On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 04:01:13PM -0500, Geoff Brown wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to construct a search url in the opac that will return new > material by date added. I can create a search that included published > date of 2012 but the list doesn't seem to sort with the newest at the > top since they are all the same year. I was hoping to create some > quick search links for our website pointing patrons to new material so > if there is a better way to go about this I would love to hear what > others are doing.
Assuming JSPAC, throw &s=create_date&sd=desc on the end of the URL (and remove the s=pubdate&sd=desc if you were sorting by publication date)? That will skip electronic resources, unfortunately, unless you attach dummy copies, which is an evil evil practice.
