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You have continued to provide us with feedback about our new catalogue, and in response we have added a number of new features which you have asked for. In particular the new features improve locating journals and searching by author.
Advanced searching - you can now use the advanced search option to limit your search to words in the title, journal title, author or subject field. This is a very precise way of searching if you have a known item.
Improved author searching - its now easier to locate items by author using the Advanced Author Search option. This will search for terms anywhere in the author field, so you can enter any combination of surname, first name or both. But remember there can be variations in the way an author's name is entered in a catalogue record. The most precise way of searching is to do an author search for surname and then narrow the search using the Author refinement. You can also use the Author search option to search for an editor for edited works, or for a director or actor for films.
Improved searching for films - with the advanced search option its easier to locate films in our collection. In addition to searching for a film by title (and using the Format: Video and DVD refinement if you wish to narrow your search further). You can use the Advanced Author Search to locate films by director or actor. For example search for <spielberg> using the advanced Search for Words in Author option. You'll see all the films the Library holds directed by Steven Spielberg.
Improved relevance ranking - we're continuing to tweak the relevance ranking to get the best results. In almost all cases just entering words from a book or journal title straight into the search box will bring the relevant title to the top of the results page. For example try searching for <Harvard Business Review>. However there are also many options for narrowing your search, including using the advanced search options, using the refinement options (e.g. Type: Journal), or using a phrase search (e.g. <"Harvard Business Review">).
More detailed catalogue records - Catalogue records now display more information. For journals this means full holdings information including volumes and/or dates of issues held. Where possible, all catalogue records also contain further fields such as Notes (which might contain summaries or tables of contents), Additional Authors (editors, film directors etc) and Physical Descriptions. This makes it easier to tell if you have located the right item, or if a book will be useful for your study and research, and is in addition to the links to cover art and Google Previews we already supply.
Clearer icons for online material - we've updated the way icons display for online works, so it is clearer when an item is an electronic copy. For example view the entry for <Harvard Business Review>. Since we hold both print and online copies of this title you'll see clear Print and Web icons under the Format field.
Thanks to all our clients who have provided feedback about the new catalogue. Your suggestions are helping us to deliver exactly what you want. We're making ongoing improvements to the catalogue, so please continue to let us know what you think. A link to our feedback form, as well as more information about the catalogue, can be found on the catalogue homepage.
