A summary of recent changes in the SLU Library Catalog

1. Keyword searching has changed, and multiple words are no longer searched together as one phrase. Instead, multiple words are AND-ed together, like in Google. To search for an exact phrase, enclose your search words in quote marks. For example, global warming and "global warming" get different results.
        
2. Keyword search results are now ranked by relevancy to bring the "best" results to the top. Results will appear in up to 5 groups, from most relevant at the top to least relevant at the bottom.  Complete information is at the following link: http://libcat.slu.edu/search/Y
        
3. On search result pages, more information is shown for each item: uniform title, main title, main author, and publisher info, plus the location, call number, and status.
        
4. Search results screens now show up to 50 items per page instead of 12.
        
5. A new feature, My Reading History, has been added to My Library Account.  For more information about this and other interesting customizable features of My Library Account, see https://libcat.slu.edu/patroninfo

Please note that the MOBIUS catalog is not yet upgraded to the new Keyword searching described above.  A multiple keyword search in that catalog is still searched as a phrase, not AND-ed, and the search results do not use the new relevancy ranking.