Linking into the Catalog

Linking to a Search Screen

You can create a link to the Basic Search screen or the Advanced Search screen, and (optionally) can specify which catalog (base) to search in.

Basic search screen:

• in USMAI default catalog: http://catalog.umd.edu/search=basic
• in College Park JOURNALS catalog: http://catalog.umd.edu/search=basic&base=cpj
• in St. Mary's Course Reserves catalog: http://catalog.umd.edu/search=basic&base=smc

Advanced Search screen for UM: http://catalog.umd.edu/search=advanced&base=cp

New Titles search screen for UMBC: http://catalog.umd.edu/base=bcn [note: New Titles catalog always defaults to the advanced search]

Copy the appropriate URL into your guides or web pages.

Codes for catalog bases:
bs	Bowie State University
ce	Center for Environmental Science
cs	Coppin State University
fs	Frostburg State University
ms	Morgan State University
ss	Salisbury University
sm	St. Mary's College of Maryland
tu	Towson University
sg	The Universities at Shady Grove
ub	University of Baltimore
bl	University of Baltimore Law Library
bc	University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
cp	University of Maryland, College Park
es	University of Maryland Eastern Shore
hs	University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library
ml	University of Maryland Law Library
uc	University of Maryland University College
gl	USMAI (all campuses)
To the two-letter code above, add "j" for journals, "c" for course reserves, "n" for new titles catalog. Codes are NOT case-sensitive.

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Linking to a Bibliographic Record

In the current version (18), the links can be created by following the directions below.

• Locate the record in the Catalog
• On the Full View of record screen, click on the 'MARC tags' display option
• At the bottom of the record, find the tag "Direct Url"
• Copy the URL into your guides or web pages.
• Ex: Lives of American merchants (http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000000014)

Linking to My Account

• Link to My Account screen: http://catalog.umd.edu/patron=go
• Copy the URL into your guides or web pages.
• Patron will be prompted to choose campus affiliation and enter barcode and lastname for verification when clicking on the above link.

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Including Keyword Search boxes in Web Pages

Keyword search

• Search Box will open a new browser window and automatically launch search in the Catalog's global base.


• To replicate the search box above, copy the following code into your web page:
   
  <form name="search" target="_blank"
  action="http://catalog.umd.edu/cgi-bin/direct">
  <input type="hidden" name="searchtype" value="F1_WRD">
  <input type="text" name="searchrequest">
  <input type="hidden" name="base" value="GL">
  <input type="image"
  alt="search"
  src="http://catalog.umd.edu/aleph/u18_1/alephe/www_f_eng/icon/search.gif">
  </form>
   
  
• To search in a specific campus catalog, the Base option, GL, may be replaced with base codes, CP, BC, etc.

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Creating customized Search boxes in Web Pages

Search UM's catalog

• Search Box will open a new browser window and automatically launch search in UM's catalog.


• To replicate the search box above, copy the following code into your web page:
   
  <form name="customsearch" target="_blank"
  action="http://catalog.umd.edu/cgi-bin/direct">
  <select name="searchtype">
  <option value=F1_WRD>word/s anywhere</option>
  <option value=SCAN_TTL>title beginning with...</option>
  <option value=F1_WTI>title word/s</option>
  <option value=SCAN_AUT>author beginning with...</option>
  <option value=F1_WAU>author word/s</option>
  <option value=SCAN_SUB>subject beginning with...</option>
  <option value=F1_WSU>subject word/s</option>
  <option value=SCAN_LCI>call number</option>
  </select>
  <input type="text" name="searchrequest">
  <input type="hidden" name="base" value="CP">
  <input type="image"
  alt="search"
  src="http://catalog.umd.edu/aleph/u18_1/alephe/www_f_eng/icon/search.gif">
  </form>
   
  
• Web author has the flexibility to choose search options. For example, to include only keyword searches, edit out the option values for the browse searches (values that start with "SCAN_").

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Keyword search with an additional parameter, e.g. limit by format

Example: Search videos and films in College Park

• Search Box will open a new browser window and automatically launch search in the specified catalog base.


• When the searchtype is F1 (meaning a keyword search) the value of "searchrequestadd" will be appended to the search.
  Use the "searchrequestadd" in a hidden element like:
  <input type="hidden" name="searchrequestadd" value="and WTY=FM">
  where "and WTY=FM" adds the CCL to limit by format "Videos/Films (all)".


• To specify the catalog to be searched, edit the value in the hidden element for "base", e.g. "CP" for College Park:
  <input type="hidden" name="base" value="CP">


• To replicate the search box above, copy the following code into your web page:
   
  <form name="customsearch" target="_blank"
  action="http://catalog.umd.edu/cgi-bin/direct">
  <select name="searchtype">
  <option value=F1_WRD>word/s anywhere</option>
  <option value=F1_WTI>title word/s</option>
  <option value=F1_WAU>author word/s</option>
  <option value=F1_WSU>subject word/s</option>
  </select>
  <input type="text" name="searchrequest">
  <input type="hidden" name="searchrequestadd" value="and WTY=FM">
  <input type="hidden" name="base" value="CP">
  <input type="image"
  alt="search"
  src="http://catalog.umd.edu/aleph/u18_1/alephe/www_f_eng/icon/search.gif">
  </form>
   
  
• See the catalog help file, Command search tips: special limiting codes, for CCL syntax and codes for limiting by format, language, etc.

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