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We invite you to try some web sites that use DB/Text
WebPublisher. (Each link will take you to that web site in a new browser
window.)
The following features can be found in the examples
below. In some cases we've included some sample search suggestions.
(Please note: when searching, capitalization is
irrelevant.)
Database with over 100,000 records.
Alternate Search Syntax allows "Google-like" commands.
For example, users can type the words they want to find without Boolean AND symbols. Available in version 10 and higher only.
Choices Browser and Drop-down List assist searchers by allowing them to browse field indexes. The Choices Browser is designed for boxes containing one or more fields. It uses Index Streaming technology, allowing users to start browsing while the full index loads. It can be activated via buttons on the search screen, and button text can be specified by the designer (e.g. “Browse Index,” “Browse” … .) It is a Web application and it does not require Java, but it does require DB/Text WebPublisher PRO v. 8 or higher and .NET. The Drop-down list is intended for a box that contains only one term-indexed field, typically with a short list of items, e.g. Language = English or Spanish or Mandarin. Use a Drop-down list to narrow your search. The Choices Browser is dynamic—it searches the live indexes; change the data in the record and the data in the list changes. A Drop-down list is static. Changes to the list must be made to the search file using an HTML editor. |
LinkSearch allows the searcher to click on a subject-link and have
the program automatically search the textbase using the search strategy
embedded in the subject-link.
CheckBoxes allows the searcher to
narrow the search. Using a checkbox report, check items wanted.
Click the Narrow Selection button, which re-executes the search, keeping only
the selected items.
Images attached to database records are viewable in some
examples by clicking on a hyperlink associated with the
record.
PDF allows a searcher to link to an Adobe Acrobat PDF file from a record.
You must install a viewer from Adobe. To download a free viewer
go to Acrobat
Reader.
Radio
buttons to select reports. Allows
you to pre-select the report that will show after a search. This
technique also allows the database designer to design various reports for
different groups, and control which reports each group can have access to.
Radio
buttons to select number of records to display.
For example, display 10 in a group, or 25, or unlimited. If your
search should find thousands of records, formatting the report will take a
long time. Limiting your search results speeds up the display of
records.
Radio
buttons to select And Or or Not operators
DB/TextWorks
normally generates a DropList for the And Or or Not operators.
This is another option.
Cart. From multiple searches, check items in a report that will go into cart for later processing.
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Below are two sample textbases on the Crew-Noble Information Services web site demonstrating a variety of features. The other examples are live textbases in use by Inmagic customers.
1) Example of library catalog
Choices Browser
Drop-down List
LinkSearch PDF
Images
Radio buttons
to select reports Radio
buttons to select number of records to display Checkboxes to narrow selection
Radio
buttons to select And Or or Not operators
To see LinkSearches, type "software" in the Subject field and click the Submit button. For Title =
"WebPublisher Overview" click on the More link. On the Subjects
line, click on "Software Manual." This will re-execute
the search and find only those records where Subject = Software Manual.
Search Hints Pop Up
Two drop-down lists for selecting the beginning and ending publication dates
Checkboxes on search screen to allow selection of multiple record types.
Expand search by clicking on a subject term.
Sample search results -- checkboxes in a report to allow selection of items to email
Sample search results -- column heading link sorts results.
2) The Model Car Company, Inc.
Choices Browser Drop-down List
Images
LinkSearch
Search for your favorite car and view an image of it.
To see LinkSearches, view the record using the Full Information report,
then click on one of the Special Features.
Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences
The Motion Picture Scripts Database provides a
searchable interface to the film script holdings of six Los Angeles-area
collections: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the
American Film Institute, the Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional
Library, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of
Southern California, and the Writers Guild Foundation. This database is
limited almost exclusively to the screenplays of produced films; that
is, films which were actually made. The only exception is the inclusion
of a few published scripts of unproduced films. There are over 20,000 items in this collection.
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American
Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation
This database contains bibliographic
citations, abstracts, and detailed indexing for over 34,000
articles, news stories, and other materials regarding the tobacco
industry; clean indoor air campaigns; and other tobacco policy issues.
The scope of the coverage is mainly limited to tobacco policy issues
within the United States.
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Images
California State Railroad Museum Foundation Railroad Menus
This catalog contains information about the Library’s holdings of railroad dining car and other railroad-related meal service menus. There are over 1500 images. A sample group of records is retrieved by clicking on the following link.
Sample group of records to show images of the Canadian Pacific Menus collection
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Choices Browser
PDF
Alternate Search Syntax*
Federal Reserve System
Economic Publications Database (using standard Inmagic search syntax)
This database is "Fed in Print: An Index to Federal Reserve Economic
Research" and contains of over 26,000 citations Try searching in the Quick Search box for "cost & Japan" or try searching for
"bankruptcy."
To see records with a link to an Adobe Acrobat PDF file, click the Reset button to clear any previous search, then type the letters pdf in the Quick Search box, then click the Submit Query button. To see the PDF files, click on the "Access the Online Version" link.
*To try Google-like search syntax click that choice to the right of the Quick Search box or click the link below:
Federal Reserve System
Economic Publications Database (using Alternate search syntax)
Choices Browser Images Cart
Glenbow Archives
The Archives Photographs Catalogue contains 82,000 historical photographs, illustrations, cartoons and posters documenting the people, landscape and development of the Canadian West from the 1870s to the 1970s.
Sample group of records from the Glenbow Archives
Images
Los
Angeles Public Library Menu Collection
This is a database with images of over 8,000 menus which are
stored in the Rare Book Room of the Central Library.
Try searching the Restaurant field for "Beach
Bum." A brief description is displayed with an image of the
menu cover. From the Beach Bum Burt's hyperlink, you will be able to see
more detail, including additional images. (After viewing an image, use the
Back arrow to return to the list of images). |
Choices Browser
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project database
The King Papers Project is a major research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated. The King Papers Project's principal mission is to publish a definitive fourteen-volume edition of King's most significant correspondence, sermons, speeches, published writings, and unpublished manuscripts. It is a cooperative venture of Stanford University, the King Center, and the King Estate.
LinkSearch
Nantucket Historical Association
Books
Nearly all of the library’s 7,000 volumes, which include rare
books, have been cataloged and are available for searching. The books
database also includes reports, research papers, and a partial listing
of articles from Historic Nantucket
Manuscripts
The manuscripts database also includes pamphlets, brochures, articles,
whaling logbooks, journals, account books and maps.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (ETOH)
The Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database, commonly referred to as ETOH, is a database of historic alcohol-related research information. Produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), ETOH contains over 130,000 records and covers the period from 1972 through 2003.
Select the Basic Search screen and try searching the Abstract field for "homeless
youth."
100,000 + records
Pacific Northwest Regional Newspaper and Periodical Index
The Regional Index contains citations from hundreds of newspapers and periodicals as well as monographs, theses, dissertations, scrapbooks, pamphlets and other ephemera dealing with all aspects of life in Seattle, Washington state and the Pacific Northwest from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
The Regional Index began as a card file in 1936. A retrospective conversion project was initiated in 2000 to make the index accessible online. At the present time, more than 112,000 citations are searchable and hundreds of citations are being added each week.
Stanford Health Library
The Health Library, a community service of Stanford Hospital, is a
leading health information resource located in Palo Alto, California. With
a mission to provide scientifically based medical information, The Health
Library has been serving the Bay Area for nine years, and has affiliated
branches throughout the community. This collection contains over 5,000 citations.
Try searching the Keywords field for "illness."
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ValleyCare Health Library &
Ryan Comer Cancer Resource Center
Ryan Comer Cancer Resource Center has the largest collection of
cancer resources in Northern California with over 4,500 books,
videotapes, audiocassettes, anatomic models, posters, journals &
magazines, focusing on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
cancer.
Online Library Catalog
Tri-Valley Health Resource Directory
Try searching the Services or Subject field for "hearing."
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Images
Widener University Archives
The Archives Catalog contains descriptions of the contents of over 1350 archival boxes, all of which contain information related to Widener’s history. In addition, it contains an index to approximately 750 issues of Pennsylvania Military College/Widener campus newspapers (The P.M.C. News and the Dome).
Click here for a sample group of citations
Archives Search Page
Try searching the Keyword field for "dorm."
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