<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Roberta at PCC found a similar, possibly the same problem, occurs when you are searching Gale through Libraries of Oregon (<a href="http://www.librariesoforegon.org">www.librariesoforegon.org</a>). </div>
<div><br></div><div>When I search under the 'do research' tab there for "marxist literary criticism", I get 37 hits.</div><div><br></div><div>I noticed that the "enter nothing" search trick doesn't work on Libraries of Oregon. You have to enter your search, then enter it again in the Gale Powersearch banner - over 150 hits this time.<br>
</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Caleb Tucker-Raymond<br><br>Statewide Reference Service Coordinator<br>Multnomah County Library<br>(503) 988-5438<br><a href="mailto:calebt@multco.us" target="_blank">calebt@multco.us</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Jennifer Maurer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us" target="_blank">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">When conducting a Gale Powersearch from the Gale common menu,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">…you get a <b><i>different search result</i></b> than if you begin the exact same search from the Powersearch homepage.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<h4><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;font-weight:normal">This can bring different search outcomes that may lead to students / patrons missing potential resources. To get the maximum results, please advise users to search from the Powersearch
homepage. If you start your search on the Common Menu page, simply click Continue without entering any search terms. That will get you to the PowerSearch homepage.
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For example, compare these two searches for Marxist literary criticism. If prompted for a password, use
<i>oslis</i>.<br>
Using PowerSearch Common Menu: <a href="http://tinygaleurl.com?2x3at1j" target="_blank">
http://tinygaleurl.com?2x3at1j</a> (under 20 hits)<br>
Using PowerSearch Homepage: <a href="http://tinygaleurl.com?b5s093e" target="_blank">http://tinygaleurl.com?b5s093e</a> (over 100 hits)<u></u><u></u></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Thanks to Neil Wong, Sam Barlow High School/Gresham High School Librarian, for identifying this quirk. When I notified Gale, they reported
that it is a known issue, and a future update will include using the same search algorithm for both interfaces.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Can’t see the screenshots? Refer to the attachment. Questions? Please ask.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Thanks,<br>
Jen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us" target="_blank">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">OSLIS ||
<a href="http://www.oslis.org" target="_blank">www.oslis.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Learn to research. Research to learn.©</span></b><span style="color:blue"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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