Construct a Search: A Step-by-Step Guide
This flowchart walks a newcomer to Alma through its Basic and Advanced search interface and help make choices from search indexes and three of the common search types.
[1] I am searching bib fields only.
[2] Physical titles is also fine. Physical items or Physical titles search retrieves result at item or title level.
Example
I am searching for records that have keywords Buddhism and art in the title field, within the collection of Recap Marquand Library
1 Do I need Boolean operators?
2 Do my target records have items?
3 Do my target records have holdings?
4 Where does target data live?
5 First, select the search index that retrieves data from holdings records -
6 Select search operator
7 Input search text
8 Add a new row for searching title keywords
9 Select Boolean operator
10 Where do title keywords live?
11 Select the search index that retrieves data from bib records
12 Select search operator
13 Input search text
14 Verify Search Zone
15 Execute Search