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PAS Advanced Search
How do I make an advanced search actually work?
Well this is a frequently asked question, and quite simple to answer. With the current interface you need to do the following as shown in the examples below. Before you begin, determine what you would like to retrieve. One caveat that has to be remembered; we don’t pluralise objects types. We record everything in the singular; therefore coins are incorrect – coin is correct. Brooches are incorrect; brooch is correct.
Let’s do a search for Roman coins from Lincolnshire recorded by Adam Daubney our Midlands rock star.
Step 1: choose object type is exactly coin and then press the more button.
Choose AND as the operator term.
Step 2: choose county is exactly Lincolnshire and then press the more button.
Choose AND as the operator term.
Step 3: choose broadperiod is exactly ROMAN and then press the more button.
Choose AND as the operator term.
Step 4: choose created by is exactly adaubney.
Now press search.
This returns results as follows:
This will allow you to find all records that meet these search terms. If you have registered and logged in, you could save this search and access this from the saved search menu every time you login to the site. Another hint to save you getting page expired message is this: right click on a link and open in a new window.
To save the search click on the save icon - this will trigger a pop up window as shown here:
Here I have created a new search with the title of advanced search results - I have also requested that the results are made available to me as RSS feed - and also for PAS to email me about new finds which match this search criteria.
Click on the save button!
The following text now appears in the pop up window:
This tells me that my search have been saved. I can either retrieve it by using the Search > Saved Search option on the left hand menu option, by waiting the emails to arrive from PAS - or by my favourite option which is using the RSS feeds.
I click on the live link on the save search pop up window and the following appears on my screen:
I click on ok and this RSS feed now shows on my toolbar - all I need to do to see new items added is hover my mouse on the bookmark as shown - any new finds are added to the top of the list - click on the one you want and it opens the database at that page
When the new advanced search facility launches, the above steps should be rendered obsolete, as the steps will be far more obvious.
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