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Search Results List: Help

A Search Results list displays results from Subject, Author (sorted by Name) or Author (sorted by Title) searches from the Simple Search page in four columns. A search for Shakespeare W in Author (sorted by name) and Author (sorted by title) displays the following results:

Author (sorted by name)

Author Sorted by Name Search

Author (sorted by title)

Author Sorted by Title Search

The columns in the Search Results List contain useful information:

  • [#] includes a sequential number and  More Info. When appropriate click on the icon to view other related search terms or scope notes from author and subject authority records.
  • [Titles] indicates the number of catalog records for each search result.
  • [Heading] refers to the subject or author entered in the search (select to see a Title List for that Search Result).
  • [Heading Type] reveals whether the subject heading is from the Library of Congress or from another classification scheme, or whether the author heading is a personal or corporate name.

Note: A "0" (zero) in the Titles column means that no catalog records use the heading; instead users should select More Info to learn the heading actually used for the relevant catalog records.

DISPLAY TIPS:

  • If there are more search results than will display on the screen, the next group of results can be displayed by selecting the Next icon. Return to the previous group of headings by selecting the Previous icon.
  • After displaying a single title or Title List by clicking on one of the Titles or Search Results, return to the Search Results List by selecting the Titles icon from the button bar displayed at the top of the screen.

SEARCH, NAVIGATION, and OUTPUT INFORMATION:

Several lines of information relating to the search are displayed below the button bar, and at the top and bottom of the Search Results on the screen:

  • Database Name:
    Most catalog records display the name "Yale University Library"

    Database Name and Search Information
  • You Searched:
    A description of the search is displayed after this label (e.g., Subject = alternative medicine, Author = chomsky noam). The text before the = is the name of the search method used, and the text after the = is the actual search performed.
  • Search Results:
    This line shows the number of currently displayed headings (e.g., Displaying 1 through 50 of 1743). Subject, Author and Call Number searches are set to "browse" the entire Catalog for the search term entered and all terms following in alphabetical order. Since this method does not create a distinct record set, the number of search results displaying on each page will state: Displaying 1 through 50 of 50. Select "Navigation Icons" (see below) to move through the catalog records.
  • Navigation Icons:
    In Search Results, it is possible to page forward and back, one screen at a time, using the Previous and Nextbuttons.
  • Print, Save or E-mail:
    The only way to save or e-mail a Headings List display is through the Web browser functions normally found under the File menu.

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