I also need the possibility to search auth records when the search fails: something like "No results from the catalog, 3 results from authorities". Also can be very useful to have a search method to scan authority records. I'm working on this. sb On Jan 18, 2011, at 19:00 , Elaine Bradtke wrote:
In plain English, I would like the ability to provide a link to the correct authority term when someone searches on an incorrect one. For instance we have quite a number of personal names that have a variety of forms and or spellings. We have 400 fields for these in the authority records, but they don't seem to come up in the Authority search.
Do I have to create authority records for the incorrect forms and link them somehow to the correct form?
This is especially important for the topical terms, as there are quite a few differences in British and American spelling!
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