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Is there a Global Books in Print 2.0? |
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Are there options for doing author or title searches from the single search box without going into the advanced search panel? |
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Can Books in Print® 2.0 still search by markets? |
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Does the single search box allow for an ISBN search straight off or does one need to go to advanced for that? |
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Will you have a feature where I can look up only Spanish titles? |
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Is there any way to link a new edition to an old ISBN? |
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What are Bowker Subject Headings? |
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How does the relevancy ranking in the quick search work? |
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What are Will there be search box widget? |
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Currently a customer can customise the advanced search screen to defaults such as ‘ only UK in print records’ – will this be possible with BIP 2.0? |
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What is the search syntax used for advanced searching? |
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Does Books in Print® 2.0 support RSS feeds? |
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Will the RSS feeds replace the BIP Alert ? |
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How do I order a book I found? |
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Will there be a way to download records, or export the list of books I want to order into my ordering system? |
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How many titles can I download at one time? |
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Which current products will Books in Print® 2.0 replace? |
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How accessible is Books in Print® 2.0? |
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Will individuals be able to log on to this in addition to libraries? |
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Does the new interface include Language as an available field in the Advanced Search form? |
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What depth of information do you get for publisher information? |
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Can I still link BIP 2.0 to my catalog? (hooks to holdings) |
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Can I put my library's logo on the BIP 2.0 interface? (local branding) |
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How do I get search statistics? |
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Is BIP 2.0 COUNTER or SUSHI compliant? |
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Can I still link directly to Fiction Connection from my library's home page? |
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What happened to the Children's, Fiction, and Forthcoming Books rooms? |
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Will there be any integration with authentication systems such as ATHENS Shibboleth? |
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Is there any kind of ‘My Account’ facility ? |
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For customers that also have ABL is there any integration between the two? |
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Is the service open URL federated search compliant? |
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How long will I be able to use BIP 1.0? |
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How can I see which awards are contained in Books In Print 2.0? |
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Is there a Global Books in Print 2.0?
Books in Print® 2.0 incorporates all of the information available to GBIP subscribers through the same interface.
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Are there options for doing author or title searches from the single search box without going into the advanced search panel?
Yes. By using search query parameters you can do power searches from the single search box that are field specific, and support boolean operators. Queries like 'author:king', 'title:"harry potter"', or 'isbn:9873782732630' are possible straight from the single search box.
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Can Books in Print® 2.0 still search by markets?
It can, now even in an interactive manner. "Markets" will be one of the refine options for Global Books in Print subscribers. So you will be able to do a search and then click on "Canada" under the "Market" refine option on the right side of the screen.
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Does the single search box allow for an ISBN search straight off or does one need to go to advanced for that?
Yes, the single search box indexes all the fields which are searchable in Book In Print, including ISBN. So you may search by ISBN simply by typing it in the single search box.
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Will you have a feature where I can look up only Spanish titles?
Yes. You can do that in both the Quick Search by using the "Spanish" language refine option on the right, or in the advanced search by using the "Spanish" language limiter.
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Is there any way to link a new edition to an old ISBN?
Yes. In the new interface search results are presented at the title level - that is, items with the same title, subtitle and author will be grouped together. When you click on the grouped title results, the next screen will show all the individual items/ISBNs for that title. This is where you will be able to view all the variant editions/ISBNs for a title. Using the refine options on the right of the screen will allow you to refine your search results to look for specific editions (for example, 2nd edition, or hardcover, etc.)
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What are Bowker Subject Headings?
Bowker subjects are modeled on LC, but are not an exact match for LC. They are "LC style" in that they are of the form "subject--subdivision--subdivision--etc", and we use LC phrasing (like "Algebras, Linear" instead of "Linear Algebra"), but we are less specific than LC..
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How does the relevancy ranking in the quick search work?
Relevancy is determined by how often, how exactly, and where your search terms were found in a record. Quick search searches titles and variants, contributors, subjects, series, publisher/imprint, TOC, agent, chapter excerpts, awards, and numerical identifiers: ISBN (10 and 13, with and without dashes), EAN, and Bowker's item and title IDs.
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Will there be search box widget?
A search box can be easily implemented by a library assuming it has some knowledge of HTML and can edit the pages they want a search box on.
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Currently a customer can customise the advanced search screen to defaults such as ‘ only UK in print records’ – will this be possible with BIP 2.0?
Searching can be limited to UK-only in-print records using a quick or advanced search and using facets.
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What is the search syntax used for advanced searching?
The advanced search panel uses a friendly form to take advanced field search input and translate that to a query. The syntax uses colons to indicate specific field limiters, and can use boolenas (AND, OR, and NOT). An example query is subject:"Gardening" AND seriestitle:"Dummies".
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Does Books in Print® 2.0 support RSS feeds?
It does. You can create an RSS feed out of any search, including its refine options. This is an easy and powerful way to create an update specifically for, say, upcoming audio books on gardening -- just perform the search, refine a couple of times, and hit the RSS button. This functionality replaces the current BIP Alert feature in Books In Print Professional.
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Will the RSS feeds replace the BIP Alert ?
Yes, RSS feeds replace the BIP alert system that was in place before.
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How do I order a book I found?
There are two options for ordering when you are viewing an item.
- If you are looking to buy from a wholesaler or distributor, you would click on the "Stock Availability" tab and it would list the inventory level from over 25 wholesalers and distributors.
- If you are looking to purchase retail, you would click on the "Search Online Bookstores" button at which point we would search 36 online booksellers (via Add-All) and show results from those booksellers, sorted by price, along with links to the websites.
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Will there be a way to download records, or export the list of books I want to order into my ordering system?
Books in Print® 2.0 will have the ability to download item records in ASCII, MARC21, USMARC, or CSV format.
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How many titles can I download at one time?
There is no set limit to how many titles can be downloaded at one time.
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Which current products will Books in Print® 2.0 replace?
Over time, Books in Print® 2.0 will over time replace all books in print sites including BooksInPrint.com, GlobalBooksInPrint.com, and PatronBooksInPrint.com, and all of the language-specific sites. Current BIP subscribers will be able to access the US market portion of Books in Print® 2.0, whereas GBIP subscribers will be able to access all the information within all global Books In Print markets.
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How accessible is Books in Print® 2.0?
Books in Print® 2.0 is fully accessible. It supports browser scaling of text, and there is a dedicated version that works on very specific high accessibility systems and devices, like braille readers.
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Will individuals be able to log on to this in addition to libraries?
Books In Print is a subscription database. Individuals may purchase subscriptions as well. However, most libraries who subscribe to Books In Print also allow their patrons to access Books In Print. To find out if your library subscribes, contact the library directly.
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Does the new interface include Language as an available field in the Advanced Search form?
Yes. The advanced search form will have a language limiter (available in a later release). Additionally the quick search will have language as a refine option, so you can just as easily do your search in the single search box and then refine the results to only include items in the language you are looking for.
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What depth of information do you get for publisher information?
We will be providing all the same detailed information on publishers that we do in the current interface. In addition, all search results automatically present the publisher as a refine facet, so you can easily scope your results to certain publishers.
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Can I still link BIP 2.0 to my catalog? (hooks to holdings)
The initial release of Books in Print® 2.0 does not support built-in links to an outside catalog (known as 'hooks to holdings'). This is a top priority for the next release.
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Can I put my library's logo on the BIP 2.0 interface? (local branding)
Yes, a library can brand the BIP 2.0 interface using a logo.
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How do I get search statistics?
Search statistics are not available in Books in Print® 2.0 at this time. This is a priority for the next release.
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Is BIP 2.0 COUNTER or SUSHI compliant?
BIP2.0 statistics are not COUNTER or SUSHI compliant.
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Can I still link directly to Fiction Connection from my library's home page?
The current release does not support linking to Fiction Connection. You can add an additional button on your webpage to link directly to www.fictionconnection.com.
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What happened to the Children's, Fiction, and Forthcoming Books rooms?
Children's Fiction and Forthcoming books can be explored and found using Books in Print® 2.0's faceted refine. The initial release does not have these rooms as separate interfaces.
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Will there be any integration with authentication systems such as ATHENS Shibboleth?
Books in Print® 2.0 uses the Bowker-wide BOSS authentication system and the external systems it supports. At this time, BOSS does not support external SSO systems like Shibboleth.
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Is there any kind of ‘My Account’ facility ?
Not for this release.
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For customers that also have ABL is there any integration between the two?
Books In Print does not currently integrate with other AquaBrowser-based systems.
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Is the service open URL federated search compliant ?
Books in Print® 2.0 does not support OpenURL at this time.
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How long will I be able to use BIP 1.0?
There isn’t a definitive sunset date.
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How can I see which awards are contained in Books In Print 2.0?
You can see the complete listing of available awards (in this file).
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