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Via telnet? It's a BU catalog alternative environment
. . . that can have display and speed advantages over the web environment. As you would expect, the way you structure your search influences the way your results will organize and display. But the environment can also influence the nature and navigability of results since music or works involving translation can have multiple title alternatives, contributing authors, and limits to format are frequently used as well.
| example searches |
perform the steps in |
perform the steps in |
| search #1 Author: Picker, T |
initial title display and title re-directs are clear | initial title display and title re-directs are clear |
now limit this title display of Picker's works to recordings |
observe re-directs disappear, but title order is maintained | observe re-directs disappear and title order of Picker's works appears scrambled on the page; only by clicking to go deeper into each result can you see the underlying Picker titles |
search #2 |
move forward in initial display, select Schumann, Robert | scroll initial display, select Schumann, Robert |
now let's see what the library has for quartets by Schumann
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Jump (use j command) and type: quartets. Move forward and backward through the list, observe organization of title display. | You will need to select a link to a higher-numbered page to arrive at an organized list of the quartets. You'll have to guess how pages to advance. |
| Wait a minute, why did you jump to quartets and not quartet or string quartets or piano quartets? | Quartets is a 'uniform' title construction that pulls together and organizes variant editions and performances or translations. Many works in a catalog will have a uniform title identities as well as any identifying title that appears on the items themselves. | As in telnet, selecting a page link to jump to lands you in a uniform title list where variant editions are pulled together |
***Alternatively, PC users may also: Start > Run > in run box type: telnet library.bu.edu (keep exact spacing)
When prompted for login, type: library
Mozilla may recognize a telnet application and ask you about it; click to accept and continue.