Searchlight and filter
Searchlight
The searchlight button is found at the top of the catalog screen. The searchlight enables you to easily see which titles meet selected criteria. When the searchlight button is clicked the Searchlight settings window opens. On this screen, you can select your searchlight settings. The filters selected in Searchlight settings apply to title properties.
The following criteria can be set for the searchlight:
| Criteria | Description |
|---|---|
| Searchlight on this branch | Check this box to highlight titles with available holdings at your branch. When this box is checked, the Only show titles of this branch box is also automatically checked. |
| Only show titles of this branch | Check this box to highlight titles with available holdings from the branch selected in the Branch field. When this box is checked only items at the selected branch appear in the search results. If this box is unchecked, the search results will include items at other branches, but those lines appear in gray text. |
| Branch |
Select a different branch to highlight holdings at a specific branch location. This is a required field. This list is populated in the Wise configuration manager at (TABVCG) Branch group searchlight. |
| Media |
Select to highlight titles with items of a specified media type. This list is populated in the Wise configuration manager at (TABMCG) Media group searchlight. |
| Language |
Select to highlight titles with items in the selected language. This list is populated in the Wise configuration manager at (TABTCG) Language group searchlight. |
| Level | Select to highlight titles with items at the selected reading level. |
| Fiction/Non-fiction | Check the Fiction or Non-fiction box to highlight only items that are fiction or non-fiction. |
Once selections are made, click OK to enable the Searchlight.
Titles that meet the requirements of the searchlight display in green, results that do not meet the criteria display in gray. Once the searchlight is enabled, the filters applied will accompany any subsequent searches.
When turned on, the searchlight button turns green, when it is turned off, it is gray. To turn off the searchlight, click the Searchlight button again and select Searchlight off.
Filter
The filter button is found at the top of the catalog screen. The filter function allows you to narrow search results and display only titles that meet selected criteria. When the filter button is clicked, the Search filter settings screen opens. On this screen, you can set your filter settings.
Note: The filter you select uses the Boolean operator AND. If both Youth and Adult are selected in the filter, the search results will show only titles with that phrase in the indexed field.
The following criteria can be set for the filter:
| Criteria | Description |
|---|---|
| Media | Select to filter items of a specific media type. This is populated by the (MDT) Media type table. |
| Youth | Select Yes to display only youth titles or No to omit youth titles. |
| Adult | Select Yes to display only adult titles or No to omit adult titles. |
| Non-fiction | Select Yes to display only non-fiction titles or No to omit non-fiction titles. |
| Fiction | Select Yes to display only fiction titles or No to omit fiction titles. |
| AVI | Click the drop-down arrow. An AVI selection screen opens. Select a range of AVI (reading levels) from the two drop-down lists. |
| Language | Select a language from the drop-down list to limit search results to that language. |
| Genre | Select a genre from the drop-down list to limit search results to that genre. |
| Age category | Select an age category from the drop-down list to limit search results to that age category. |
| Publication year | Enter a publication year or span of time to limit the search by publication year. |
Once selections are made, click OK to turn on the filter.
Search results remain the same, but if you double-click on a title that does not meet the filter requirements, a message appears: No titles found.
To turn off the filter, click the filter button again and select Filter off.