Configuring Authority Search for Primo VE

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Introduction

The Authority Search page exposes local authority records to users. When enabled, this page enables users to search for and view local authority records configured in the library, find different names and relations between authorities, as well as find bibliographic records that are associated with a particular authority record.

Authority Search page with search field selector.

Authority Search Page

Brief Results:

After performing an Authority Search, the following authority types appear above the title like resource types in other types of searches (such as library searches):

Type of Authority	MARC Field
Uniform title	130 $a-- $x
Subject term	150 $a
Personal name	100 $a $d
Meeting name	111 $a $d
Geographic term	151 $a -- $x -- $y
Genre/Form subdivision	185 $v
General subdivision	180 $x
Corporate name	110 $a

In the following example, the search results include all matching authority types:

Results of Authority Search using Keywords (All Fields) option.

Authority Search - Keywords (All Fields)

Selecting the Search for records with this term link in the Authority Search results, returns results that include all titles that use the selected authority.

Full Display:

In addition to the display information shown in the Brief Results, the full display of the Authority record includes the following fields:

Field	MARC Mapping
Heading (no label)	1XX $a. $b. $d. $v -- $x -- $y
Complex reference	260 $i $a
See from Tracing	4xx $a $b -- $q -- $d Examples: 400 1#$aAlexander, H. A.$q(Hanan A.),$d1953- 400 19$aAlexander, Hanan A.,$d1953-
Related terms	5xx $a. $b. $d. $v -- $x -- $y Examples: 500 ##$wg$aLong, Robert Alexander,$d1850-1934$xHomes and haunts$zMissouri 511 ##$wb$aInternational Drip/Trickle Irrigation Congress 550 ##$aModernismo (Arte) 550 ##$wg$aArt nouveau 550 ##$wh$aToes
Source data found	670 $a -- $b
Source data not found	675 $a -- $b
Historical/Biographical Data	678 $a -- $b
Note	680 $a -- $i
Heading linking entry	7XX $a
Other standard identifier	024
Source	Alma Record ID

Selecting an item's title in the Authority Search results, opens the Authority Details page, which displays the following information:

Authority Details Page for Uniform Title.

Authority Details Page for Uniform Title

Analytics - Discovery of Local Authority Records

To support this functionality, the following action has been added to the Action Usage subject area:

Group	Subgroup	Action	Description
Search	Authorities	Authority search	The user performed an Authority Search.

Configuration Options

This functionality is disabled by default. Refer to the following table to enable this functionality and configure related options.

Element	Description
View Configuration page (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views)	This functionality is disabled by default. To enable this functionality. perform the following steps on the Links Menu tab: Edit the row containing the AuthoritySearch code and specify which of the following types of authorities that users can search for specifically: Keyword (any field) Personal Name Corporate Name Meeting Name Name Subject Geographic Term Genre/Form Term Uniform Title Activate the row containing the AuthoritySearch code. For additional information, see Configuring Discovery Views for Primo VE.
Authority Search Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	The following codes have been added to support Authority Searches: nui.authority.searchfor – Search for nui.authority.search.keyword – Keyword (all fields) nui.authority.search.personalname – Personal Name nui.authority.search.corporatename – Corporate Name nui.authority.search.meetingname – Meeting Name nui.authority.search.allnames – Name nui.authority.search.topic – Subject nui.authority.search.geographic – Geographic Term nui.authority.search.genreform – Genre/Form Term nui.authority.search.title – UniformTitle nui.authority.type.personalname – PERSONAL NAME nui.authority.type.corporatename – CORPORATE NAME nui.authority.type.meetingname – MEETING NAME nui.authority.type.topic – SUBJECT TERM nui.authority.type.geographic – GEOGRAPHIC TERM nui.authority.type.genreform – GENRE/FORM SUBDIVISION nui.authority.type.subdivision – GENERAL SUBDIVISION nui.authority.type.title – UNIFORM TITLE nui.authority.complexreference – Complex reference nui.authority.seefromtracing – See from Tracing nui.authority.seealsofrom – Related terms nui.authority.sourcedatafound – Source data found nui.authority.sourcedatanotfound – Source data not found nui.authority.historicaldata – Historical/bibliographic data nui.authority.note – Note nui.authority.linkedentry – Heading linked entry nui.authority.otherid – Other standard identifier nui.authority.source_id – Source nui.authority.viewrecords – Search for records with this term nui.authority.back – Back to Authority result list nui.authority.heading – Heading

Element

Description

View Configuration page (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views)

This functionality is disabled by default. To enable this functionality. perform the following steps on the Links Menu tab:

Edit the row containing the AuthoritySearch code and specify which of the following types of authorities that users can search for specifically:
- Keyword (any field)
- Personal Name
- Corporate Name
- Meeting Name
- Name
- Subject
- Geographic Term
- Genre/Form Term
- Uniform Title
Activate the row containing the AuthoritySearch code.

For additional information, see Configuring Discovery Views for Primo VE.

Authority Search Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)

The following codes have been added to support Authority Searches:

nui.authority.searchfor – Search for
nui.authority.search.keyword – Keyword (all fields)
nui.authority.search.personalname – Personal Name
nui.authority.search.corporatename – Corporate Name
nui.authority.search.meetingname – Meeting Name
nui.authority.search.allnames – Name
nui.authority.search.topic – Subject
nui.authority.search.geographic – Geographic Term
nui.authority.search.genreform – Genre/Form Term
nui.authority.search.title – UniformTitle
nui.authority.type.personalname – PERSONAL NAME
nui.authority.type.corporatename – CORPORATE NAME
nui.authority.type.meetingname – MEETING NAME
nui.authority.type.topic – SUBJECT TERM
nui.authority.type.geographic – GEOGRAPHIC TERM
nui.authority.type.genreform – GENRE/FORM SUBDIVISION
nui.authority.type.subdivision – GENERAL SUBDIVISION
nui.authority.type.title – UNIFORM TITLE
nui.authority.complexreference – Complex reference
nui.authority.seefromtracing – See from Tracing
nui.authority.seealsofrom – Related terms
nui.authority.sourcedatafound – Source data found
nui.authority.sourcedatanotfound – Source data not found
nui.authority.historicaldata – Historical/bibliographic data
nui.authority.note – Note
nui.authority.linkedentry – Heading linked entry
nui.authority.otherid – Other standard identifier
nui.authority.source_id – Source
nui.authority.viewrecords – Search for records with this term
nui.authority.back – Back to Authority result list
nui.authority.heading – Heading