Let patrons search the Global Knowledge Base
To let patrons search the Global Knowledge Base (KB), your library can add on its web site a KB search box or a link to a KB search page. When patrons search the Global KB, they see only records that have been approved for public access by a Global KB editor.
You can try the search box and link below and get the information needed to add them to your site.
Search box
Search box for English search and results pages
This search box lets you search the Global KB using search and results pages with English instructions and labels.
HTML code for the search box
To include the search box on your library's web pages, customize the text in the following code as needed and add the code to each page on which you want the search box to appear. To do this, you should be familiar with editing HTML code or work with someone who is.
<form method="post" target="_blank" name="entryform1"
action="http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.ask.AskPatronSearch">
Basic search of library knowledge base:<br/>
<input type="text" name="andk" maxlength="200" size="40">
<input type="hidden" name="language" value="1">
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><br/>
<a href="http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.home.BuildPage?
show=advancedsearch&language=1" target="_blank">Advanced search</a>
</form>
Search box for search and results pages in other languages
If you want patrons to use search and results pages with instructions and labels in a language other than English, change the language value in the code. The English language value (1) appears in two places. Replace it with the value for the language you want to use. Language values are shown below. Be sure that every page on which you add the search box uses the UTF-8 character set (charset=utf-8).
...
<input type="hidden" name="language" value="1">
...
show=advancedsearch&language=1" target="_blank">
...
Search-page link
Link for English search and results pages
This link lets you go to the Basic Search page and search the Global KB using search and results pages with English instructions and labels.
Search the library knowledge base
HTML code for the link
To include the link on your library's web pages, customize the text in the following code as needed and add the code to each page on which you want the link to appear. To do this, you should be familiar with editing HTML code or work with someone who is.
<a href="http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.home.BuildPage?
show=searchkb&language=1" target="_blank">Search the library knowledge base</a>
Link for search and results pages in other languages
If you want patrons to use search and results pages with instructions and labels in a language other than English, change the language value in the code. The English language value (1) appears in one place. Replace it with the value for the language you want to use. Language values are shown below.
show=searchkb&language=1" target="_blank">
Language values
| Language |
Value |
| Chinese, simplified |
5 |
| Chinese, traditional |
4 |
| Dutch |
7 |
| English |
1 |
| French |
2 |
| German |
10 |
| Japanese |
6 |
| Korean |
12 |
| Portuguese |
13 |
| Slovenia |
8 |
| Spanish |
3 |
| Swedish |
9 |
