WebOPAC Help:Serials Search List

 

 

□ Search Operation Procedure

 

・ Performing search from index:　

              1. Select the initial of a serial title to be searched from the list.

               

・ Performing search directly from a title:

1. Enter the title of a target serial in the title text field.

2. Click the Search button.

 

□ Search Method

■ Characters that can be used

                           

              Characters that can be used include Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, and alphanumeric characters.

              Both upper case and lower-case alphabetic characters can be entered.  Also, both em-size and en-size characters can be entered.

             

           ■ Primary and secondary search items

          

           The following search items are primary search items that can be used alone as a search value.

・         Title

 

■ Logical operation of the search values

 

If multiple search values are entered for one search item, one of the following three types of search is executed based on the entry method:

 

 

・         Logical conjunction (AND) search:  A search of material simultaneously satisfying two or more search values is performed.  

Entry method:  Join each search value by " " (blank).

Example) Search for material containing both "Japan" and "USA" in the title

        Title: 　Japan　USA

 

・         Logical disjunction (OR) search:　 A search of material satisfying at least of one of two or more search values is performed.

Entry method:  Join each search value by "+" (plus sign).

Example) Search for material containing either "Japan" or "USA" in the title

        Title: 　Japan+USA

　　　　

・         Logical negation (NOT) search:　 A search of material, which satisfies some condition, but does not satisfy other conditions is performed.

Entry method:  Join each search value by "^" (hat symbol).

Example) Search for material containing "Japan" and not containing "USA" in the title

        Title:　　Japan^USA

*) To perform a NOT search, there must be at least one search value without "^".

 

              ■ Keyword and literal searches

          

           Two types of search methods, the keyword search and literal search, can be used.

              In the keyword search, a search of material containing the entered search values as words (= keywords) is performed.

              In the literal search, a search of material containing the entered search values simply as characters (= literals) is performed.

                           

In the literal search, the following search methods can be specified:

 

Search method

Explanation

Entry example

Sample match

Perfect matching

Searches for material that perfectly matches the entered search string.

and

and　 AND　 And

Right truncation

Searches for material that matches the initial part of the entered search string.

and*

Andes  andante

Left/right truncation

Searches for material that matches the intermediate part of the entered search string.

*and*

Cassandra  panda 

Left truncation

Searches for material that matches the last part of the entered search string.

*and

Poland  band

Infix truncation

Searches for material that optionally matches the entered search string.

a*nd

almond  armband

                           

 

For the search item "title," a keyword search is normally performed.

To perform a literal search, prefix the search value by "#".

 

 

Search example

Entry example (item: search value)

Sample matches

Search for material containing the keyword "Japan" in the title

Title: Japan

Japanese history

Japanese old tales

USA and Japan

Search for material whose title is "Japan"

Title: #Japan

Japan

Search for material whose title ends with "Japan"

Title: #*Japan

USA and Japan

Revitalized Japan

Japan

Search for material whose year of publication is 1900s

Year of publication: 19*

1945

 

□ Search Options

 

■      Number of items displayed in the list

 

              Select the number of items to be displayed in one page of the bibliography list from the pull-down menu.

 

 

□ Bookmark Reference

Any searched bibliography can be saved so that it can be referenced later.

Bibliography information is saved in the bookmark and the bookmark can be "referenced" on the bibliography search screen.

　　　　　　

　[Bookmark] button:  Displays a list of bibliographies stored in the bookmark.  If only one bibliography is stored, its bibliography details are displayed.

 

 

□ Search History Reference

 

Clicking the [history] button enables you to refer the search history.

 

 

□ How to Use

 

Clicking the [How to use] button activates the "online manual" for the currently displayed screen.

 

 

□ Navigation Guide

 

Clicking the Navigation Guide button causes a jump to the beginning of a set of available function buttons.