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About
Metabuscador ISTEC is a service provided by ISTEC, oriented to facilitate and speed up the access to information through simultaenous distributed searches over several online catalogs using the Z39.50 and SRU protocols.
Based in Pazpar2 and Materkey (both depevolped by Indexdata), this searching tool is currently maintained by the crew of the Library Linkage Proyect (PrEBi) from the National University of La Plata.
Contact Information
Proyecto de Enlace de Bibliotecas (PrEBi)
Mail: metabuscador@prebi.unlp.edu.ar
Phone: (+54) (0221) 423-6696 extension 141
Address: Calle 115 y 49, S/N, First Floor. Basic Sciences Department
National University of La Plata
(C.P.: 1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Search Filters
When performing a search, a group of filters is displayed on the left column, next to the results set. These filters can be used to refine the query and thus retrieve more relevant results.
These filters are built from the result set, using the most frequent terms to generate a ranking. When selecting a specific filter, the search is performed again considering this new element. This way, a simple click on any filter is enough to refine and re-execute a search.
Deleting a selected filter is also posible, by removing it from the criteria list displayed on top of the result list.
Currently, the generated filters are: Resource, Subject, Author, Year.
Advanced Search
On the Advanced Search link, next to the search button, there is a list of fields for more specific search criteria. This way, instead of doing a general search, it can be specified that the search criteria belongs to a particular document field: Title, Author, Subject, etc.
Criteria List
At the top of the result list the Criteria List is displayed, which shows the current query being performed. This also allows to remove a filter.
Sorting
The default sorting is based on the relevance of the search result, which is calculated based on the matching field, the ocurrences frequency, the proximity between the search terms into an specific field, etc. Even though the relevance sorting is appropiate in most cases, it can be changed to use other kinds of sorting: title, date, etc.
Resource Selection
Another functionality is the ability to select the resources that will be used at the search time. When selecting the RESOURCES option, a window with all the configured resources is displayed, grouped by different categories.
In case of questions or problems, please contact the administrators (see About for contact information)