains an LCSH "search under" or "search also under" cross reference, you can redirect the search to that part of the index. Example:
fin [line # of cross reference]

Keyword Searching

Many fields are indexed for keyword searching. Some fields can be qualified with superlabels ti, su, or au, where appropriate. See: Fields Indexed in NOTIS

Keyword searches can also be qualified by language, date or type.

See online help in the OPAC for more detailed information, including the use of Boolean operators.

Call Number Searching

The staff mode call number search executes a specific search and gives you a finite result. The OPAC search places you in the index.

Displays in Staff Mode

Single record hit - copy holdings or bibliographic record will display. Multiple hits will result in index and/or guide screens. For each entr in the Index screen, there is a set of parentheses containing the processing unit, and a field number, e.g. (TS 245).

Merged Heading Index Staff View Types

All searches are heading (string) searches and they all have implicit truncation.

J

Searches and displays all records in the bibliographic and authority modules

ja - all author headings [Fields indexed]
jt - all title headings [Fields indexed]
js - all subject headings [Fields indexed]
jx - all headings [Fields indexed]

F

Searches only the authority module

fn - author authority headings [Fields indexed]
fq - title authority headings (Series) [Fields indexed]
fs - subject authority headings [Fields indexed]
fx - all authority headings [Fields indexed]

H

Searches all records in the bibliographic and authority modules (as J), but displays each heading only once

hn - author headings [Fields indexed]
hq - title headings (Series) [Fields indexed]
hs - subject headings [Fields indexed]
hx - all headings [Fields indexed]