The Administration pages and tasks for search result displays for Z39.50 libraries look and function similar to the displays for your local libraries. However, you access the displays pages for Z39.50 libraries in the Z39.50 sub-tab. Also, you can use these displays only for Z39.50 display.
Search result displays determine how the results of a search look on an Information Portal searching page (for example, how many elements of information are on a summary display and what the title and author text looks like in Information Portal or what labels those elements may have). (An element is a field of information from a bib record that appears on a search result display, such as a title or an author. For example, you may have a summary display that has a title element and an author element.)
Here are the different types of search result displays delivered with Information Portal for Z39.50 libraries. You can add, change, or delete search result displays for these types:
• | Browse lists (author, title, and subject) |
• | Summary list (keyword) |
• | Full (bib) |
• | Item |
• | Copy |
Information Portal delivers default search result displays for most of these; however, your library may not want to use the default search result displays. You can change how these search results should display in Information Portal by adding a new display or changing an existing display.
When you add a new display or change an existing display, you must specify information about the elements that you want displayed. (For example, you may want the title, author, and publisher elements in a keyword summary display.)
You can specify these things about a search result display:
• | The elements that are on the display. |
• | The order in which Information Portal displays the elements on the display. |
However, you cannot specify the layout of the display; you cannot move elements around the display, change the display’s colors, and so forth.
This section explains these topics:
• | Adding or Accessing a Z39.50 Search Result Display |
• | Working with Elements in a Z39.50 Search Result Display |
• | Changing a Z39.50 Search Result Display |
• | Deleting a Z39.50 Search Result Display |
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