Configuring Newspaper Search for Primo VE

Introduction

The Newspaper Search page enables users to search only for newspaper content from a dedicated index that contains a wide variety of newspaper collections. In addition, you can configure a Featured Newspaper section in Newspaper Search. For more information about Newspaper Search, see Overview of Newspaper Search.

Newspapers Search Page with Featured Newspapers in Primo VE

When the Newspaper Search feature is enabled in Alma:

The results from blended searches may include newspaper content from indexes other than the Central Index.
The Creator and New records facets is not available in Newspaper Search.

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Enabling Newspaper Search in Primo VE

When Newspaper Search is enabled in Primo VE, users must use the Newspaper Search interface to search for newspaper content from CDI collections, which is no longer searchable using Primo VE's simple and advanced searches interfaces. Users can link directly to Newspaper Search from regular search results using a Newspapers search link and facet Resource Type > Newspaper search link.

To enable Newspaper Search:

Open the Central Index and Proxy Set-Up page (Configuration > Discovery > Other > Central Index and proxy set-up). For more details, see Central Index and Proxy Set-Up.
In the Search Configurations section, select the Newspaper search checkbox.
Select Save.
Open the View Configuration page (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views). For more details, see View Configuration in Primo VE.
On the General tab, select the Display link to Newspapers Search checkbox to enable the Newspapers search link in the following areas in the results:
- At the bottom of the search results page.
- At the bottom of the Resource Type facet in the Tweak your results section in the results.
On the General tab, select the Newspapers Search Filter By Availability checkbox to indicate whether Newspaper Search returns only articles that are available to the institution. This field is selected by default.
Select Save.
On the Links Menu tab, select the Newspapers checkbox to enable the Newspaper search link in the main menu.

Configuring Featured Newspapers

When Featured Newspapers functionality is enabled, users can also search from newspapers that you have categorized in Newspaper Search. For more details, see Central Index and Proxy Set-Up.

To enable Feature Newspapers:

Open the Central Index and Proxy Set-Up page (Configuration > Discovery > Other > Central Index and proxy set-up).
In the Featured Newspapers section, select Add New Featured Newspaper to configure 1 to 5 featured newspaper categories/newspapers.
In the dialog box, specify the following fields:
- Code – Specify a unique code for the category/newspaper.
- Name – Specify the display name for the category/newspaper. You can click the Globe icon to translate the display label.
- ISSN – Specify 1 to 5 ISSN of the category/newspaper. You can specify a maximum of 5 ISSN per category by separating them with a semicolon. For example: 0362-4331;1085-6706
- Description – Specify the text that displays under the name of the category/newspaper in the Featured Newspaper section on the Newspaper Search page. You can select the Globe icon to translate the display text.
Select Add Row.
Select Save.

Configuring Display Labels

The labels associated with Newspaper Search appear on various pages in Primo VE. The following table lists the code tables used to customize these labels..

Customizing Display Labels for Newspaper Search

Element

Description

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

This code table defines all labels associated with the Newspaper Search page.

Code	Description
nui.newspapers_search.desc_withfeatured	Search across 1 billion newspaper articles from hundreds of newspapers or use the link below to view articles from Featured newspapers.
nui.newspapers_search.title	Search within newspapers.
nui.newspapers_search.featured.all	All featured newspapers.
nui.newspapers_search.desc_nofeatured	Search across 1 billion newspaper articles from hundreds of newspapers.
nui.newspapers_search.featured.title	Featured newspapers
nui.newspapers.searchbox.title	Newspapers
nui.newspapers.searchbox.help	Search for newspaper, magazine, or article.
nui.newspapers.searchbox.featured	Featured newspapers
nui.newspapers.searchbox.all	Newspapers

Facet Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)

This code table defines the facet labels that display in the UI.

Code	Description
facets.facet.facet_rtype_newspapers.tooltip	Newspaper results are excluded from the default search. Select to search within newspapers.
facets.facet.facet_rtype_newspapers	Newspapers search

Results Tile Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)

This code table defines the labels that display on the Brief Results page.

Code	Description
nui.newspapers.title	Newspapers search
nui.newspapers.description	These search results do not include newspapers. View results from our entire collection of newspapers or search specifically within Featured newspapers.
nui.newspapers.back	Back to library search

View Labels code table (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)

This code table defines the labels associated with the view (such as the links that display in the main menu).

Code	Description
nui.mainmenu.label.newspapers_search.tooltip	Newspapers
nui.mainmenu.label.newspapers_search	Newspapers