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In this release, we’ve made improvements to CataList’s search features.
Check out our new features in action at bnccatalist.ca!
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Go directly to the title detail page
Click on any image to view it at full size.
When you run a search that has only one result, the site will take you directly to the title detail page. For example, when you search for an ISBN that’s in CataList.
If you need to see which catalogues the title was added to, you can access the list of catalogues on the product page by expanding the Catalogues box in the left sidebar.
Search for books using new Quick Search parameters
The Quick Search has been updated to allow users to also search for books using:
Thema subjects
Thema qualifiers
For example, searching for “Action and adventure stories” will return books that have this Thema subject as well as any book titles, contributors, keywords, or BISAC subjects that include these terms.
Other changes in this release
The version of Thema that’s used on CataList is updated to version 1.5
The scroll view for Search Results now prioritizes the display of the book’s imprint over the publisher, to be consistent with other display areas
Latest features added on Dec 1, 2022added new search features to help you find accessible digital products, such as ebooks, in CataList. You can also filter your search results to return titles with the specific accessibility features that meet your needs or preferences.
In the Advanced Search form, use the new “Accessible products” checkbox to search for titles that include accessibility details.
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Publishers: Accessibility details can be provided in your ONIX 2.1 and 3.0 files using the code type ‘09’ in <ProductFormFeatureType>, and supplying in <ProductFormFeatureValue> the applicable accessibility features using code values in List 196: E-publication Accessibility Details. |
If your search results include any titles that provide accessibility details, you will see the Accessibility filter display in the left sidebar. You can expand the Accessibility filter by clicking the + symbol to see the types of accessibility data available.
The accessibility data points are grouped into categories for your convenience.
Accessibility features - The majority of specific features for accessible experience will be listed in this category.
Compliance and certification - If you are looking for products that have passed specific certification, you can see more detailed compliance details in this section.
Limited accessibility - If you have selected the accessible products search checkbox in the advanced search form, titles with limited or unknown accessibility data will be excluded from your search results. However, if you are doing more general searching, you can select this category to see publisher-supplied details of accessibility limitations.
Contacts for more information - You can limit your results to titles where there are additional contacts for further accessibility information. This might be a publisher or product website, or an email address where you can request more information.
Select one or more checkboxes to expand the categories and view further options to refine your search.
You can limit your results to titles that contain the specific accessibility features that you’re looking for by clicking one or more of the resulting checkboxes.
If you select options from more than one category, you will see the results from both categories combined in your search results.
Latest features added on December 12, 2023
Check this space often to find out more about the changes and new features added to BNC CataList.