Fwd: WinSPIRS users: Thesaurus Searching Issue (SP Informational Posting)

[Kimberly Parker <kimberly.parker@yale.edu>]

Does anyone still have SilverPlatter CDs?  This might be of interest, if so.
--Kim


>We'd like to call your attention to a problem that occurs when
>using WinSPIRS v2.1 or v4 in conjunction with certain
>SilverPlatter databases to search thesaurus terms that contain
>parentheses.
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>For the databases listed below, when a term that contains one
>or more words enclosed in parentheses is selected from the
>thesaurus, and the user selects the action "Single Term
>Search", WinSPIRS is unable to retrieve any matching records.
>When the selected term is exploded, hits will be retrieved for
>the narrower terms, but not for the original thesaurus term.
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>In order to retrieve records for affected thesaurus terms, you
>need to enter the thesaurus term into the Search Box on the
>main search screen, using hyphens between each term including
>the term in parentheses.  For example, to retrieve hits for
>the MLA International Bibliography thesaurus term "English
>language (modern) translation", type the following into the
>WinSPIRS Search box;
>    english-language-modern-translation
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>The following databases are affected:
>        AGRIS
>        BIOSIS databases
>        Contemporary Women's Issues
>        ERIC **
>        Exceptional Child Education Resources
>        Food and Human Nutrition Database
>        Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
>        MLA International Bibliography
>        PAIS International
>        PSYNDEX with Test Finder
>        Sociological Abstracts
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>** For additional information about how the ERIC database is
>affected, please refer to the News Flash at our Tech Support
>website, located at the following URL:
>   ttp://www.silverplatter.com/support/news/eric_thesaurus.html
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>This problem will be corrected in a future version of
>WinSPIRS.  We will provide additional information about this
>release as soon as it is available.
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>Sincerely,
>Barbara Herzog
>Technology Product Manager
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