Searching records restricted to FSC
I introduced my visiting daughter to the Full Text Search (and she loves it!!!). Her searching made me aware of an issue with records that are only viewable at the FSC:
Search term: Davis (wanting to then filter to Monona County, Iowa)
But filtering by place name does not offer a choice for Monona County, Iowa. I knew to check for restrictions by looking at the FSL Catalog, but she didn't know to do that. I saw how confusing it was for her that Monona County wasn't showing up as an option.
Suggestion: provide some indication that a place actually does have record hits, and how to go about accessing them. Perhaps a padlock on the place name, as is done in the FSL catalog?
I wish that the Engineers could hear the results of their efforts... it will be dead silent for a little while, and then laughter and excited exclamations as she finds something really good. We're having a lot of fun. Thank you so very much. :)
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Thank you for the kind words. We are excited about this new feature and are anxious to make it as useful as possible. I added this to the list of proposed additional features. Watch Requests and Usability Issues in the Announcemments at the top of the Full Text Search Feedback group landing page to track the progress of the request.
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