Comments on: Finding Databases http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/12/18/finding-databases/ Just another Lib.byu.edu weblog Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:47:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jeff Belliston http://lib.byu.edu/sites/news/2006/12/18/finding-databases/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Jeff Belliston Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:08:23 +0000 https://blog.lib.byu.edu/wwg/?p=14#comment-82 In general, I like the database search functionality that searches descriptions as well as database titles. However, implemented as it shows up on the mock up page, it does precisely what many of our patrons find annoying in our catalog - nothing shows up on screen to tell them why they got the results they did. If we're going to implement this (and I think we should) I think we should highlight the search term or terms whether they appear in the title or the description so patrons know why they got the results. We like to pound the relevance ranking drum so it might be good if we implemented some of our own relevance ranking rather than simply providing an alphabetic listing of the results. I love the quick display of only those databases beginning with a letter! In general, I like the database search functionality that searches descriptions as well as database titles. However, implemented as it shows up on the mock up page, it does precisely what many of our patrons find annoying in our catalog – nothing shows up on screen to tell them why they got the results they did. If we’re going to implement this (and I think we should) I think we should highlight the search term or terms whether they appear in the title or the description so patrons know why they got the results.

We like to pound the relevance ranking drum so it might be good if we implemented some of our own relevance ranking rather than simply providing an alphabetic listing of the results.

I love the quick display of only those databases beginning with a letter!

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