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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Good advanced search screens
If you haven't already, I'd suggest that you poke around in the IxDA
mailing list archives (http://www.ixda.org/). I find that list (and
its members) invaluable for design/usability best practices (often
backed up
Peter Morville has been putting search examples into a flickr collection
for an upcoming book he's writing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/morville/collections/72157603785835882/ and
http://www.findability.org/archives/000194.php
There are some great examples of both simple and complex search
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Good advanced search screens
How about dispensing altogether with the basic/advanced dichotomy in a search
interface? Just create
If you haven't already, I'd suggest that you poke around in the IxDA mailing
list archives (http://www.ixda.org/). I find that list (and its members)
invaluable for design/usability best practices (often backed up with published
research).
Luke Wroblewski's blog
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Good advanced search screens
Hi David,
You might want to consider an advanced search interface that offers a
varying number of options. We've
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Good advanced search screens
I'm working on an advanced search screen as part of our WorldCat API project.
WorldCat has dozens of indexes and a ton of limiters. So many, in fact, that
it's rather daunting trying to design it all in a way that isn't just a big
dump of fields
I'm working on an advanced search screen as part of our WorldCat API project.
WorldCat has dozens of indexes and a ton of limiters. So many, in fact, that
it's rather daunting trying to design it all in a way that isn't just a big
dump of fields and check boxes that only a cataloger could
Hi David,
You might want to consider an advanced search interface that offers a varying
number of options. We've done this to a certain extent in the PKP Metadata
Harvester for schemas more complex than Dublin Core. An example of a harvester
that has some MODS in it is at