All About Web Search - Unix/Linux

Make your library searchable on the web for just $149. Add an optional password to restrict your audience. ResourceMate® Web Search is a great way to increase the awareness and accessibility of your library!

The ResourceMate® Web Search product is Perl CGI code that runs our sample web search. Upon purchase, you receive the code and implement the ResourceMate® Web Search on your web server. It can be installed on your web site, intranet, etc.

Note: this product is intended for Unix/Linux servers. We also provide a Windows version.

If you don't have a web site you may want to consider one of the many free web space providers on the web.

Web Search Frequently Asked Questions

Benefits

• promote your library by taking it to the people instead of asking them to come to you
• your library will now be available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day allowing anyone in the world, who you have given your password to (optional), to search whenever convenient for them.
• curious "surfers" may drop by and search for their favorite subject or author, just to try out this new feature you have told them about.
• with Web Search Inter-Library many collections can be searched at once.

What do I need to make my library searchable on the web?

You need to have access to web space.  As mentioned above, this might be your organization's web site, your internal web (or "intranet") or you may want to consider free web space.

NOTE: You will need to check with your web site administrator to ensure that CGI scripts can be installed and run.

You will need to have at least one e-mail address if you want your users to be able to make borrow requests right from the Web Search results screen. You can turn this email feature on and off.

You can even customize the search field names to better reflect the nature of your collection. You can have up to 14 fields that can be optionally searched or displayed.

If you don't have ResourceMate® but already have your library data in an electronic format, ResourceMate® Web Search reads a tab delimited ASCII file that includes these fields: title, sub-title, series, author, 2nd author, 3rd author, publisher, category, call number, ISBN, subject1, subject2, subject3 and subject4.  If you can create this file, the ResourceMate® Web Search will allow you to make this information searchable on the web.