Searching the collection

You use the Search field on the Collections page to search for all titles in the collection. The search results are dependent on the locale set in the installation of Quria; not on the user interface language. This also affects the sorting of search results.

  1. Go to the Collections section in the main menu.
  2. Write your search query in the search field and press Enter.

  3. You can also search the title for a specific item number by switching the Scan item-toggle. Then you can enter an item number, manually, by scanning a barcode or using RFID.

  4. You can refine the search by expanding the tool located just below the search field.
  5. You can also reduce the search hits to titles with holdings at a particular part of the organisation, using the dropdown menu just below the filter tool.
  6. Narrow down the search results further using the search facets on the right-hand side.
  7. Click a title in the search results list to open the title details. If there is only one hit, the title details page opens directly.

Saving searches and recent searches

Your most recent catalogue searches are automatically saved, and you find these at the upper part of the search page. The list of recent searches is cleared when you sign out from Quria. You can save your favourite searches for future use. Saved searches do not include use of facets.

Search tips

Simple search

Quria uses fuzzy search. This means that matches similar to the search query will also be listed in the search result.

The fuzzy search allows up to two deviations depending on the length of the word:

  • 0-5 characters: no fuzziness

  • 6-7 characters: 1 deviation

  • >7 characters: 2 deviations

If you do not want to use fuzzy search, you can use phrase search (see below), or add ~0 to the word.
Example: horse~0 will search for the exact word horse only.

Quria uses free-text search. The following fields are included:

Work

  • Title
  • Creator
  • Subjects - all fields
  • Variant titles for the work
  • Description
  • Genre

Expression

  • Title
  • Contributor
  • Notes on resource
  • Variant titles of the expression

Manifestation

  • Title
  • Other title information
  • Variant title
  • Series
  • ISBN Note: Enter the number without dashes in free-text search
  • Notes on resource
  • Publisher

Advanced search

Truncating: Use an asterisk (*) anywhere in a word. The asterisk represents zero, one or several characters and the search results will include words with any character(s) where the asterisk is. You can use this when you are not sure of the spelling. Fuzzy search is not applied with truncation.

Masking: Replace a character with a question mark (?) anywhere in a word. The question mark represents one character. Fuzzy search is not applied with masking.

Phrase search (strings delimited with quotes “ “):

The words in the phrase must be in the correct order.

The phrase can be the whole field or part of the field. Fuzzy search is not applied with phrase search.

Operators: Construct search strings using boolean operators AND, OR, NOT (capital letters), and parenthesis. If there is no operator, an implicit AND is used.

Prefixes: Use the prefixes below followed by a colon and the search criteria. You can use the long or the short prefix name. Words in the search query without prefix are searched as free-text.

Examples:
cre:brown will search for creators named Brown.
sub:(Europe history) AND sub:England will search for subjects Europe and history and subject England,

(bike OR bicycle) AND sub:sport will search for bike or bicycle in free text and subject sport.

Short Long Searches in
cat category Literary form (manifestation). See detailed list below.
cla classification Classification (work)
cnr controlnumber Identifiers for the manifestation, e.g. control numbers
con contributor Contributor (expression)
cre creator Creator (work)
des description Descriptions (work)
gen genre Genre (work)
lan language Language + Other languages (expression).
Use the MARC21 standard 3-digit language code, for example lan:swe. See MARC21 language codes
man manifestationtype Manifestation type (manifestation). See detailed list below.
mid manifestation-ID Manifestation ID (manifestation)
nam name Creator (work) + Contributor (expression)
note note Note on resource (all levels)
num number ISBN, ISSN or EAN (manifestation)
pub publisher Publication information > Organiser/agent type > Name (manifestation)
ser series Series name (work)
she shelfmark Shelf mark (manifestation)
sub subject All subject fields (work)
tar targetaudience Target audience (manifestation). See detailed list below.
tim titlemain Translated title (work)
tit title

Title (work) + Variant titles for the work (work) + Title (expression) + Variant title (expression) + Title proper (manifestation) + Other title information (manifestation) + Variant title (manifestation)
tiw titlework Title (work)
year year Normalised year (manifestation, from Publication information), for intervals use ex. year: 2015-2018

For cat (category), man (manifestation) and tar (targetaudience), the exact search terms listed below can be used. The values are case sensitive but can be truncated, for example cat:F*.

cat (category)
Anthology HumorSatiresEtc Poetry
BoardBook Letters ShortStories
ComicStrips MixedForms Speeches
Dramas NoAttemptToCode TextBookLetterCourse
Essays NotFiction Unknown
Fiction Novels  

 

man (manifestation)
apertureCard brailleMusic eBook internet paperback talkingBookCd
article cassette eBraille largePrint periodical talkingBookMp3
audioBook cd eImage map photograph text
audioBookCd cdRom electronicMaterial microfiche picture topicBox
audioBookDigibok computerGame eMap microFilm pictureBookWithBrailleText toy
audioBookMp3 computerDisc eMovie microForm printedMusic video
bluray daisy eMusic mixedMedia psGame videoDisc
book data ePeriodical movie serial videoGame
bookAndCassette document game multimedia serialNumber vinyl
bookAndCd dvd gameboyGame music sheetMusic wiiGame
bookAndVisualRecording dvdRom giantPrint newspaper soundRecording xboxGame
braille easyReading hybridBook object tactileBook  
brailleAndText eAudio image otherMaterial talkingBook  

 

tar (targetaudience)
Adolescent Juvenile Primary
Adult PreAdolescent Specialized
General Preschool UnknownOrNotSpecified

Sorting and filtering search results

The search results consist of the titles (expressions) corresponding to your search, and the different language versions of these titles (if any).

Sorting the results list

You can sort the list by title, creator or language.

Click on the header that you want to sort by in the table. Click the header once more if you want to sort the other way around, from bottom to top.

Filtering the results list

You can narrow your search in the Facets column to the right, in the following areas:

  • Creator
  • Subject
  • Literary form
  • Target audience
  • Publication year
  • Manifestation type
  • Language

The terms within each area are listed in most hits order, apart from publication years that are listed chronologically.

Check a box to narrow the search to only show titles corresponding to that term. Note that it is only the search results list that is narrowed; when you click on a title you will still be able to see all languages, media types etc. on the title details page.

Checking more than one term (A, B) means show the titles corresponding to A and B.