The University of Alabama Libraries' digital archives explorer.
Field specific search is done using the Lucene query syntax
| Field | MODs | EAD | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| textAll default | Catch-all field for all content in metadata files. This field is always searched in combination with "boost queries" on specific fields | ||
| name | All namePart, except Distributor |
origination, persname, and corpname |
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| title | titleInfo, including types alternative, uniform, and translated |
titleproper |
Fields for specific types of titles are searchable individually (see additional fields table below) |
| subject | subject |
subject |
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| genre | genre |
genreform |
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| description | note[@displayLabel='Description'], and abstract |
scopecontent/p, and bioghist/p |
The uniform title |
| abstract | abstract |
This field will be removed once it is confirmed all abstracts have moved to description in the metadata. | |
| localbroad | subject[@source='localbroad'] |
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| transcript | This field is populated via the database. | ||
| tag | This field is populated via the database. | ||
| collection | location/physicalLocation[@type='collection'], and location/physicalLocation[@displayLabel='Repository Collection'] |
archdesc[@level='collection'] |
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| collection_number | location/physicalLocation[@type='collectionNumber'] |
titleproper/num |
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| box_number | location/physicalLocation[@type='boxNumber'] |
Also checks of alternate types @type='box number', @type='Box Number', and @type='Box' |
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| folder_number | location/physicalLocation[@type='folderNumber'] |
Also checks of alternate types @type='folder number', @type='folder Number', and @type='folder' |
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| origin_place | originInfo/place/placeTerm[@type='text'] |
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| language | recordInfo/languageOfCataloging/languageTerm[@type = 'text'] |
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| language_code | recordInfo/languageOfCataloging/languageTerm[@type = 'code'] |
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| extent | physicalDescription/extent |
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| table_of_contents | ntableOfContents |
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| date | dateIssued, dateOther, and dateCreated |
unitdate |
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| repo_loc | The repository location/id (e.g., u0001_2007001_0001832) |
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| parent_loc | The parent repository location/id (e.g., u0001_2007001 is the parent location of child u0001_2007001_0001832 |
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| type | typeOfResource |
Always the string Archived Collection (was used in legacy Acumen to positively identify EADs) | |
| asset_type | The media type of an asset file: image, audio, video, or document (pdf). This field is populated by the database. |
ETDs in Acumen now provide the proper <meta> tags for indexing in Google Scholar.
These meta tags are generated from a etd_meta_tags.xsl
file. Only metadata files with the xmlns:etd XML namespace will generate these meta tags.
This method also opens the door to injecting custom tags for other metadata types and sub-types in the future; granted they have a unique namespace or identifier in the XML metadata.
Acumen now uses more traditional / based URLs for repository location instead of the _ delimited repo IDs.
/content/... in URL
The new URL scheme was meant to reflect a proper folder structure, which includes access to the metadata and asset files. Files previously
accessibly only by /content/path/to/file/path_to_file.pdf can now be accessed via /path/to/file/path_to_file.pdf
If an item or collection changes location in the repository, non PURL links will now display a redirect error page, giving a link to the possible new location.
Search categories are determined by Solr filter queries
| Category | Filter Query |
|---|---|
| All | None |
| Audio | {!lucene}asset_type:audio |
| Books | {!lucene}repo_loc:?0002* |
| Finding Aids | {!lucene}repo_loc:?0003* +type:Archived |
| Images | {!lucene}(repo_loc:(?0001* OR ?0011*) OR (genre:photographs OR genre:"picture postcards")) AND type:image |
| Manuscript Materials | {!lucene}repo_loc:?0003* -type:Archived |
| Maps | map AND asset_type:image -type:music |
| Research | {!lucene}repo_loc:?0015* |
| Sheet Music | {!lucene}repo_loc:?0004* |
| University Archives | {!lucene}repo_loc:?0006* |