Hello and welcome to this video tutorial on how to refine and sort your IndexCat search.
Refinement options located on the left side of the screen are only available for the Index-Catalogue and eTKeVK2 tabs.
The ‘refine by’ options in Index-Catalogue are ‘Series’ and ‘Type of Resource’.
The ‘refine by’ options in eTKeVK2 are ‘eTK’ and ‘eVK2’.
I will enter the word ‘medicine’ and then choose a ‘refine by’.
Each ‘refine by’ option is followed by a number in parentheses.
The number represents the number of times the term is found.
On the Index-Catalogue tab select Monograph and the results found will now become the only results shown.
To refine the search further, select within the refine by 'Series'.
I will select Series 1. Then Volume 001, page 1.
Only one result is now displayed. A monograph from Series 1, Volume 1, Page 1.
To remove any of the refinements,
select the X for each refinement category you would like to remove located above the search results.
IndexCat searches can also be sorted by Date, Title, ID, or Relevance.
They are displayed below the IndexCat search box after you have performed a search.
The ‘Sort by’ option is available only for the Index-Catalogue and eTKeVK2 tabs.
Dates can be displayed in ascending or descending order by selecting the corresponding arrows.
Relevance is based on a variety of factors including term frequency and in what field the term was found.