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Search Results: A Dissected View
Exercises
1. Do an All titles search by keywords (e.g., "Princeton University Press") or ISBN or any search criteria you like. Find a title you are interested in from the results list. There are no fewer than 4 routes you can take to bring its bib record into the Metadata Editor. How many can you figure out?
A. The most direct route: Press the action button 
on the far right of the listing. The bib will open in the MDE.
B. If you do not intend to edit the record immediately: 1) Select the checkbox of the record(s) of interest and 2) press 
located in the summary line of the search results at the top. The bib(s) will be waiting for you in the MDE when you open the editor later on. This method allows you to bring more than one record into the MDE.
C. Alternatively, Push to MDE is also listed among the action items under the ellipsis.
D. If you'd like to see a read-only version of the record first: 1) Click on the hyperlinked title and statement of responsibility and 2) In the Record View, click either the Push to MDE or the Edit button.
2. Do a Physical titles search by keywords or ISBN or any search criteria you like. Find a title you are interested in from the results list. There are no fewer than 3 routes you can take to bring its holdings records into the Metadata Editor. How many can you figure out?
First, verify that you have selected the Expanded view of the search results
| In the results list, verify that under the Expand button, either Physical or Expand all is selected. This allows you to see the list of physical holdings of each record on the results page. |
The most direct route: In the holdings list, under the column Location, click on the hyperlinked location code of the particular holdings record you intend to edit. This brings you to the Record View of the holdings. Click either the Push to MDE or the Edit button.
To see a list of all holdings first: Click on the action button Holdings or the hyperlinked text Holdings underneath the list.
| By | Screenshot | Action | If there is only one holdings record... |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. location code |
| Opens an individual holdings record in Record View | then there will be no difference among the three options. All takes you to the Record View of the one holdings record of the title. |
| B. action button |
| Opens a list of holdings records Next: You can bring one or more holdings into the MDE or push them into it. See the detail of no. 20 of the dissected view of search results. | |
| C. hyperlinked text |
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3. In the previous Physical titles search results, there are no fewer than routes you can take to bring an item record ito the Physical Item Editor. How many can you figure out?