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Product |
Book Where |
ZNavigator |
SLS PC Browser |
Zsearcher |
Notes |
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User Interface |
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Multiple document interface |
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several sessions may be opened and switched between |
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Floating tool bar |
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tool bar may be moved |
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Tool Tips |
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explanations for icons when mouse points at them |
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Command Icons |
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Commands represented by icons on a toolbar |
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Media icons |
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icons in record list to indicate media type |
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View query in algebraic style |
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easy to read a query e.g. (dog OR cat) AND (mat OR carpet) |
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Multi-lingual support |
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Support of different user languages |
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Searching |
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Multiple sessions |
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several sessions - hosts + query defined and useable for record inspection |
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Multiple hosts per session |
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a session can have more than one host |
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Parallel searching of hosts |
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each host in a session searched in parallel |
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Simple/Advanced interfaces |
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a separate interface or facilities for simple and complex queries |
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Scan host (browse index) |
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scanning is a version 3 Z-server (host) feature. The client must request it if available. |
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Use named results sets |
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enables two result sets to be ANDed or Ored together |
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Hyper Search |
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click on a heading to retrieve other works with same heading |
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Copy field into query |
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copy a field from the main record into a query statement |
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Search attributes |
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the modifiers that can be used against terms |
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Relation |
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less than, greater than, equal to etc. |
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Position |
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first in field, first in subfield, any position etc. |
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Structure |
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word, phrase, date etc. |
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Truncation |
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right, left, right and left, do not truncate etc. |
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Completeness |
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incomplete subfield, complete subfield, complete field |
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Operators |
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Operators between terms - Boolean + Proximity |
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AND |
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OR |
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NOT |
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Proximity |
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version 3 only. Important for future text retrieval |
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Display |
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Local sort |
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sorting of brief records on client |
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select field |
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selecting the field for local sorting |
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Date sort |
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publication date sort possible |
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Choose asc/descending |
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switch between ascending and descending values in sort sequence |
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Different hosts interfiled |
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several hosts contributing to a consolidated list |
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Autosorted |
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records automatically sorted by default criteria |
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Tabular display |
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fields displayed in columns |
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Text display |
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text display effectively disallows sorting |
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Host sort |
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client requested sorting by host - has to be supported on host |
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Full Record display |
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Full record caching and display |
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full record is displayed without asking. Full records are downloaded at the outset - means you can work off-line more. |
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Multiple full records per host |
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can more than one full record be seen at once from the same host? |
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View MARC |
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MARC record with all tags and indicators |
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View labelled |
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a labelled style of full record display |
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Toggle MARC / labelled |
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change display from MARC to labelled easily |
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Result management |
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Save session |
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saving session parameters - hosts and query for later use |
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Save query in folder |
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saving the query formulation in a separate named file |
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History file of queries |
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an automatic, reusable log of this session's queries |
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Record folders |
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permanent user defined folders for storing records |
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Filter duplicates |
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automatically identify and eliminate duplicates from brief record list |
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Filter by host |
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only relevant if records can be interfiled |
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Configurable filters |
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filter fields may be defined |
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Bookmark records |
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mark records for later saving or printing |
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Export |
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MARC export |
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Marc exchange format - ready to load to a library management system. |
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Procite |
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format ready for direct loading into Procite program |
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Reference manager |
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format ready for direct loading into Reference Manager program |
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Others |
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Plain text |
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Host admin |
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Set up own hosts |
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Host grouping |
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selecting several hosts as a group for simultaneous log-on. |
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Host categorisation |
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adding categories like country and type to aid searching for likely hosts. |
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Test host |
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Tests host connection without searching |
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Host feature display |
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displays list of host's supported features. |
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Password access control |
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ID and password is required for some hosts |
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Set default host |
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saves time if the same host or group is used for every search |
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Copy host |
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copying a host's record is a useful feature |
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Set-up |
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Batch size |
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number of records retrieved at a single time from a set of hits |
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Brief record display |
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display of records in brief format |
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include/exclude fields |
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choosing fields for brief record display |
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define default sort order |
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brief records are normally sorted by the client when returned |
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Full record |
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Include/exclude fields |
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choosing fields for full record display |
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Change field names |
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change field labels in full display |
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Add "use" attributes (fields) |
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adding new fields to full record |
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Set simple query defaults |
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default fields and Boolean operators for non-complex queries |
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Session log file |
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are all communication response logged in a file for inspection?+E27 |
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Record syntaxes |
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Records handled by the client. Note: if not handled then an error is usually returned. |
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USMARC |
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most common MARC format |
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UKMARC |
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to be merged with USMARC |
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UNIMARC |
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MARC format with structural features - used in France, Spain |
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MAB |
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German tagged structure |
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SUTRS |
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Simple Unstructured Text Record Syntax |
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GRS-1 |
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General Record Syntax - a multi-level format suitable for tagging complex documents with text in chapters etc. |
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Total positives |
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47 |
Top of page |
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Total negatives |
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Total features |
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