Search History

All your search queries made so far are stored in the Previous Searches with the latest query at the top. (Standard setting: saves a maximum of 20 search queries).

The advantage of the search history is that previous complex search queries are taken up again and can be combined with other terms to further limit the number of hits, for example. Saving is chronological in the order of the search entries, whereby each latest entry is removed automatically as soon as the maximum limit is reached.

The display provides information about

• the automatically issued sequential number of the search query
• the actual search query (e.g. author = Böll)
• the databases in which the search was carried out, as well as in brackets the number of identified hits that were reported from these databases.

Example: The display catalogue UB EI-IN / THI (50) means that 50 hits were found in the local catalogue.

• Queries with no hits are not added to the history.

You can activate the following operations by clicking on the relevant text link in the respective table row.

• Select for search / Execute: Search query and database selection are added to the Search.
  If you would only like to use the databases that are listed in the display table for the new search, please enable the checkbox (= Repeat search); otherwise, the search draws on the currently configured databases.
• Delete: Deletes the search query in question and the display table is updated.
• Delete all entries: Deletes the whole display table.

For questions about a search query: Via Information you can email us the search for your question and the staff at the library can support you more efficiently.