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Search Results Displays

Subject Content Record

What it is

A subject content display provides a focused view of the topical/subject matter and content for materials in the NLS Catalog. Consult the full record display for the most complete labeled display of bibliographic information. To see data in all fields of the catalog record, including local notes and encoded information, consult the MARC Tags display. View the Brief Record for the most basic information about the work.

Search, Navigation and Output

Several lines of information relating to the search are displayed below the button bar, and above and below the Brief Record on the screen:

Database Name:
The name of the database: "NLS/BPH Voyager Catalog."
You Searched:
A description of the search is displayed after this label (e.g., Subject = cats or Command Keyword = (wood? OR forest) AND "resource manage?"). The text before the = is the name of the search method used, and the text after the = is the actual search performed.
Search Results:
A legend identifies the currently displayed catalog record number within the total search set, e.g., Displaying 2 of 35, Displaying 1 of 10,000.
A search in the Online Catalog never results in more than 10,000 catalog records, even when more than 10,000 records match the search. If the results set is truncated at 10,000, a warning message appears in the Titles List and Headings List displays.
Subject, Name and Call Number searches are set to "browse" the entire Online Catalog before and after the search term entered. Since this method does not create a distinct record set, the legend on a single record display is Displaying 1 of 1.
Navigation Icons:
If a search retrieves multiple catalog records, it is possible to page forward and back, one record at a time, using the Previous and Next buttons.
Full Title:
Below the four display selection tabs, the title of the work displays as it appears on the title page (or its equivalent).
Print, Save and Email:
Below the display of the catalog record information, a table displays with options for output. For more information consult the help screen for Print, Save and Email.

Bibliographic Information

The following information will display if present in the catalog record:

Relevance:
A record retrieved by the Keyword search method displays a relevance indicator before the bibliographic information.
Location:
The agency or collection where the book is held. A list of locations in the NLS Voyager catalog is available.
Book Number:
A record identification number assigned by the owning library. The word "inprocess" alone or following a book number indicates that the book is still in production and not available.
Contents:
The table of contents of the book, if present in the record. NLS uses mostly for short story collections. RFB&D uses more widely.
Annotation:
A brief description of the book.
Dewey Decimal classification number:
The Dewey decimal number.
Subject Headings:
Library of Congress subject headings, name and geographic subject headings and genre headings. All subject headings display as hypertext links. Selecting a subject heading link launches a search for related records.