Select catalogues

Before making a search, it is possible to select one or more catalogues you would like to search: Modern book, Antique book, Audiovisual, Graphical material, Music.

If you do not select one or more catalogues, all catalogues will be automatically searched.

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Select libraries and library system

Before searching, it is possible to select one or more libraries or all the libraries belonging to the same library system.

Inside each library within the system (which is automatically selected), further filters for one or more libraries can be used in the search.

If no specific library or library system is selected, all libraries will be automatically searched, whatever the system they belong to.

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Select document type

When carrying out the search, the type of the document to be searched can also be selected.

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Select a type of document support

When carrying out the search, the type of support of the documents to be searched can also be selected.

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Search sort

Search titles can be predefined and arranged by selecting one of the headings of the "Sort" field (before starting the search).

The criteria to order documents are as follows:

	Title
	Author
	Year

 

If no order criteria are specified, documents will be ordered by Title.  

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Results for page

Before making a search, it is possible to select the number of documents to be displayed in every page containing the search result.

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HOW TO MAKE A SEARCH

A search can be made in two different ways: by lists or by terms.

To search by terms, you must fill in at least one of the two search fields present in the query mask and click on submit.

To search by lists, you must enter the first letters of the term and click on the List button of the relevant field.
In this way you will access the lists of headings present in the catalogue and referring to:

This type of search will display a list of headings, in alphabetical order, referring to the search channel of your choice.

Note: the following special characters can't be used as unique search parameter:

+  -  &&  ||  !  (  )  {  }  [  ]  ^  "  ~  *  ?  :  \

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Advanced search

To make a search it is possibile to open other search fields through the option Advanced search.

To come back to the previous search interface, it is necessary to click on Basic search.

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Logical operators

Accepted Logical or Boolean Operators are: AND, OR,  NOT.

Note: Boolean operators must be written in capital letters.

When more terms are entered without specifying the logical operator to be used, then the AND logic operator will be automatically used

...all titles linked to the author "Hemingway Ernest" will be displayed.

...all documents showing the term "Hemingway Ernest" in the AUTHOR field and showing the terms "sea" or "farewell" in the TITLE field will be displayed.

Note: Those terms called "stop-words" and including: articles, single letters, some conjugations of the most common verbs, prepositions combined and not combined with the definite article, are not important for the search.

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Wildcard characters

Note:

• The character ? (question mark) can't be used as first search parameter.
• The character * (asterisk) can be used only after 3 search parameters.

Search by adjacent words

You can make a search by adjacent words by entering several search words with quotation marks ("..."). Clicking on Submit, only documents containing the words entered, in the same order and adjacent one to the other, will be displayed (without taking into account the stop-list words).

 

Ex: If you enter in the FREE SEARCH field the value "history of art", using quotation marks

... only documents with a title "History of art" will be displayed (but not documents with the title "Art and History" or "Universal history and arts").

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Search by author

To search by author, enter the beginning of family name (if the author is a person) or the beginning of heading (if the author is an organisation) and click on List.

The search will display a list of authors present in the catalogue and ordered starting from the closest alphabetical author to the string entered.
For each author on the list, besides the heading, the search will display the number of documents linked to that author (in [] brackets) if it is an accepted author; if it is a cross-reference author, the word See will appear..

Select an author

Once the list of authors displayed, if you want to examine documents linked to a specific author, click on the name of this author.

Select more authors

This search is made if you are interested in documents referring to several authors on the list.
It will be necessary to select each author of interest - by checking off their names - and click on View documents.
When you select more than one author, all documents referring to the selected authors are displayed.
If you click on Insert in the search, you can go back to the search mask keeping the list of selected authors in memory (they are displayed between the headings and under the term OR) and enter new terms that will combine with the previous choice made under AND. 
In so doing, it will be possible to enter new search parameters through the fields displayed in the search mask and restrict the search as in the example below:

...this search will display the list of titles containing the term "art" and having as author either "Raimondi, Evelina" or "Raimondi, Ezio".

Search by exact author's heading

You should make this search if you know the exact complete heading of an author (family name and first name for people or heading for organisations).
In this case, it is enough to fill in the AUTHOR field with the exact name of the author and click on "Search" to get the list of titles linked to that author.

...a list of documents whose author is the one you're searching for will be displayed.

Search by parts of author's heading

Make this type of search if you do not know the exact complete heading of the author. In this case, you must fill in the AUTHOR field with only one word and click on "Submit". The system will search all documents linked to all authors whose names show the word previously entered.
This type of search is particularly useful to find organisations.

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Search by title

To start up a search by title (initial part of title), you must enter the first word in the title (articles excluded) and click on List.
The search will display a list of titles starting from the closest alphabetical title to the string entered:

Select a title

If you want to go from the title list to the analytical display of a title, just click on the title chosen.

Select more than one title

If you want to carry out a contextual examination of several documents present on the list, select the titles of your interest by checking them off and click on "View documents".
If you select several titles, all documents regarding the selected titles are displayed.
If you click on Insert in the search, you can go back to the search mask by keeping the list of selected titles in memory (they are displayed with the heading OR between one title and the other) and enter new terms that will combine with the previous choice made under AND.
In so doing, it will be possible to enter new search parameters through the fields displayed in the search mask and further refine the search as in the example below:  

..The search will display a list of all titles containing the term "economy" and having "labour" as object.

Search by title words

If you do not know the exact heading of a title, enter a word and click on Submit. This will start up a search in all documents containing the word entered.

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Search by subject

Foreword

The subject is the topic dealt with in the document. 
Remember that not all documents have a subject; for instance, novels and classics usually do not have any.
You'd better make a search by subject if you want to check which documents are present in the catalogue under a specific topic of interest.
Moreover, we remind you that not all current words are accepted by this index, that is made by a list of controlled terms.

Search by initial part of subject

To start up a search by initial part of subject, enter the initial part of subject and click on List.
The search will display a list of subjects ordered starting from the closest alphabetical subject to the string entered.
For each subject on the list, besides the heading, the search will display the number of documents linked to that subject (in [] brackets) if it is an accepted subject; if it is a cross-reference subject, the word "See"".
The words "Also see" will send you to accepted subjects.

Example of a List of Subjects:
	F guide BNI (Italian National Bibliography) Florence starting from 'arte precolombiana'
ARTE PRECOLOMBIANA			[1]
ARTE PRECOLOMBIANA		- America centrale	[1]
ARTE PRECOLOMBIANA		- Collezioni - Como - Esposizioni - Como - 1995	[1]
ARTE PRECOLOMBIANA		- Collezioni - Emilia-Romagna - Esposizioni - Rimini - 1992	[1]
ARTE PRECOLOMBIANA		- Esposizioni - Bologna -  1992	[2]
ARTE PRECOLOMBIANA		- Peru - Esposizioni - Modena - 1980	[1]
ARTE PRECOLOMBIANA		- Storia	[1]
ARTE PREISTORICA
		Vedi ARTE PRIMITIVA	[1]
ARTE PRIMITIVA		- Storia	[1]
ARTE PUNICA			[3]

Search in other subject heading lists for cataloguing by subjects

To change the reference subject headings list for your search, just click on the guide of your interest and display the list of subjects in alphabetical order or enter the subject of your interest and click on Go to.

Select a subject

If from the list of subjects you want to display the documents linked to a single subject, just click on the subject chosen.

Select more subjects

If you want to examine the documents linked to more subjects of the list, choose the subjects of your interest by checking them off and click on View documents.
If you select more subject, all documents relating to the selected subjects are displayed.

If you click on Insert in the search, you can go back to the search mask keeping the list of selected authors in memory (they are displayed between the headings and under the term "OR" ) and enter new terms that will combine with the previous choice made under “AND”. 

In so doing, it will be possible to enter new search parameters through the fields displayed in the search mask and restrict the search as in the example below:

	Ex:	By entering the word "Unemployment" in the TITLE field, and
		By entering the words "undeclared employment" OR "undeclared employment - Italy" in the SUBJECT field

 

..this search will display all titles containing the word "Unemployment" and having "undeclared employment" or "undeclared employment - Italy" as subject.

Search by subject descriptors

If you make a search by descriptors, you have access to a dictionary listing all words (descriptors) used to form the subjects given to the documents present in the catalogue.
Moreover, this list can show similar or alternative words to search.
To start up a search by subject descriptor, enter the word and click on "Descriptors."
This search will display an alphabetical list of descriptors starting from the closest one to the string entered.

The search will display the number of documents linked to each descriptor present on the list (in [] brackets).
Relations among terms are exemplified through the acronyms listed below:

If you click on the relations, you can display all terms linked to the subject descriptor, that is:

Search by subject words

If you enter one or more words and click on "Submit", the search will display all documents linked to the subjects containing the chosen word.

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Seacrh by Thesaurus terms

The Thesaurus is a dictionary of controlled terms which is organised in a formal and structured way. Libraries often use it to make semantic indices of specialised documents or documents of local interest.

To make a search by initial part of Thesaurus words, enter the initial part of the word and click on List.

The search will display an alphabetical list of Thesaurus words starting from the closest one to the entered string.
The number of linked documents will be displayed (in [] brackets) for each term.
Relations among terms are shown by the acronyms identifying the relations:

If you click on the relation, you will display all terms linked to that Thesaurus word....

...a list of Thesaurus terms relating to the word "costumes" will be displayed; for instance:

Local Thesaurus: List of Thesaurus terms starting from "Accessories"

If you click on Insert in the search, you can return to the search mask keeping the list of selected terms in memory (they are displayed with the heading OR between one term and the other) and enter new terms that will combine with the previous choice made under AND. 
In so doing, it will be possible to enter new search parameters through the fields displayed in the search mask and further restrict the search.

Search other Thesauruses

To change the reference Thesaurus on which to carry out a search, just click on the Thesaurus of your interest and display the list of terms in alphabetical order.

As an alternative, you can enter the word of your interest in the search field and click on "Go to".

Select a Thesaurus word

If you want to display all documents linked to a word, just click on the chosen word.

Select more Thesaurus words

If you want to examine the documents linked to more words on the list, choose the words of your interest by checking them off and click on View documents.
If you select more words, all documents relating to the selected words are displayed.
If you click on Insert in the search, you return to the search mask keeping the list of selected words in memory (they are displayed with the heading “OR” between one word and the other) and enter new terms that will combine with the previous choice made under “AND”.
In so doing, it will be possible to enter new search parameters through the fields displayed in the search mask and further restrict the search. 

	Ex:	By entering the word "video" in the TITLE field, and
		By entering the words "video libraries" AND "libraries" AND "film libraries" AND "media libraries" in the THESAURUS field

...this search will display a list of all titles containing the word "video" and associated, as Thesaurus, to words such as "Video libraries" or "Libraries" or "Film Libraries" or "Media libraries".

Search by Thesaurus words

If you enter one or more words and click on Submit, you will display all associated documents.
This search will display an alphabetical list of documents associated to the entered Thesaurus words.

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Search by classification

Foreword

By "class" we mean the discipline to which the document belongs. Thus, when a document is enterered into a class, it will belong to that class of knowledge. In making a classification, you enter a document in a class of knowledge. For instance, the Dewey Decimal Classification System divides knowledge into ten main classes (from 0 to 9), with unlimited possible additions, enlargements and internal sub-divisions. This system is often used as a basis to classify books and, in the description, to detect the topic of the book.  

To make a search by classification symbols, enter the initial part of the symbol and click on List.
This search will display a list of symbols in alphabetical order, starting from the closest symbol to the one entered.
For each classification symbol, the search will display the number of documents linked to that symbol (in [] brackets) if it is an accepted symbol; if it is a cross-reference symbol, the word "See" will appear..
The words "also see" will send you to accepted symbols.

	Ex: Dewey Classification System
	Dewey Classification: Class List starting from 3
	300	SOCIAL SCIENCES	[3]
	300.1	SOCIAL SCIENCES THEORY AND METHODS	[5]
	300.113	SOCIAL LIFE COMPUTER SIMULATION	[1]
	300.12	CLASSIFICATION OF SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS	[2]
	300.15195	MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH	[6]
	300.1519503	DICTIONNARIES OF STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY	[1]
	300.1519535	TECHNIQUES OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS IN SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH	[2]
	300.5	SOCIAL SCIENCES SERIALS	[13]
	300.72	RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES	[5]
	300.723	METHODOLOGY FOR STATISTICAL SURVEY	[3]
	300.727	STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES	[1]

To make a search by classification symbols, it is also possible to enter the initial part of the symbol associated to the character *(asterisk) and to click on Submit.
This search will display the list of documents associated to the classification symbols starting with the entered parameter.

Guided Search - Dewey Decimal Classification System

To display the list of Dewey Decimal Classification System's 10 main classes, just click on the field referring to the class list beside the CLASSIFICATION field, without specifying any symbol.
By clicking on a class, the list of sub-classes will be displayed up to the classes linked to the documents.

...and by clicking on sub-class 310 general statistics collections, classifications linked to the documents in the catalogue will be displayed.

Search on other Classification Systems 

To change the reference Classification System to be searched, just click on the Classification System of your interest.

As an alternative, you can directly enter the title of your choice and click on Go to.

Select a Classification symbol

If you want to move from the classification list to the display of documents referring to one classification, just click on the class of your choice.

Select more Classification symbols

The search will display a list of all documents whose headings contain the words "terminology" and "metadata" and associated as Dewey Classification Symbols or "310" or "310.14".

Search by Classification descriptors

Searching by descriptors, you get access to a dictionary listing all terms (descriptors) used to form the classifications given to the documents present in the catalogue.  Moreover, from this list, it is possible to display similar or alternative search terms.
To start up a search by classification descriptor, enter the term and click on Submit. 

The search will display an alphabetical list of descriptors starting from the closest one to the entered string.
The number of linked documents will be displayed (in [] brackets) for each descriptor.
Relations among terms are shown by the acronyms below:

If you click on the relation, you will display all terms linked to that specific classification descriptor.

Search by abstract

The abstract is a brief and precise synthesis of the contents of a document, aimed at providing additional information with respect to what is already specified in the semantic description.

If you want to launch a search by abstract terms, the Abstract search field should be filled in with the exact term. Then click on the Submit button.

As a result of this search, the list of titles linked to the typed string.

Search by abstract subject

If you want to launch a search by thematic subject of abstract, click on the Subjects button.

A list of the indexed thematic subjects, where it will be possible to search, will be displayed.  

The number of all linked documents is displayed for each word inside the selected subject in the list. Thematic subjects are sub-divided by subject type. Just select the corresponding type to display the thematic subjects present on other documents types.

Select an abstract term

Once the list of abstract terms displayed, if you want to examine documents linked to a specific term, click on the term itself.

Select more abstract terms

This search is made if you are interested in documents referring to several abstract terms on the list.
It will be necessary to select each term of interest - by checking off their names - and click on View documents.
When you select more than one abstract term, all documents referring to the selected term are displayed.
If you click on Insert in the search, you can go back to the search mask keeping the list of selected terms in memory (they are displayed between the headings and under the term OR) and enter new terms that will combine with the previous choice made under AND. 
In so doing, it will be possible to enter new search parameters through the fields displayed in the search mask and restrict the search.

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Free search

A free search means a simultaneous search by words on the main identification, descriptive and semantic elements of the document:

Moreover, as concerns cartographical materials, the free search also works on specific cartographic elements: 

also as concerns music materials, the free search works on the main specific music elements:

This search is very useful if you do not know the criteria used to make a descriptive and semantic cataloguing of documents or, for instance, if you want to display all documents by and on an author.

Note: In case you enter a common word, the search could display many titles. The use of Refine search parameters is therefore recommended.

Free search by words

If you enter one or more words, and click on Submit, or press ENTER, the associated documents will be displayed.
Wildcard characters and Boolean Operators can be used.

Using several terms, the free search works on ALL FIELDS.

all documents containig the term "Ermitage" in at least one search field and the term "Impressionism" in at least one search field will be displayed (for instance, the following document will be displayed: "The masterpieces of Ermitage …" related to the subject "impressionism-exposition-Rome")

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Refine search

If after a first search by any envisaged modality you get a too general set of results, by using the Refine Search button you can display a mask similar to the startup mask and enter new parameters to limit the results of the initial search.
Besides main search channels present in the first query mask, you can specify:

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SEARCH RESULTS

After making a search, the documents list is displayed with the indication of author, title, year of publication and type of document.

The documents list can be sorted by author, title or year, by clicking on the related indication.

The scrolling of pages showing the search results is made by using the arrows: 

on the taskbar at top and end of page.  

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Consultation

The scrolling of documents in extended format is made by using the arrows:

on the taskbar at top and end of page

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Localizations

The localization refers to the identification of library possessing and managing the document of interest.
You can have access to the library possessing and storing the document of interest (and managing consultation, internal/external/interlibrary borrowing and booking) only after identifying the document by searching the catalogue. Once you have identified and selected the title of document you want, just select the library to which it belongs to examine collocation and availability data.
By selecting the library/ies indicated in the display in extended format, you will have access to the display showing the collocation/s of the selected title and its availability for external borrowing or booking.

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Documents display

To have access to document display in extended format, just click on the document of your interest.  
All bibliographic data on the search result are shown in the extended display. You can search the document as hypertext with all linked documents and in so doing you can search the catalogue to find similar documents.

...if you click on Next you can display the document that makes its continuation.

If one title is linked to other titles (as in a publication made of more volumes) you can display the titles contained by clicking on Contained titles.
If you want to display more titles in extended format, just select them by checking them off and click on View documents.

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Digital objects

If, in the cataloguing, links have been created to digital objects (images, audio files, moving images, on-line electronic sources, URL), starting form a list of documents, all linked titles to digital objects are marked by an icon showing their link to the digital object.
To have access to the digital object, just click on the relevant icon.

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Examine periodical issues

If a periodical has issues, the extended display of this periodical will show the Issues option. 

If you click on "Issues", a list will appear and you can decide to see the extended data of a specific number of the periodical.
You can select one or more issues by checking them off.

You can also select numbers referring to a specific year by filling in the search field and click on "Go to year".
The Contained articles button will display the articles contained in the examined number.

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READERS SERVICES

Borrowing request

The borrowing form is activated starting from the display of extended document.
By clicking of the localised library displayed in the localizations list (see Localizations paragraph), you have access to a mask showing data referring the collocation of requested document and its availability.  
By clicking on Borrowing request, and entering the identification code (reader code, fiscal code, registration number or ID number) and the authentication code (password or date of birth) in the relevant fields, the reader will get the demanded service. 
The reader code is made by two fields in which the reader enters the library code and his/her code received when he/she registered to have access to the borrowing services.

The field below can request the date of birth (in this case the reader will enter his/her date of birth according to d/m/y format) or the password given by the library to the reader at the time of registration.

By clicking on Send, the request is sent to the library.
If the request has a positive result, the reader will be informed by a message indicating the forwarding of the requested service. 

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Booking request

The booking request form is activated from the display of extended document.

By clicking on the name of localised library displayed in the localisations list, you have access to a mask presenting data referring to the collocation of the examined document and its availability.  
If you click on Booking request (in case all volumes have already been lent), the reader will enter his/her identification data and get the requested service. 

By clicking on Booking request, and entering the identification code (reader code, fiscal code, registration number or ID number) and the authentication code (password or date of birth) in the relevant fields, the reader will get the demanded service.
If the request has a positive result, the reader will be informed by a message indicating that the requested service was forwarded.

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FUNCTIONS RESERVED TO LIBRARIANS ONLY

Unimarc

The Unimarc button allows the display of bibliographic record tracking in UNIMARC format

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INFORMATION ON THE SOFTWARE