As of January 2021, I no longer work at UH Libraries.
As such, this blog is inactive, unless another person takes over.
Thank you to my readers, both internal and external, for their time.
Month: January 2021
Search updates, December 2020
We updated the search tools on libraries.uh.edu in December to accommodate format-specific filtering.
This allows users to select a format (books, articles, etc.) to limit their search by before they submit their initial query.
The hope is that this additional feature will make known-item searching faster. For example, if a user knows they need a specific book, they can limit results by format from the get-go and only return results of books.
On the homepage, we added a drop-down with applicable formats to the search box.
We also added new format content pages that provide additional options for each specific format. For example, a user looking for books can visit the new Books page and see information about call numbers, ILL, and more things relating to book searching.
