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Using INFOMINE canned_search
| Option name | Possible values | Default value | Descrition |
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| query | url-encoded strings | The text of the query. | |
| categories | all, or an infomine category (bioag, govpub, etc), or a semicolon-separated list of categories | all | The categories to search in. |
| fields | ti, au, su, kw, an, mi, fu, or a semicolon-separated list of fields, or all. | ti;au;su;kw | The fields to search in. |
| theme | defaults, titles, simple, or some other valid theme name | defaults | Themes are used to control the appearance of the canned_search2 output. Usually, no theme will be specified, and the defaults theme will be used. |
| no_of_records_per_page | A number between 2 and 200. | 10 | The number of results to display on each page. Why is there a maximum? I do not know. |
| start_page_no | a number | 1 | Results may be split into several pages. This specifies which page to use. |
| stemming | yes or no | yes | Should stemming be used in the search? |
| ranking_type | R or T | R | Use R to rank by Relevance, and T to rank by Title |
| institution | all, none, CDL, UCB, UCD, UCI, UCLA, UCR, UCSB, UCSC, UCSD, and UCSF | all | Which institutionis the searcher associated with? E.g., if set to UCLA all free + UCLA fee-based records would be searched. All is a special value which means that the user would like to see all the records (regardless of institutional access restrictions). None means the user is not affiliated with a known institution. |
| record_types | Record type descriptions strings | ALL_RECORDS_ AVAILABLE_TO_ME | The set of record types to search, chosen from ALL_RECORDS_AVAILABLE_TO_ME, ALL_RECORDS_ON_THE_NET_OR_AT_MY_INSTITUTION, and ALL_RECORDS_IN_INFOMINE. Note that if the institution field is set to all (the default) then this field is ignored. |
| record_id_list | comma-delimited list of record ID numbers | If set, canned_search lists the records instead of performing a search. |
Options that are available only from forms (via the HTTP POST operation).
| Name | Possible values | Default value | Descrition |
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| category | A single infomine category. | Unused. | A category to search in. You may repeat this argument as many times as you like, as in HTML forms with checkboxes. This parameter is ignored if categories is used. |
| field | A single infomine field. | Unused. | A field to search in. You may repeat this argument as many times as you like, as in HTML forms with checkboxes. This parameter is ignored if fields is used. |
| resource_type | A resource type. | Unused. | A resource type used to restrict the search by. |
| resource_types | A possibly empty semicolon-separated list of resource types. | Empty (unused). | A list of resource types, either one of which used to restrict the search by. |
| lcc_outline | A LCC outline. | Unused. | An LCC outline used to restrict the search by. |
| lcc_outlines | A possibly empty semicolon-separated list of LCC outlines. | Empty (unused). | A list of LCC outline entries, either one of which used to restrict the search by. |
| subject_discipline | A subject discipline. | Unused. | A subject discipline used to restrict the search by. |
| subject_disciplines | A possibly empty semicolon-separated list of subject disciplines. | Empty (unused). | A list of subject discipline entries, either one of which used to restrict the search by. |
| my_infomine | A ‘my infomine’ entry. | Unused. | A ‘my infomine’ term used to restrict the search by. |
| my_infomines | A possibly empty semicolon-separated list of ‘my infomine’ terms. | Empty (unused). | A list of ‘my infomine’ entries, either one of which used to restrict the search by. |
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