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Easy Lookup Fields! Just press '?' while cataloguing

Several data fields in ResourceMate®, such as all three Author fields, Publisher, Place of Publication, Series and even Subjects, allow you to easily lookup and choose previous entries you've made! Just press ? (shift-question-mark).

This ensures accurate and consistent data entry.  The result?   Your library users will be more likely to find the items you've catalogued, based on their search criteria because fewer cataloguing errors will have entered your database.

In the image below, you can see that fields with a ? (question mark) up front allow you to look up and choose previous entries.

In addition to that you can zero-in quickly to the entries you're looking for instead of always starting from the top of the list.   For instance entering one or more letters, followed by shift-question-mark, puts you into the list right at the entries that start with those letters. Entering the letter g followed by ? in the Author list yields...

You can enter one or more letters before pressing ? to drill down into your list with more precision.

If ResourceMate® sees only one matching entry with the initial letters you entered, it doesn't waste your time showing you the list -- it simply selects and enters that entry in the field for you.

The Easy Lookup Fields feature is available in both our Regular and our Plus versions of ResourceMate®.