The result of the catalog search may be a single catalog record, a hit list of catalog records, or a hit list of URLs for relevant web sites.
If a list of catalog records displays, you can select Details to view more information about a particular record. If the search located only one matching catalog item, the full catalog record or web resource record automatically displays. If there is no direct match for the search term entered, a browse list displays.
The results of a broadcast search, over a number of Z39.50 sites, produces first a listing of the sites searched with the number of hits found at each site. Click on a site to see the search results for that site.
If you perform a search that retrieves titles with different classification numbers, the catalog analyzes them and returns a list of categories in You Found Books in Categories.
For example, you perform a search for GARDENING across Everything. The search finds 298 titles, and you don’t know where to begin looking. On the results page, the catalog provides a You Found Books in Categories box, containing the catalog’s analysis of the classifications of all 298 titles retrieved in the search, the results of which are compiled into broad categories. You can choose to narrow your search of GARDENING by selecting the category that best describes the information you are looking for.
The copy status feature allows you to see copy availability.
The search time-out limit is the length of time that the catalog will wait for a search to complete.