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gwu-libraries / launchpad

A django based system that provides a stable URL for every item in the library's catalog. Various discovery services will link to these URLs. The page for each item will in turn link out to various other resources that provide methods for accessing the content of the items.
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consider comment on advanced search re non-roman search #1177

Closed cummingsm closed 7 years ago

cummingsm commented 7 years ago

We noticed a problem searching Korean text as a title, reported it to Proquest. Their response was that the title and other searches don't work with the vernacular script content of the 8xx tags. They will add this feature as an enhancement request.

Searching vernacular script by keyword does work. Consider adding a note of some sort on the advanced search page that directs uses to use the keyword search fields. The not could appear between the Keyword and Exact Phrase or after Exact Phrase in the "Any Field" section at the top of the page (mockup in screen shot below)

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cummingsm commented 7 years ago

Already have HTML placeholder text attribute. Will use that.

lwrubel commented 7 years ago

I'd suggest making the note briefer, e.g. "search in any language" or "search in any language, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean".

cummingsm commented 7 years ago

The message needs to indicate the keyword field can be for both general keyword and for vernacular title searches.

How about: "Search keywords or Titles in any language, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc."