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Library Catalog Update

The Library provides searching tips and invites your comments/questions about the Catalog.

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Lens: An Alternative

Lens lets you simultaneously search the Library Catalog; the Library's Web site; the Library's database of e-journals and online resources; finding aids for manuscript collections in the Special Collections Research Center; and other specialized resources such as the University of Chicago Archival Photofiles, American Environmental Photographs and The First American West.

Lens offers more flexibility for discovering resources. Lens' features include:

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Known Problems with the Library Catalog as of September 2011

Description Workaround/Possible Alternative
When I attempt to use the "open a new window" feature (of Internet Explorer or Firefox) when clicking on a link on a keyword search results display, it doesn't work. All I can do is click on the link and stay in the same window. The feature works when clicking on links on browse search results or full record displays.
When I click on a Author, Subject or Series headings to see the titles, I get the message "Sorry, cannot find anything matching. Warning: Search failed." The same thing can happen with a keyword search. But if I try the search again, everything seems to be ok. Re-try the same search again. We have identified a message in the system transaction logs that suggests an internal error that clears itself so that the search completes successfully on a subsequent attempt. If the re-try fails, switch to another search type, execute the search, and then re-try the original search.
Punctuation is missing when I get a list of headings after an Author browse search. None--but you can still get to the records by clicking on the heading. There is no loss of functionality.
I can't use keyword for any search term that has the Hebrew alef or ayin (as a letter modifier). Try a browse search using the search term; this should work correctly. Also, you can copy-and-paste these special characters into your keyword search term from the Windows' Character Map.
When I initiate a keyword search from Basic Search, I can't then sort the search results. Enter your search on Advanced Search. You can chose a sort option there or on the search results.
When I sort a list by title, initial articles are used in alphabetization. None
Sometimes, when I try to display a record or records from a list, I get an error that reads: "There is a problem with the XSLT. Check XSL Server for errors. Error=" If you did a browse search, try the corresponding keyword search with the same search term--that will often get you apropriate results.
When I do a keyword search and then look at a record display, sometimes the keywords I used in my search are highlighted wherever they appear, but at other times no highlighting appears. None
Sometimes when I display a record from a call number list, it turns out that the record is for a copy of a lost or withdrawn item. None, but if you report this problem, Library staff can sometimes remove the record that causes the problem.

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