Release: “Original Location” in Advanced Search

Release Name: “Original Location” in Advanced Search

Product/Service: HathiTrust Digital Library Advanced Search

Release Date: December 19, 2024

Who does this impact? Those who use Advanced Search; Contributing Libraries.

• When conducting an Advanced Search, you can now limit search results to a specific “Original Location.” The “Original Location” specifies which HathiTrust member library contributed a digital item to the HathiTrust collection. All 60+ contributing libraries are included in the list on the Advanced Search page.
  
• This may be of particular interest to library workers at contributing libraries and others who may wish to search within the volumes of a single contributor. By using this search option and selecting the “Always use the Full Text Index” checkbox, you can search within the digital items from that contributing library’s collection. By unchecking the box and using one of the field options (Title, Author, Subject, ISBN/ISSN, Publisher, Series) you can search within the catalog records from that contributing library’s collection.
• This new option is in addition to the existing “Original Location” search facet in the sidebar of a search results page. The sidebar search facet is limited in that it displays only the top 30 contributors and may be selected only after conducting your search.