Simple searching

To conduct a search, type one or more words into the search box at the top of the main page and click on the go button, or press enter on your keyboard.

When you submit a search, you will then see a page (or pages) that provide a list of results matching your search criteria.

By default, Iberian Books returns 10 results per page, and a short summary of the text around the terms for which you searched. If there is more than one page of results you will see the number of pages at the top and bottom of the screen. To move on to the next page of results click on the next button or click on the number of the page you wish to view.

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Boolean searching

You can use Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT to refine your search results.

AND

Using the AND function when searching will allow you to get results which contain both words you are searching for. To use the AND function just type the two words in the search box. The search engine understands that AND is required. For example Madrid Barcelona

The description of all of your search results will contain both words.

OR

Using the OR function when searching will allow you to find items that contain either one or other of the words for which you have searched. For example, Madrid OR Barcelona

This search has retrieved all records which contain the words Madrid or Barcelona.

NOT

You can use the NOT function to exclude words from your search. For example, Madrid NOT Barcelona. This will retrieve all the items which contain the word Madrid in the description except those which also contain the word Barcelona.

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Combined Boolean Operators

You can also combine AND, OR and NOT searches. For example, if you would like to search for results that contain the subject of religious in either Madrid or Barcelona, you should type (Madrid OR Barcelona) literature in the search box.

You could also use this combined AND and OR search in the following way. To search for the terms Literature or Poetry in either Madrid or Barcelona you should type (Madrid OR Barcelona)(Literature or Poetry).

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Other Searches

Phrased searching

Placing quotes around a phrase will search for the exact phrase. For example "sanctae Catharinae Martyris"

The UCD Digital Library uses the Apache Solr search platform, which allows for more advanced search options.

Proximity searching

You can search for words within 3 words from each other. For example: dc.title:"Fernando Orellana"~3. This searches for Fernando and Orellana within 3 words of each other in a Title field. You can raise or lower the distance between words.

Date range searching

You can search for a date range by using the following syntax: dc.date:[1580 TO 1625]

Wildcards

Within any field, you can use wildcard matching. dc.title:re?na napul*

Eliminate terms from the search

If you have a specific term that you wish to eliminate from the search, you can do so by choosing the field (e.g. dc.language), choose the term, and prefix the search query with a minus symbol. For example, -dc.language:Latin will eleminate results written in Latin.

Equally, you can limit your search to only include a specific term. +dc.language:Latin

Combined range searching

You can combine date ranges, boolean searching and delimiters to certain fields.

For example, dc.date:[1580 TO 1599] AND dc.coverage:Madrid

Other delimiters include:

• dc.date (key date)
• dc.coverage (geographic area)
• dc.format (folios, pages, etc)
• dc.language
• dc.subject (topic/keywords)
• dc.title
• dc:contributor (anyone associated with the text, for example, author, publisher, printer, etc)

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Advanced searching

The Advanced Search allows you to pre-filter your results. The free text search boxes and limiters available are:

• Title/Keyword: Enter free text words to search titles or keywords
• Author: Enter free text name to search the author index
• Printer: Enter free text name to search the printer index
• Women authors (checkbox): Click to limit the search to known women authors, recorded in dc.subject
• Women printers (checkbox): Click to limit the search to known women printers, recorded in dc.subject
• Women litigants (checkbox): Click to limit the search to known women litigants, recorded in dc.subject
• Place of printing: Enter free text place name to search for where the volumes were printed
• Year: Allows you to limit the search by date of publication To search for a range, use the FROM and TO fields
• Number of sheets: 'Sheets' identifies the total number of paper sheets used in the formation of a book. As books can be produced from half-sheets, other segments of a sheet of paper, or multiple sheets, values are expressed as floating-point numbers. To enter a range of values, use FROM and TO
• Language: Limit by the language of the printed text using the controlled vocabulary listing
• Format: Limit by the format of the printed book using the controlled vocabulary listing e.g., 2o, broadsheet, 2o oblong
• Topic: Limit by the topics asssigned by the project staff, using the controlled vocabulary listing
• Country: Limit by the country of publication, using the controlled vocabulary listing
• Citation:Limit the search by where the references have been recorded: IB (Iberian Books); ISTC (Inculabula Short Title Catalogue); USTC (Universal Short Title Catalogue)
• Digital copies only: Click the checkbox to limit the search to only display records that have a digital copy

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Search results can be further filtered using the facets available. Click on each refine search option and this will cause the options to expand, revealing the option subsets which can be used for refining your search results. More facets will come online in the future. Each time a term from the facet is used, the set of results gets smaller. Multiple terms can be used to refine the search.

• Language allows you to filter the results using language terms, which have been assigned to the books by the project staff.
• Topic allows you to filter the results using approximately 65 different topics, which have been assigned to the books by the project staff.
• Place allows you to filter the results using the Place of Publication.
• Repository allows you to filter the results based on where the printed volumes are held.

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To view a record from the results page, click on a title. This will bring you to the record for the printed book.

Each record contains several metadata fields relating to the book. These include:

• Title of the volume, and any available subtitle
• Author, where available
• Printer, where available
• View contributer details, where available. These include: Birth date; Death date; Birth place; Dates active; Places active; and whether information is available in RAH, Delgado or Casado
• IB Identifier, which is a unique reference number assigned to each book in the original Iberian Books catalogue
• Responsibility refers to the Imprint information
• Physical description of the volume, including pagination and format
• Languages, which can be used to run a search based on this value
• Genre, which can be used to run a search based on this value
• Subjects,also known as topics, which can be used to run a search based on this value
• Place of origin, which can be used to run a search based on this value, or by clicking on the geonames button, can be looked to see the location on a GeoNames map
• Location, which is the same as the Permalink, and is used as a permanent link to this record
• References, as a short code. The longer reference can be seen by hovering over the short code. There is also a link to the record in OCLC, if available.
• Exemplars lists the physical location for the physical books, and shelfmark/call number, where known. These exemplars can be presented as a map view, if so encoded.
• Digital copies lists the location online of any digital edition, if available
• Digital reproduction statement of any associated images on display in the record
• Record source lists the information pertaining to the creation of this record.

The Place of origin map below the metadata locates the book on a map supplied by OpenStreetMap, which contains several layers offering different types of maps, including

• Default map
• Light map
• Terrain map
• Thunderforest Landscape
• Thunderforest OpenCycleMap
• Natural Earth
• Aerial Map
• Watercolour Map
• Option to include County boundaries

To select a map, click on the radial button beside the map title.

Rights & Usage Conditions is the final section on the page, and this expresses the licence under which the information in the record can be re-used. Iberian Books has adopted a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which are fully explained in the Terms and Conditions page.

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Citation Export

The export citation function applies to the collection description page and the page which describes an individual item.

To export a citation, first click on the drop down menu which is at the top left of the page above the description of the collection or the item. Then click on the software which you are using (Zotero, EndNote, BibTeX, Mendeley or RefWorks) and export the citation.

Information about BibTeX: Author names and editor names are formatted according to AACR2 rules, and may not be formatted in accordance with BibTeX recommendations.

Information about RIS:

• All Endnote (RIS) citation exports are output in the Generic (GEN) reference type.
• Authors (AU) include artist, author, creator, cartographer, engraver, lyricist, photographer, researcher, research team head, sculptor, illustrator and reviewer
• Secondary authors (A2) include editor, complier and corporate bodies that have authorial roles
• All other names associated with an item are assigned to custom field 1 (C1)
• The name of the online collection for each item is put into the secondary title (T2) field where available

Metadata

The main record itself is described in the metadata standard MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema), but is also available in Dublin Core (another metadata schema) for viewing and saving.

The metadata option on the left side of the screen in any record allows you to view the OAI Dublin Core version of the metadata records.

Permalink

Permalink refers to a permanent, persistent, web address (also known as a URL or link) to the bibliographic record. This means that you can reference the record in publications and your readers will be able to find the record indefinitely.

Iberian Books uses the ARK system from EZID. It looks like this: http://n2t.net/ark:/87925/drs1.iberian.32330

Share

To share a page on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Pinterest, select the appropriate icon within the share menu. This is located on the right-hand side of the screen, under the search box.

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Currently Iberian Books demonstrates six map visualisations. By using the geospatial and temporal metadata (information) contained within the bibliographic record, data can be visualised either as 'heat maps', or as interactive and powerful visualisations using the Tableau platform.

By zooming in and out of the map, using the + or - buttons, more detailed patterns emerge. From here, it is interesting to note the shift in publication centres from the Old World to the colonies as exploration and conquest occur.

More data visualisation will come online over time.

Spanish text here.

Portuguese text here.

Catalan text here.