Findaid Class Behaviors Overview

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* Ability to select particular Finding Aids for saving in a session-based personal collection, or bookbag, and to download or email these
* Ability to select particular Finding Aids for saving in a session-based personal collection, or bookbag, and to download or email these
* Keeping a record of user search history during a session
* Keeping a record of user search history during a session
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[[Mounting a Finding Aids Collection|Back to Mounting a Finding Aids Collection]]

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The behavior of the Finding Aids Class is similar in many ways to that of Text Class. Access minimally includes full-text searching across collections or within a particular collection of Finding Aids, viewing Finding Aids in a variety of display formats, and the creation of personal collections (a “bookbag”) of Finding Aids.

The general characteristics of the Finding Aids class are the following:

  • Allows search and retrieval of ead2002-encoded Finding Aids and portions thereof
  • Allows searching across multiple collections of Finding Aids simultaneously
  • Allows searching of each collection independently
  • Allows bookmarking of individual Finding Aids
  • Requires minimal administrative data
  • Uses a single data model and shared middleware for all collections in the system
  • Permits access restrictions at the collection level

[edit] Findaid Class Behaviors

The Findaid Class is typically used for either campus or public access. Its behaviors include the following:

  • Cross-collection searching in any combination of collections
  • Selection of collections
  • Collection-specific searching
  • Collection-specific browsing of
  • Simple and Boolean searching
  • Searching within a user-selected Finding Aid
  • Ability to review and revise previous searches
  • Viewing of sections of a Finding Aid or the full text in HTML, and display in context of search terms found
  • Display of a table of contents of the Finding Aid and browsing sections of the finding aid using the table of contents.
  • Ability to select particular Finding Aids for saving in a session-based personal collection, or bookbag, and to download or email these
  • Keeping a record of user search history during a session

Back to Mounting a Finding Aids Collection

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