How to use command searching in WebVoyage
- Product: Voyager
- Product Version: 8.2.2
Question
How to use command line searching in Tomcat WebVoyage?
Answer
- To use command searching in WebVoyage you must have first enabled either the Command Search(CMD) or Command Search wth Relevance(CMD*) search types. See How to enable command searching in WebVoyage
- Select Command Search type from the Basic Search page.
- Use the general format of [Search Code] [Search Term] - example: (TKEY Agriculture)
- Link searches with boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) - (TKEY "Animal Farm" AND NKEY Orwell)
- Use parenthases to group searches and link with boolean operators - (TKEY patent OR copyright OR "intelectual property) AND (SKEY "intlectual property" AND JKEY "law review")
The full list of available search codes can be found in System Administration > Search. The most common search codes:
| Author name keyword | NKEY |
| Title keyword | TKEY |
| Subject heading keyword | SKEY |
| Date of publication | 260C |
| Journal title keyword | JKEY |
| Place (city) of publication | 260A |
| Publisher name keyword | 260B |
| Series title keyword | SERI |
| ISBN | ISBN |
| ISSN | ISSN |
Additional Information
See: Command Keyword searches fail when combined with 008P, 008L
- Article last edited: 26-Jun-2014