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  • All Fields (Keywords Search)
    • id (catkey)
    • Main Title (245ab)
    • Additional Titles
    • Related Titles
    • Series Title
    • Subject Topic
    • Main Subjects
    • Additional Subjects
    • Author
    • Corporate Author
    • Conference Author
    • Additional Creators
    • ISBN
    • All Text
  • Title
    • Main Title (245ab)
    • Additional Titles
    • Added Entry Titles
    • Series Title
  • Author
    • Author
    • Corporate Author
    • Conference Author
    • Additional Creators
  • Subject
    • Subject Topic
    • Main Subjects
    • Additional Subjects

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(by display order)

  • Title (no label)
    • Vernacular title display if exists (no label, just display form) OR Title / Author ( 245c, no label, just display form) all records will have one of these
  • Title
    • English display title IF there's a vernacular title
  • Primary author/creator (no label)
    • Author
    • Corporate Author
    • Conference Author
  • Thesis Department
  • Format
    • all records will have
    • spelled out or indicated via icon
  • Published (no label, just publication statement)
    • almost all records will have
  • Edition Statement (no label, just edition statement)
    • some records will have
  • URL
    • 856 to get copy online
  • Availability Display

Single item view labels

Label Priority Tentative Grouping notes
Title (no label), Vernacular title display if exists (no label, just display form) OR Title / Author (245c, no label, just display form) highest primary
Title highest primary if Vernacular Title
Author highest primary
Corporate Author highest primary
Conference Author highest primary
Thesis Department highest primary will only exist on a small subset of items but very important for those items. should link the Thesis department's name.
Uniform Title highest primary
Additional Title highest primary
Published highest primary
Copyright Date highest primary
Edition highest primary
Physical Description (300/340) highest primary
Additional Creators high primary
Access Online Links high primary
[Additional Links ] high primary For this section, can we do something like if there's more than 5 links, we add an "Expand" aspect so that if we have a record where there's 20 links which really aren't that helpful, users can keep scrolling down
AVAILABILITY SECTION
Series Title high secondary
Language high secondary
Language Note high secondary
Restrictions on Access high secondary
Contents high secondary
Summary high secondary
Standard Technical Report Number high secondary new Fall 2021
Government Document Number high secondary new Fall 2021
Report Number high secondary new Fall 2021
Continues high secondary
Continued By high secondary
Continues in Part high secondary
Continued in Part By high secondary
Formed From high secondary
Absorbs high secondary
Absorbed By high secondary
Absorbs in Part high secondary
Absorbed in Part By high secondary
Separated From high secondary
Split Into high secondary
Merged to Form high secondary
Changed Back To high secondary
Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation high secondary
Subject high secondary Library of Congress Subject
National Library of Medicine Subject
Library of Congress Children's Subject
General Subject
Also the fields in https://github.com/psu-libraries/psulib_traject/issues/23
Other Subject medium secondary this is a text field, link to a basic (not controlled) subject search with the term in quotes, e.g. https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/?search_field=subject&q=%22Children%27s+toys%22 (added 2022-03-03)
Genres medium secondary
ISBN medium secondary
ISSN medium secondary
Related Titles medium tertiary
Duration medium tertiary
Publication Frequency medium tertiary
Collection medium tertiary Link to quote keyword search for the collection
Finding Aid Note medium tertiary
Provenance medium tertiary
Dissertation Note medium tertiary
Audience (385) low tertiary
Reading Grade low tertiary
Interest Age low tertiary
Interest Grade low tertiary
Sound Characteristics low tertiary
Musical Work Number low tertiary
Format of Notated Music low tertiary
Musical Key low tertiary
Medium of Performance low tertiary
Video File Characteristics low tertiary
Scale Note for Graphic Material low tertiary
Cartographic Mathematical Data low tertiary
Digital File Characteristics low tertiary
Form of Work low tertiary
Audience Note low tertiary
Note low tertiary
Other Edition low tertiary
Bibliography Note low tertiary
With [501] low tertiary
Binding Information low tertiary
Part Of low tertiary (added issue 2022-10-21)
Creation/Production Credits Note low tertiary
Citation/References Note low tertiary
Participant/Performer Note low tertiary
Type of Report and Period Covered Note low tertiary
Special Numbering low tertiary
Type of File/Data low tertiary
Data/Place of Event low tertiary
Geographic Coverage low tertiary
Preferred Citation low tertiary
Supplement Note low tertiary
Other Forms low tertiary
Reproduction Note low tertiary
Original Version low tertiary
Location of Originals low tertiary
Location of Duplicates low tertiary
Funding Information low tertiary
Technical Details low tertiary
Terms of Use and Reproduction low tertiary
Source of Acquisition low tertiary
Related Materials low tertiary
Copyright Note low tertiary
Associated Materials low tertiary
Administrative History low tertiary
Dedication low tertiary New Fall 2021
Biographical Note low tertiary
Title Varies low tertiary
Issuing Body low tertiary
Index Note low tertiary
Documentation Information low tertiary
Version/Copy ID low tertiary
Methodology Note low tertiary
Complexity Note low tertiary
Action Note low tertiary
Accumulation/Use low tertiary
Exhibitions low tertiary
Awards low tertiary
Binding Notes medium tertiary
Indexed By low tertiary
Selectively Indexed By low tertiary
Reviewed/Cited In low tertiary
Sub-Location low tertiary
[Digital Bookplate info] low tertiary New Fall 2021 - this location is due to its difference from other fields re: display and if we act on it we will probably do so differently.

Facets

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  • Access (In Library / Online / On Order)
  • Format
  • Campus
  • UP Library
  • Language
  • Subject
  • Genre
  • Media Type
  • Call Number
    • A call number generally begins with 1-3 letters (most often 2). If an object's call number in the 050 begins with the two-letter code HM, it should be under HM and nested under H. Faceting to either H or HM should return this object.
  • Publication Year

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  • year
    • pub date desc, title asc
  • title
    • title asc, pub date desc
  • purchase date
    • catkey desc

Email/SMS Body

Subject line:

  • PSU Libraries Item Record: (Title)

Body:

  • Title/author display
  • Latin Title/author display if exists
  • Author
  • Corporate Author
  • Conference Author
  • Published
  • Edition
  • Language
  • Format
  • Availability at the time of email
  • Item page URL
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