FIRST WebAdmin Help Version 2.16 © 2012 FIRST Software Solutions Pty Ltd
Click the Thesaurus icon next to an authority controlled field in a Catalogue Display, Patron Display, Thesaurus Display, Catalogue Search, Catalogue Search or Thesaurus Search screen. The Thesaurus Look Up screen is displayed
Select Author, Series, Subject or other type from the Type pop-up list
Select Starting With from the Search Type drop-down list. This value will be remembered next time you use the Thesaurus Look Up
Enter a term to look up in the search text box. The Thesaurus Look Up screen displays an alphabetical list of authorised terms and operates as a ‘word wheel’ moving through the list as the first and subsequent letters are entered. Click the 'Clear Filter' button to reset the word wheel. Terms are cross-referenced to related and preferred terms. Note that if you have System Property ThesAutoRef set to FALSE the word wheel will not be apparent and the 'Clear Filter' button will be replaced with a 'Refresh button'. Enter part of your term in the textbox and click either the 'Refresh' button or [ENTER] to refresh the grid below with terms containing your search value. Refer to Setting System Property Preferences for more details on changing the system property setting.
Hold the cursor over a term to view the full word display and scope notes for the highlighted term
Right mouse click on a term to display cross-references
Right mouse click on a term to Show Catalogue records that use the highlighted term
Click Clear Filter (in Word Wheel mode) or delete the term and click Refresh (in non-Word Wheel mode) to clear string from the search text box and search for another term
Double click on a term to display the full Thesaurus Display
Click the Thesaurus icon next to an authority controlled field in a Catalogue Display, Patron Display, Thesaurus Display, Catalogue Search, Catalogue Search or Thesaurus Search screen. The Thesaurus Look Up screen is displayed
Select Author, Series, Subject or other type from the Type pop-up list
Select Containing from the Search Type drop-down list. This value will be remembered next time you use the Thesaurus Look Up
Enter the term or string of characters to look-up in the search field
Click REFRESH or the [Enter] key
For example:
Enter ‘Housing’ in search field
Click REFRESH. Results include
Horses - housing
Houses and housing
Housing
Housing, Cooperative
Hold the cursor over a term to view the full word display and scope notes for the highlighted term
Right mouse click on a term to display cross-references
Right mouse click on a term and click Show Catalogue to display records that use the highlighted term
Click Clear Filter (in Word Wheel mode) or delete the term and click Refresh (in non-Word Wheel mode) to clear string from the search text box and search for another term
Double click on a term to display the full Thesaurus Display
Click the Thesaurus icon next to an authority controlled field in a Catalogue Display, Patron Display, Thesaurus Display, Catalogue Search, Catalogue Search or Thesaurus Search screen. The Thesaurus Look Up screen is displayed
Select Author, Series, Subject or other type from the Type pop-up list
Select Ending With from the Search Type drop-down list. This value will be remembered next time you use the Thesaurus Look Up
Enter the term or string of characters to look-up in the search field
Click REFRESH or the [Enter] key
For example:
Enter ‘Housing’ in search field
Click REFRESH. Results include
Horses - housing
Houses and housing
Housing
But NOT
Housing, Cooperative
Hold the cursor over a term to view the full word display and scope notes for the highlighted term
Right mouse click on a term to display cross-references
Right mouse click on a term and click Show Catalogue to display records that use the highlighted term
Click Clear Filter (in Word Wheel mode) or delete the term and click Refresh (in non-Word Wheel mode) to clear string from the search text box and search for another term
Double click on a term to display the full Thesaurus Display