Open SiteSearch Guided Tour
Contents Introduction Contents WebZ - Authentication - Starter Interface Options - Basic Search - Advanced Search - Topic Search - Results Screen - Merged Result Sets - Duplicate Record Detection - Search History - Browse Term List - Vocabulary-Assisted Searching - Local Holdings - ILL, Document Delivery - Interoperability Database Builder - Web-based Record Creation Contact Information	Vocabulary-Assisted Searching Vocabulary-assisted searching allows you to use a controlled vocabulary to improve the recall (finding more information) and precision (finding the most relevant information) of patrons' single-database searches. WebZ dynamically builds a list of related terms for a search term entered by the patron from a: Thesaurus database associated with the target database and/or Sample result set from the target database, using an index of your choice. For databases associated with thesauri, WebZ builds a term list from the target database if the patron's search term does not exist in the associated thesaurus database. [return to top]
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