Retrieval System Enhancements
The Accessible Archives Information Retrieval System has been upgraded to a base of XML tagged documents. This upgrade provides the ability to enhance the system in terms of both search capability and print output formatting.
A number of major new enhancements for the Retrieval System already have been developed. Users now will possess the ability to:
- search all elements of the Archives in one query
- limit the search results of a query by Collection and/or Publication Title and/or Date (Range)
- sort search results by Collection or Publication Title or Date
- Browse as well as Search the Archives
Vastly enhanced document navigation is now available in both Search and Browse modes:
- From a Table of Contents based on available Publication Titles --- to a specific Publication Title --- to a list of issues available for that title --- to a list of articles in the issue selected --- to the actual articles themselves (and backwards through this chain, as well)
- From a search results selected article --- to additional articles in the same issue --- to/from the table of contents for the article’s issue --- to/from the Publication Title list of issues
- From a search results article --- to/from other articles in the search results list
Additional system augmentations allow the user to:
- move through the page images from an issue’s Table of Contents (list of articles in an issue) or from an article (whether browsing or searching)
- retrieve results from prior Search Queries (search history)
- print an article or print the results list
- peruse the list of searchable words – and to select a query from that list
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