Keeping stop words as part of phrase searching
Currently, there is a limitation to phrase searching in that if a stop word appears at the end of a phrase it is dropped. This has greatly affected gender studies researchers specifically, in that the phrase "coming out" is unable to be searched - as "out" is considered a stop word in English. If a researcher is conducting a phrase search, what is included within the quotations should be searched. The idea is that phrase searching should conduct searches on what is within paragraphs regardless of stop words.
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Kelly Shea
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We recently came across this issue and ExLibris mentioned that, "this behavior applies only to CDI search and CDI records, so Alma bibliographic records in your Primo index should still match Stop Words at the end of a quoted phrase search and be returned for searches that match the full phrase." Including stop words regardless of placement in a phrase search should be an option for libraries, regardless of which search scope.
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Virginia Dearborn commented
Third of 3 examples.
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Second of 3 examples.
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The verbatim search (introduced in the August 7, 2024 release) seems to work for "coming out"=
However, it ignores the second word in a search for "aging out"= or "called out"=
Here's the result for the book I was looking for with the above search: https://go.exlibris.link/8M4tPChq
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Loretta J Hartsell
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"aging out" in foster care is needed in phrase searching
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Nanci Harris
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I agree with this idea. We have run across this with "aging out" in regards to the foster care system.
