After activating a search on any of the search screen, the results will be displayed on the Hit List page. Following are the features of the Hit List display:
· The search term used for the search will be highlighted in the Hit List, and in the display of the bibliographic record (after selecting a term on the Hit List)
· Total number of hits displayed at top of screen, as well as page numbers according to the number of records selected to display per page. Next, Back, First and Last buttons are also included when relevant. The Page Numbers and selection buttons are displayed at the top and bottom of each page.
· Display line for each entry includes No., graphical Description display (see below), Title\Sub-title, Author and Year of Publication. Libraries also have the option to display underneath each title, the Branches (or Branch Codes) at which items are available (or the message No items currently Available), as well as the Call Number from the bibliographic record. The Number of Holdings on the record, as well as the number currently in the Reservation Queue will also be shown (except for searches done via the Portal Search option).
· There are a number of images that can be setup to display in the Description column. As the images can be changed by each Library they will not be shown or described here. The first image indicates a MAB Hierarchy record or Multi-volume Series linked record, or a Linked Bibliographic record or a combination of links; the second image indicates the Material Type (book, CD, music, video, etc.); the third image indicates if there are Orders existing on the title; the fourth image indicates if there are Images attached to the record; and the fifth image indicates if there is a URL link in the record. Thumbnail Images can also display from a Content Enrichment service or from the libraries database.
o You can click on the Hierarchy/Link image to display a list of all records in the hierarchy or link.
o You can click on the Material Type image to go direct to the Catalogue Display for that record.
o You can click on the Linked Images image to go direct to the Image Display screen.
· You can set a preferred sorting order for searches via the Preferences option, or via the Simple or Advanced Search screens. The sorting mechanism for Titles is based on the first 50 characters, and for Authors the first 20 characters.
· Records with items in stock can be setup to show in a different Font to records with no items available. A message of No items currently Available is also shown.
· Authors are hyperlinked to allow you to see all Titles for that Author. Note: If the library has chosen to show an Authorities list when searching, after clicking on a hyperlinked Author term, the index list of Authors starting with that term will display as the click on the Author term is effectively the start of another search.
· If your search in a large database is very broad, there is the possibility that the search will timeout before it has retrieved all matching records. The last record in the search results list may say something like: Search time limit reached, try a narrower search term. The time for searches to run is pre-set by your library.
Selection of records to view
· A single record can be viewed by clicking on the Title
· A selection of records can be viewed by clicking in the checkbox next to each Title (so that a ü is displayed), then click on the DISPLAY SELECTION button at the bottom of the page
· All records returned by the search can be viewed (without making any individual selections) by clicking on the DISPLAY_ALL button (provided this button has been activated by your library)
· Records can also be selected for Adding to the Basket/Bibliography by clicking in the checkbox, or selecting the BASKET ALL button (provided this button has been activated by your library)
· If activated by your library, after selecting records they can also be emailed via the EMAIL ALL and EMAIL SELECTIONS buttons. After clicking on either of these buttons, the Email Result Set page will display where you can enter the email address and select from the available formats. Multiple Formats can be included in the one email.