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Search Results Displays

Brief Record

What It Is

A Brief Record display is the default display for individual records and provides the most basic bibliographic information about materials in the NLS Catalog. Three other displays may be consulted for more detailed information: Subjects/Content, Full Record, and MARC Tags.

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 is "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 or Displaying 1 of 10,000.
A Voyager search of the 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 options for output. For more information link to the Voyager 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.
Type of Material:
The format represented by the catalog record, e.g., Braille or Audio Book
Brief Description:
May provide any of the following information: name (main author, creator, etc.), title, and physical description. Name heading fields display as hypertext links. Selecting a name heading link launches a search for related records.
Series:
Series title fields display as hypertext links. Selecting a link launches a search for related records.
Access Advisory:
Information about eligibility requirements for borrowing the material described in the catalog record.
Annotation:
A description of the book.
Reissue/Rerecord Information:
Information about the reissue status of the book.
Inprocess Stage:
For NLS National Program inprocess books only. Information about the stage (selection or production) the book has reached.
Link(s):
Hypertext linked information displays if the catalog record contains URLs leading to electronic versions of the material (usually Web-Braille) or related electronic resources, such as a finding aid or a table of contents. Selecting the hypertext link will generally take users out of the catalog.