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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Ebsco SmartText Searching
Has anyone else observed this "problem" which I blogged on the Clarkston Reference blog today? Here's a link to the post.
I found this post by clicking on the "New Features" link within Academic Search Complete:
"Zero Results Prevention If your search returns zero results, EBSCOhost will automatically launch a SmartText search for relevant hits. These searches will be identified by the message: Note: Your initial search query did not yield any results. However, using SmartText Searching, results were found based on your keywords.
Customizable by library administrators, this feature is available in most libraries."
I wonder if this is something we can change at individual institutions.
I'll get in touch with GALILEO and see if we can change this just for GPC. I would expect that we can. I'll report my findings to the Reference Committee
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I found this post by clicking on the "New Features" link within Academic Search Complete:
"Zero Results Prevention
If your search returns zero results, EBSCOhost will automatically launch a SmartText search for relevant hits. These searches will be identified by the message: Note: Your initial search query did not yield any results. However, using SmartText Searching, results were found based on your keywords.
Customizable by library administrators, this feature is available in most libraries."
I wonder if this is something we can change at individual institutions.
I'll get in touch with GALILEO and see if we can change this just for GPC. I would expect that we can. I'll report my findings to the Reference Committee
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