9. Bust that myth! The catalogue is better than LibrarySearch for known item searching
10. Bust that myth! Participant was asked to find a copy of: Horngren, C. et al (2010). Accounting (6th Australian ed.). Frenches Forest, NSW: Pearson Australia.
11. Bust that myth! Results of usability studies on students and staff - July 2010
14. Techniques for known item searching Tips for known item searching Forget field searching, treat like Googlee.g. accounting horngren6the.g. 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2010.00013.x. Use author surnames only e.g. horngren NOT horngren, c Use content types Be aware of content type pitfallse.g. journals or ejournalse.g. books or ebooksIf unsure, use:Restrict to items in the library catalog Be aware of Advanced search pitfallse.g. Can only select 1 content typee.g. Doesn’t have ejournal format limit
26. Search query handling What’s the same? Phrase search (“”) Truncation (*) Wildcard (?) Boolean operators (AND OR NOT)Note: Operators must be in capitals in LibrarySearch By default all terms are combined with AND Catalogue No stopwordse.g. the, of, an are searched No automatic stemming Field searching via dropdown menu or search forms LibrarySearch Intelligent stopword handlinge.g. The Australian returns different results to Australian Exception based stemminge.g. “aid” does not = “aids” Field searching via Advanced Search form or field:(query) e.g. ISSN:(1234-5678) Blank searches – YAY!!
30. LibrarySearch coverage today What is included? Library catalogue records Griffith Research Online (GRO) Article level indexing for the critical mass of our journal subscriptions (about 80%) Multimedia, for example: Music from Naxos Video from Alexander Street Press Images from Luna Commons What’s not included? Griffith Image collections Specialised content types, for example: Case law Statistics Company information Standards
31. Add results beyond your library’s collection Modifies the search to include the entire Summon index with the exception of: other institutions' catalogue records private, unsubscribed A&I content Includes collections such as: Open access content Digital repositories from other institutions
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33. Springer, Taylor & Francis, SAGE, Wiley, JSTOR, OUP, IEEE, McGraw Hill, Gale, ProQuest
43. Relevancy ranking LibrarySearch Dynamic rank based on: what fields the search terms match how many times the terms match how close the terms are to each other Static rank based on: content type publication date publication in a scholarly journal record location of library catalogue Catalogue Rank based on: what fields the search terms match how many times the terms match how close the terms are to each other
44. Content type searching Archival Material Artifact Audio Recording Book Book Chapter Book Review Computer File Conference Proceeding Dissertation (Thesis / Dissertation) eBook eJournal Electronic Resource = Library databases Image (Image / Chart) Journal Journal Article Kit Map Music Recording Music Score Newsletter Newspaper Article Paper Personal Narrative Photograph Poster Presentation Publication Realia (Realia / Object) Report Special Collection Standard Trade Publication Article Video Recording Web Resource
45. LibrarySearch architecture Which databases are in LibrarySearch? It is difficult to make comparisons at the database level because Serials Solutions negotiates agreements at the publisher level. Where a publisher owns a database, it is somewhat safe to assume coverage e.g. Elsevier ScienceDirect SAGE SAGE Online But it is best to work at the journal title level to ascertain coverage.
46. LibrarySearch architecture Not federated search Architected like Google Pre-harvested/indexed content in a single unified index Work directly with content providers to receive the best metadata Merge metadata elements to create even better records
47. Full Text Online The record is associated with a Full Text database subscribed to by Griffith Citation Online The record is associated with an A&I database tracked by Griffith AVAILABLE The record originates in the library catalogue
49. Questions and feedback Got a move you’d like to know how to execute? Is there anything that drives you insane about LibrarySearch? Let us know, maybe we can fix it!
Editor's Notes
They don’t know how to use the catalogue intuitively. We teach them.
Partial success known article = couldn’t find PDF link on EBSCOhostPartial success known book- = found the International edition instead of the Australian edition (same publication year)Better success rate in LibrarySearch than catalogue
There is no definitive list of stopwords in LibrarySearchStrips out punctuation??
Demonstrate by restricting to journal articles and searching for “tax haven countries”Click on “Which countries become tax havens?”
Point out “About” link from LibrarySearch results screenGriffith is working to add the HubThe vendor is continually adding new content – stay up to date by subscribing to the Summon Insider – needs a valid Griffith email address
To find out which journals are covered – see list on “About LibrarySearch” pageLibrarySearch content updated daily – dependent on frequency of publicationCatalogue updated weekly
At Griffith, Summon has been branded LibrarySearch.
If the link doesn’t work it means there is a discrepancy between the metadata from the citation source and the full text provider.
Weighting is given where the search terms match the primary titleExamples:Good to greatParalegal success : going from good to great in the new centuryAn item titled Coaching, mentoring, and managing that has the phrase "good to great" in the summaryAgeless : what every woman needs to know to look good and feel great100% pure Florida fiction : an anthology that has "great" in the contents and "good" and "to" in the summary.
Bolded red content types are used in both the catalogue and LibrarySearchLibrary databases are mapped to Electronic resources in LibrarySearchTalk about ebooksvs books and ejournalsvs journals
Placing a hold – they’re working on making this possible from LibrarySearch
Demonstrate building RSS feeds in LibrarySearchFor japanese language video recordings – mention the power of a blank search if haven’t alreadyFor TOC alerts within a journal – best to use publisher database