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
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
Fortunately (yes, fortunately) SQL is Disabled
Bad things happen
when SQL queries
go wrong.
Image courtesy of the National Nuclear Security Administration
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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.
The Downsides…
• Gotta learn a whole new thing.• If you’re not a fast typist, well…• Syntax, do you use it?!
So, LET’S SET SOME STUFF UP!
CLICK THIS!(old and broken)
Get THIS!(new hotness)
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
BUT
What is that, I don’t even…
All that stuff means something!
And they’re easy to remember!
TI = Title
MAT = Material Type
CS = Circulation Status
KW = Keyword
COL = Collection
AB = Assigned Branch
ISBN = um… yeah
AU = Author
So what do we do with all of that?
String ‘em together for
The bestest search query ever!
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.
Now let’s look up some stuff!
Dan MesserBarefoot Cyberpunk Librarian
Online [email protected]: @bibrarianGoogle+: bit.ly/danongoogleplusBlog (Not all Bits): qcfriends.org/notallbitsPodcast (Cyberpunk Librarian): bit.ly/cyberpunklibrarianpodcast