Authority record cross references should be searchable during a keyword bibliographic record search
In the Polaris client the bibliographic keyword index does not include or link to terms found in the cross reference fields (4XX & 5XX) of authority records, essentially making these references useless during a keyword search. These additional terms within authority records should be indexed in the bib record index for better, accurate search results.
The only way to access "SEE" references (4XX) during a bibliographic search is to choose a specific index (search by Author, for example) and change "type" to "Browse" rather than keyword, phrase, or exact match search.
For example, the actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor's name authority heading is "Ellis, Aunjanue". A keyword bibliographic search using the author index will not return results if the user searches "Ellis-Taylor" or any other variant form of the actor's name, even though "Ellis-Taylor" is a see from reference in the authority record.
Valerie Rollins
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Erin Shield
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This definitely should be an option. Authority records with see also, etc. tags should be as accessible as possible - especially for personal names. Many creators use multiple names or formats and it would be user-friendly to be able to search any of the terms.
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Thomas Brenndorfer
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Authority 4XX and 5XX fields would need to be linked to appropriate keyword index: author, title, series, genre, and subject. Subject keyword comprises topics and also author, title, series. This should also be open to custom indexing, as there may be more fields in authority records relevant to keyword searching.
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Mike Ferrante
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We just hit this exact same issue with some transliterated authors.