RESEARCH MINUTES:USING HOLLIS

"I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves."--Lord Chesterfield

TWO CATALOGS

b. 2009 / b. 1988

b. 1988 See HOLLIS Classic pathfinder for more…

Pathfinder for HOLLIS: A “discovery platform”

RELEVANCY RANKINGFACETED SEARCHING

EXPORT OPTIONS

Features of HOLLIS

Keyword “rules”…no need to invert names.

Search results: default sort is by relevancy

RELEVANCY RANKINGWHERE SEARCH TERMS APPEAR IN

RECORD AND HOW OFTEN THEY APPEAR TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT

RELEVANCY: Keywords weighted in title, subject fields, and weighted by frequency of appearance

FACETED SEARCHINGIS BECOMING A COMMON

FEATURE IN CATALOGSAND

DATABASES

Features of HOLLIS

Enriching the “discovery aspect” of HOLLIS

Subject facets also enhance discovery

EXPORT OPTIONS

Export to e-mail, citation managers, etc.

RefWorks, a popular web-based citation manager

WIDENER LIBRARY’STWO CALL NUMBER

SYSTEMS

WID-LC and “Old Widener”

http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/widener/finding_materials/stacks_docs/wid_loc_chart.pdf

http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/widener/finding_materials/stacks_docs/wid_loc_chart.pdf

TEST DRIVE AND DECIDE:

HOLLIS OR HOLLIS CLASSIC

See the “Using HOLLIS” pathfinder

TEST DRIVE AND DECIDE:

HOLLIS OR HOLLIS CLASSIC

Try the same search in each and compare.

E-RESEARCH DATABASES (JOURNAL

ARTICLES) FULL-TEXT RESOURCES

ETC

See the HOLLIS Classic and E-resources pathfinders for more…

Questions? Mary Beth Clack, mclack@fas.harvard.edu