Instructions for making persistent links into UMass Catalog Search Sets
Link to a set of search results (author, subject, titles, or journal title “begins with” searches)
1. Perform the search.
2. You can make a persistent link for the search to the first list view that appears, but not any further. If you click to a further screen, you end up with the “acc_sequence” number in the search string and this will not work as a persistent link.
For example, use a subject begins with search with “Connecticut river valley maps”.
You will get something like the following URL (the letters & numbers in the middle may be slightly different – that is OK)
Every catalog URL will begin with something like:
http://fcaw.library.umass.edu:8991/F/
Then, you'll see a long random sequence of letters and numbers (bolded and underlined in the example)
Eventually, you'll come to a string that starts with ?func=
Remove the long random sequence of letters and numbers that begins after /F/ and ends before ?func=. Leave the slash following the F and the question mark preceding func.
You should wind up with the following as your persistent link:
(If you click to a further screen, you will end up with the “acc_sequence”number in the URL, and this will not work)
Also – if you want to search the UMass database only, paste the following to the end of the search string:
&local_base=fcl01uma
Last Edited: 8 June 2009
