RE: Bib Record Number search via WebForm

["Christopher C. Brown" <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

This is quite easy. The trick is to use a period instead "t" for title, etc.
Here is my code:
          <select name="searchtype" size="1">
            <option value="a">AUTHOR</option>
            <option value="t" selected>TITLE</option>
            <option value="Y">KEYWORD</option>
            <option value="d">SUBJECT</option>
            <option value="s">JOURNAL TITLE</option>
            <option value="c">LC CALL NUMBER</option>
            <option value="g">GOVDOCS NUMBER</option>
            <option value="i">ISSN/ISBN</option>
            <option value="o">OCLC NUMBER</option>
            <option value=".">RECORD NUMBER</option>
          </select>

You can see this implemented at:
http://www.du.edu/~cbrown/s.html (first pull-down menu at top of page)

And yes, leave off the check digit when searching.

Chris Brown

Christopher C. Brown
Reference Librarian / Government Documents Librarian
Penrose Library; University of Denver
Denver, CO  USA  80208
303-871-3404
cbrown@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.du.edu/~cbrown/


-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-admin@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:innopac-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jonathan Jiras
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:57 PM
To: INNOPAC List
Subject: Bib Record Number search via WebForm


Hello Innopac users:

Our staff would like to be able to search our WebPAC by bib record
number through a Web form.

I know that a bib record number search can be constructed via a URL with
this syntax: http://yourinnopac.edu/record=b1549443 leaving off the bib
record's check digit.

But, has anyone figured out how to create a web form for a BIB record
number search?

In theory this should be possible.  If not on the Innopac web server,
than perhaps on some other web server.

All we would need would be a cgi (or possibly a JavaScripted web page)
that could
1- take the first 7 digits of a bib record number entered into a text
box (leaving off the last check digit),
2- concatenate it to the end of a string like this:
http://albert.rit.edu/record=,  and then
3- forward the user or open up a child browser window to the complete
URL: http://albert.rit.edu/record=b1549443

Has someone already done this?
Would you be willing to share your code?

Jon Jiras
Library Software Specialist
Rochester Institute of Technology

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