HathiTrust Enhances Full Text Database Search Along With Collection Builder Tool
Four new features are now live for users when conducting research using HathiTrust full text search database and collection builder tool.
The Full-text Search index now includes bibliographic data, which is being used to:
- Improve results ranking
- Allow users to refine results using bibliographic facets
Remember, a large number of items (including domain titles) from the Google Books program are included in the HathiTrust database. This is a great way to full text search AND now be able to use the bibliographic data to simply click and refine the results.
In Collection Builder, the display of collections has been improved, and you can now:
- Search collections by title and description
- Filter collections by featured status, most recently updated, those created by the user, and number of items in the collection
Direct to HathiTrust
Filed under: Data Files, Patrons and Users, Resources
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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