do tell about ccl - the alternative way to search polaris
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Do Tell About CCL –The alternative way to search Polaris
Daniel Messer
Circulation Supervisor
Queen Creek Branch
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Searching Polaris-Kind of like speaking a foreign language…
and then going through a series of translators
SQL – Both Polaris and I speak French
Say I speak English (which I do) and Polaris speaks French (which it doesn’t)
Normal – I speak English
1st translator speaks English and German
2nd translator speaks German and French
Polaris speaks French
Power (CCL) – I speak English
1st translator speaks English and French
Polaris speaks French
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Fortunately (yes, fortunately) SQL is Disabled
Bad things happen
when SQL queries
go wrong.
Image courtesy of the National Nuclear Security Administration
Image XX-34
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So why bother with CCL?
• Get exactly what you ask for.• No more clickity-clicking with the mouse.• With one line of code, you can drill down
directly to a select group of items.
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The Downsides…
• Gotta learn a whole new thing.• If you’re not a fast typist, well…• Syntax, do you use it?!
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So, LET’S SET SOME STUFF UP!
CLICK THIS!(old and broken)
Get THIS!(new hotness)
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And now, let’s begin to type some words
or
These are my operators.
There are many like them but these eight are mine.
TI KWAB CS
COLMAT ISBN AU
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BUT
What is that, I don’t even…
All that stuff means something!
And they’re easy to remember!
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TI = Title
MAT = Material Type
CS = Circulation Status
KW = Keyword
COL = Collection
AB = Assigned Branch
ISBN = um… yeah
AU = Author
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So what do we do with all of that?
String ‘em together for
The bestest search query ever!
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Some General Rules
• Quotes are your friends.
• Author searches always last name first.
• Learn your codes.
• Play around, you’re not going to break anything.
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Now let’s look up some stuff!
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Dan MesserBarefoot Cyberpunk Librarian
Online [email protected]: @bibrarianGoogle+: bit.ly/danongoogleplusBlog (Not all Bits): qcfriends.org/notallbitsPodcast (Cyberpunk Librarian): bit.ly/cyberpunklibrarianpodcast