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The system provides the following functions and features:
1. Management of different types of records related to books, periodicals, transcripts, articles, etc. through:
a. Storing and editing data fields with full text search capabilities
b. Linking records to different search criteria such as
· Record Type
· Author(s) with role specification
· Subject Headings
· Series
· Periodical
· Canonized Title
· Location
· Date(s)
· Publishing and Printing Dates
c. Preparing and editing link entities such as authors and subject headings
· Search by Keywords
· Related Search Techniques (See, See also, related terms, etc.)
· Alphabetical Lists for Solving the Arabic Language Problems and Desktop Publishing
d. Advanced Search Engine Tool
· Field Search with Arabic Handling
· Author Boolean Search
· Subject Heading Boolean Search
e. Search Filters
· Dates (From-To) for Standard, Gregorian, and Hijri
· Locations (libraries, areas, countries) with Boolean Logic
· Types
f. Search within Search Results
g. Practical and Efficient Search Results Handling
· Ordering by Author, Title, or Date
· Print Results
· Search within Search Results
· Send to Cart (Accumulate Results)
· Copy and Paste Results (to Word or HTML)
· Save Results for Later Retrieval
h. CD-ROM Generation Tool in order to allow researchers for using the generated CD locally with full search and retrieval tools for the generated set or subset of data. This can help in distributing the library content to other party in an easy and professional way.
2. The system has been developed using the following tools and technologies:
a. Multi-Tier Architecture
b. .Net Framework 2.0 (C#)
c. SQL Server 2005 (or 2000)
d. Proprietary IDS Arabic Enabled Search Engine
e. XML, XSLT (Generation of HTML compliant search results)
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