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. The results page shares the same configuration as the regular results page and contains the same pagination, navigation, and sort options and facets.

For a more detailed introduction and FAQ, see Introduction and Frequently Asked Questions for Newspaper Search.

Newspapers Search Page in the New UI

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.

Related Webinars

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Featured Newspapers

When Featured Newspapers functionality is enabled, users can also search from newspapers that you have selected and categorized using either of the following methods:

Select a link in the Featured Newspapers section to display all matching results for the selected category. From these results, users can then search within the selected category to narrow the search.
Select the Featured Newspapers option in the search box, specify a search string, and then select the category from an additional drop-down list that appears in the search box.

Featured Newspapers Search Option

Newspaper Search Link

When the Newspaper Search feature is enabled, the Newspapers search link appears in the following areas of Central Index search results to enable users to access matching newspaper content in the Newspaper search interface:

The bottom of Central Index search results:

Newspapers Search Link
The bottom of the Resource Type facet value list in the Tweak your results section:

Newspapers Search from Tweak Your Results Section

Configuration Options

The following table summarizes the configuration options for the Newspaper Search page.

Configuration Options for Newspaper Search

Element

Description

Central Index and Proxy Set-Up Page

The following options enable various functionality for the entire institution:

In the Search Configurations section, the Newspaper search checkbox enables the Newspaper Search interface for the institution. To define various links associated with Newspaper Search, you must define them at the view level (see the View Configuration Page element).
The Featured Newspapers section enables and configures the categories to display in the Featured Newspapers section.

To create a category of newspaper articles to display in the Featured Newspapers section of the Newspaper Search page, select Add New Featured Newspaper and specify the following fields in the dialog box:
- Code – Specify the code name for the category's description.
- Name – Specify the code name for the category. You can click the Globe icon to translate the display label.
- ISSN – Specify the ISSN of the 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 featured newspaper in the UI. You can select the Globe icon to translate the display text.
You can define a maximum of five categories per view (including disabled categories).

View Configuration Page

The following options configure links associated with the Newspaper Search interface:

Display link to Newspapers Search – On the General tab, this checkbox enables 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.
Newspapers – On the Links Menu tab, this checkbox enables and configures the Newspaper search link in the main menu.

To enable Newspaper search, see the Central Index and Proxy Set-Up Page element.

Newspapers Search code table

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

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

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

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