Working with Search Results

From ResourceSpace Documentation Wiki

Search results are displayed as thumbnails or a list in the main work area sorted in order of relevance. Information about this search, sorting and resource browsing are shown across the top of the work area, consisting of:

• You found - how many resources have been found matching your search
• Display - click to change the display style whether thumbnails or a list
• Sort order - click to change the order of resources:
  • Relevance - ResourceSpace continually ‘learns’ from the way users search for resources by ranking image views per search keyword. Over time resources are ranked against keywords making sure the most appropriate appear first. For example, if users regularly choose the second resource from a search for ‘sky’, eventually this resource will occupy the first position as the search system thinks that this is actually a better, more appropriate result for ‘sky’. This happens not just for single keywords but multiple keywords as well such as ‘sky night’.
  • Popularity - how many times a resource has been viewed irrespective of the keyword.
  • Rating - highlights the very best resources in ResourceSpace, this may be image composition, quality, importance of a resource.
  • Date - date of the resource.
  • Colour - orders image resources by general hues.
• Browse - navigate through the pages of results and also shows which page you are currently viewing. Additionally, if any of the archives match your search, you can access them directly from a link under the results. It is possible to save the search criteria to your collection panel - useful if you have particular search that you may need again.

Each resource is shown in an individual resource panel in the thumbnails display. The panel shows a preview, title, location, rating for the best resources, email resource icon and add to collection icon.

• View resource details and download options - click on the preview or title
• Email resource - click on the envelope icon to bring up a form allowing you to email the resource to another user - useful for quickly sending resources to colleagues.
• Add to current collection - click on the add to current collection icon to add this resource to the collection shown in the My Collections panel.