On Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:30 PM, Dan Scott wrote: >2009/1/21 Marilyn Pillar <[email protected]>: >> We are most concerned about subjects. Has anyone looked into the >> possibility of having more detailed subject displays? Currently only >> subfield "a" is displayed in the "Relevant Subjects" list. This is >> not very helpful when one is searching for specific time periods in >> the history of a country for example.
>Actually, if you load authority records into Evergreen (using marc2are.pl / >direct_ingest.pl / pg_loader.pl) then subject and author hierarchies matching >the current search results will be displayed in the left-hand pane. >Compare the subject displays for [links to examples] When I click on the example links, I get to the record for "Little Polar Bear and the reindeer" for Innisfil and "Little Polar Bear and the big balloon" in Demo-PINES. Along the side are various Relevant subjects: Relevant Subjects (Innisfil) Animal migration Arctic regions Fences Lars (Fictitious character : De Beer) Polar bear Reindeer ############## Relevant Subjects (Demo-PINES) Bears Kallen, Stuart A., 1955- Teddy bears Berenstain Bears (Fictitious characters) Bear cubs Bears -- Mythology Smokey Bear Flight Computer flight games Aircraft carriers -- Flight decks Korean Air Lines Incident, 1983 Animal flight Flight recorders Bombardiers Flying-machines Flight attendants Flight engineers Hot air balloons Polar bear Snow (Polar bear) Puffins ##################### However, while Bears--Mythology and Aircraft carriers--Flight decks are present, I don't see [Heading]--Fiction, or any of the other various subdivisions for [Heading]. Also, while wandering around the Demo-PINES related subjects, I came across "Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975" (after clicking the Aircraft carriers -- Flight decks related subject). However, when I attempt to use this as a subject search (as well as its updated heading "Vietnam War, 1961-1975"), I get zero results. Doing a keyword search on Vietnam War indicates that there are several records, including TCN ocm40835909, with "Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975." Also, looking at the relevant subjects, or doing a subject search on Vietnam, I don't see a listing of all of the various subdivisions under the main heading of Vietnam, like $xForeign relations, $xPolitics and government, $xHistory, etc. I'd also like to see a way to sort the other "relevant" items, alphabetically, for example, and/or to get to a browse list of all headings in the authority file with links to records containing those headings (in a manner similar to Subject or Author or other Browse in http://catalog.loc.gov/ and http://authorities.loc.gov). Thank you for your assistance, Bryan Baldus Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses 1-800-323-4241x402 [email protected] .
